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NEW TESTAMENT 



LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. 

BV 

WILLIAM TYNDALE, ^ 

THE ORIGINAL EDITION, 1526, 
BEING THE FIRST VERNACULAR TRANSLATION FROM THE GREEK. 

WITH A 

MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGSrriT— 



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TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, 



THE ESSENTIAL VARIATIONS OF COVERDALB S, THOMAS MATTHEW S, 

CRANMER's, THE GENEVAN, AND THE BISHOPS' BIBLES, 

AS MARGINAL READINGS. 



BY J. P. DABNEY 



ANDOVER: 
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GOULD & 

FROM THE LONDON EDITION OF BAGSTER. 
NEW YORK: 

CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STREETS. 
MDCCCXXXVIL 




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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837, 

BY GOULD & NEWMAN, 

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. 



PREFACE 



It had early entered into the plan of the present work, that 
it should include, in like manner as the versions succeeding 
Tyndale, the earlier New Testament of Wiclif ; and that thus 
the whole would more literally exhibit the fruits of the collec- 
tive labours of all the Ante-James translators. But the objec- 
tions that successively sprung up, soon satisfied the editor, that 
this was a hasty thought. Wiclif is, in the first place, profes- 
sedly but a translation from the Latin Vulgate, not from the 
Greek ; and it would not be easy therefore to say, why it should 
have here a place, rather than the Rhemish New Testament 
of 1582. Then, the remote era of the work [A. D. 1380], 
made in the rude and changing state of the language, renders 
a Glossary to most readers indispensable ; an appendage, to 
be sure, provided without much pains, were this the most se- 
rious difficulty. But the versions of the sixteenth century are 
knit together by a commune vinculum of structure and diction ; 
and this, as was just implied, does not run back for an hundred 
and fifty years. Less than an half-century elapsed from the 
time of Tyndale's version to the last of those contained in this 
work [The Bishops'] ; and of the generation which called for 
either, no small part, it is natural to think, continued long 
enough to welcome its immediate successor. They were, in 
fact, not so much new versions as revisions of one another ; 
and this, so true of them, is emphatically true of that of king 
James ; though, as to qualities not denied it, so often and 
strangely admired, like — if it be not rather wwlike — the bird in 
the fable, for borrowed plumage, and praised, as if an inde- 
pendent translation, for virtues not its own. The foregoing 
objection gives birth to yet another : — had all the variations 
of Wiclif been faithfully recognized, the contents of the mar- 
gin, as it is, of an unwished-for extent, would have doubtless 



IV PREFACE. 

been doubled. It is plain, that the work of the old English 
reformer, to receive either due honour or justice, should be 
given to the public by itself alone ; and this, alas, will long 
remain a desideratum. 

As to the other versions referred to, the Editor fondly 
believes, that by the scheme of comprehension pursued, the 
re-print of Tyndale with us, acquires a peculiar and enhanced 
value over the English work. To Tyndale himself, the cen- 
tral position is given, which is rightfully his, as the pioneer in 
time, as a martyr to his enterprise, and as the only truly inde- 
pendent translator ; while the rest take their humble places as 
satellites. Their essential variations being given as marginal 
readings, a complete Variorum edition of the Early Vernacular 
versions is produced ; the remarkable co-incidence of which, 
in their general frame-work, (as the few familiar with them 
well know) at once suggests and assists this mode of conden- 
sation. Their occasional discrepancies are all which it is worth 
the pains to select ; but by this simple method some half-dozen 
versions are in effect and to all practical purpose, embodied 
at the expense of no very serious enlargement of the volume, 
in limits or in cost. That either would ever again be re-pub- 
lished, is altogether unlikely ; and next to certain, if it were, 
that it would find a slow dispersion among antiquarians alone. 
But would it not be just ground both of regret and reproach, 
if without the slight memorial which these pages will preserve, 
works of such admitted excellence should pass away, and 
leave no trace behind ? What their successive and united 
labours have done towards producing an exact copy of the 
Original, will now at a glance be seen : and not less manifest 
will be the great obligations, though scarcely suspected, that 
are due them from the authors of that version which now reigns 
without rival or superior — chiefly because it reigns alone. 
We are apt to speak of the advantage, in some walks of au- 
thorship (as in that before us), to a later work, from the num- 
ber of models and guides in kindred enterprises that preceded ; 
and to find an apology for the defects of an earlier one, in 



PREFACE. 



having an unbeaten path to travel. But when we turn in the 
present instance to look at the results, we are well-nigh 
tempted to suspect that in our mother-tongue at least, the 
series of biblical translation has, by some chance, been inverted. 
It may be thought that as to Tyndale's text, the simple duty 
has been left to the Editor of guarding its integrity through 
the press. But it has not therefore been always simple, if by 
simple we mean clear. While the voices of antiquarians and 
critics unite in the highest eulogium on the version itself, it is 
not to be disguised, that as to its mechanical part, every page 
is instamped with the marks of haste. The harassed life of 
its unfortunate author is made present to our thoughts ; and 
fancy paints, without effort, the bloodhounds of a merciless 
church tracking his footsteps. Broken in upon in the midst of 
the drudgery of the press in one city, he gathers up his frag- 
ments in what condition he may, and flees to another to com- 
plete his interrupted labours. With this in full remembrance, 
the orthography so curiously varying, even in the same para- 
graph or sentence, from itself, the confounding of distinct 
words through a single misplaced letter, the withholding or 
bestowment of capitals ad libitum^ as it were, the unsightly 
exchange of the leading vowels as initial letters [as o for a 
etc.], and the seeming disdain of rule throaghout — all find a 
prompt solution. The first impression on the reader however, 
is likely to be that of a book overrun with errors ; and of this the 
Publishers desire to disabuse him in advance. Yet the Editor 
has ventured to meddle with this deformity but in the most 
palpable cases ; well understanding to how many even these 
blemishes are precious. His apology for doing so at all is, 
that indubitably it is somedmes needed. But the English 
publisher has strangely and inexcusably enough left him to 
conjecture where. He undertook (in all honesty, doubtless) to 
give an exact fact-simile of the First edition of Tyndale. But 
though no immaculate specimen of typography has yet been 
known, and few works, since the Art began, have called with 
1* 



VI PREFACE. 

such peculiar propriety for a Table of Errata, that appendage 
is no where found. The editors of Re-prints in foreign lands 
have therefore to discriminate as they can, between its negli- 
gences as first given to the world, and the errors superinduced, 
beyond doubt, in its late revival by Mr. Bagster. 

In the notation of Various Readings from the versions here 
embraced, infra lineam, regard has in the main been had only 
to essential differences, i. e. to differences in sense : to have 
extended it to particles and phrases, except when these had 
a bearing on the whole texture of the verse, would have been 
tedious to the collator, unasked for by readers, and encumber- 
ing to the work. The above rule was not indeed rigorously 
observed. Even verbal changes deserve a place, when curi- 
osity might be amused by the recovery of some fast-fading 
word, or the ceaseless current of the language illustrated by 
another in a novel sense. Especially was it the wish, that the 
relative sources of the Version in common use might be obvious 
to all ; and words and clauses, not of much moment perhaps 
but as found in this, have been pointed out, when they might 
be traced to either of the earlier works, in particular. Of the 
class of various readings, there is a considerable number, 
which recur so often, that, to avoid their needless repetition, 
it was thought best, to give them once for all in a Tabular 
List with the answering expressions of Tyndale. This list 
will be found among the last of the preliminary pages, and the 
examples in question will not, except in a few instances of ac- 
cidental insertion, be met with in the margin. 

There are some readers, it is not unlikely, who will need 
instructions towards the pmfitable use of the Notes. The 
citations, as all know, stand in lieu of the words following the 
same numbers in the text. They are extended (whenever 
the case would permit,) until the versions above and below 
again meet : where this was inconvenient, the ordinary rules of 
grammar and syntax, it is hoped, will make it clear how far the 
marginal substitute is to run, at the first glance, or on a slight 
comparison. The meaning may occasionally not be so clear 



PREFACE. VU 

in respect to insets, i. e. notes within notes. They occur only 
where two or more authorities are affixed to the same citation ; 
and the inset in crotchets denotes that one of these authorities 
varies from the others as to a word or clause of the fragment 
common to them. The clause or word within the crotchets 
— ^as an uniform rule— answers to that which directly pre- 
cedes it. Perhaps it will occasionally relieve uncertainty 
and doubt, to say, that where the inset is meant to stand for 
all the antecedent part of the citation, it begins, (and then 
only), like the principal note itself, with a capital. But in re- 
lation to the notes and the dilemmas they may sometimes 
create, there can, as a general advice be no greater conven- 
ience than the open page of the familiar scriptures; with 
whose phraseology, the marginal citations, especially if 
from the Genevan or Bishops, will be so apt to correspond. 
Crotchets in the text show the extent of the omission by the 
version referred to below. The reference post [i. e. after- 
wards] signifies that the authority before it, repeats the speci- 
fied expression once or oftener again in the chapter, if in an- 
swer to the same word in the list. Numerical reference, it 
will be observed, is often made to verses in advance ; for 
though this was the distinction of a later day, no other sure, 
and yet brief, designation could be thought of for examples 
sometimes- distant ; and it was taken for granted, that in pe- 
rusing this book, the common Bible would be readily at hand. 
The Memoir of Tyndale which follows, is, in substance, 
that by Mr. Ofibr, recently issued in England. But it con- 
tained so much that was redundant in the way of reflection 
and comment as to interfere with the prescribed limits to this 
undertaking, already so far expanded; and when its tone of 
prejudice and asperity towards Sir Thomas More and the dom- 
inant faith, its occasional cloudiness of style and looseness of 
statement, with its slender claims on the whole, as a piece of 
biography, all were considered, it was thought best to recast 
its materials anew. This acknowledgment was due both 
to the public and the English biographer ; as the following 



Vm PREFACE. 



account could not, in propriety, be inscribed with his name, 
though any other would be still less appropriate. 

They who have sometimes asked the sage question, — Where 
is the utility of a work like the present, haVe had their an- 
swer, we trust, in some things that have been advanced. 
We should not very sanguinely refer them, if still unsatisfied, 
to the contents of the volume itself. Let it be asked in return, 
(if this be not equally a problem to those concerned). What 
is the use of any modern translation, having the impress of 
research, ability and taste ? The first fruits of the biblical learn- 
ing of our own tongue, we " may not willingly" — and cannot 
creditably — " let die." But this, not — ^as some strangely con- 
ceive — that they may be embalmed aS curiosities, but con- 
verted to practical ends ; as landmarks to denote the progress 
of the language, as lights to illustrate the oracles of truth. 
That with the smile of Him, whose cause and kingdom it seeks 
to serve, such will be the results of- this enterprise, the editor 
nothing doubts : and in that persuasion, dismisses it with the 
cheering sense of having been the humble instrument of dif- 
fusing, in a new — or, rather — long-lost form, so just an im- 
age of " that word of God which liveth and abideth forever." 

J. P. D. 

Andover, Aug. 9, 1837. 



MEMOIR 



WILLIAM TYNDALE, ,, 



FIRST PRINTED THE N. TESTAMENT IN ENGLISH, 1525. 



WAS MAKTTRED AT VILVOORD, NEAK BRUSSELS, 



SEPTEMBER, ]536. 



iiisat(i>i33iii& s}!Sii@3sr<s3 



BA®®1I Wm T'WWWA^W,' 




PEDIGREK OF WILLIAM TYNDALE THE MARTYR AS PRESERVED BY ONE 
BRANCH OF THE FAMILY. 



Hugh, Baron de Tya'i&le, of Langley Castle, 
Northumberland, escaped from the field of 
battle when the Yorkists were overcome by 
the Lancastrians ; lost bis title and estate ; 
he took refuge in Gloucestershire, under the 
assumed name of Hutchins. 



-Alicia, daughter and sole heiress 
of Hunt, of Hunt's Court at Nib- 
ley, in Gloucestershire. 



John Tyndale, otherwise called Hutchins, of Hunt's- 
Court at Nibley, Gloucestershire. 



John Tyndale, otherwise William Tyndale, otherwise Thomas Tyndale, whoso 



Hutchins, an eminent Hutchins, strangled and 
merchant of London, per- burnt at Vilvoorde, near 
secuted by Bishop Stokes- Brussels, September, 1535. 



descendant, Lydia Tyn- 
dale, married the celebra- 
ted Cluakcr, honest John 
Roberts, of Lower Sid- 
dington,aear Cirencester. 



MEMOIR 

OF 

WILLIAM TYNDALE, 



" Though I am olde, clothed in barbarous wede, 

Nothynge garnysshed with gaye eloquency, 

Yet I tell the trouth, yf ye lyst to take hede 

Agaynst theyr frowarde, furious frenesy 

Which recken it for a great heresy, 

And vnto laye people greuous outrage 

To have goddes worde in their natyfe langage." 

Tyndale's Compendious Olde Treatise. 



CHAPTER I. 

era in which he lived — DESCENT — BIRTH — EDUCATION — ORDINA- 
TION TAKES THE VOWS AT GREENWICH TRANSLATES PORTIONS 

OF THE NEW TESTAMENT RETURNS TO HIS NATIVE COUNTRY AS TU- 
TOR IN A knight's family — BECOMES AN OBJECT OF PERSECUTION 
— COMES TO LONDON — IS A POPULAR PREACHER. 

The efforts to throw off the dominion of the Romish Church, 
commenced long before, began to assume, early in the reign 
of Henry the Eighth, a definite and threatening aspect. 
Their success in no feeble measure, was accelerated by the in- 
sufferable pride and pomp of the prelates, and the bare-faced 
debaucheries of the monks. So indisputable was the latter, 
that when it was in controversy pressed home upon Sir Thom- 
as More, he could extricate himself from the dilemma no other- 



12 mtmoh of 

wise, than by saying, " Our mater is not of the lyuynge but of 
the doctryne."* 

At this period it was, that Luther cast away, without any re- 
serves, his allegiance to the common Head of Christendom, 
and as one of the earliest steps in the work of Reformation, 
published the Bible in German. The spirit of translation 
spread apace. In January 1525, the aged Le Fevre printed the 
New Testament in French. And meanwhile, He of equally 
honored and endeared memory to British Christians, was pre- 
paring to give to the world, the Scriptures in his vernacular 
language — the fruits of many years of anxious and interrupted 
labour. 

The ancient family of Tyndale were settled for centuries on 
the banks of the Tyne,in Northumberland. The stock could 
boast of baronial dignity, having its seat at Langley Castle, a 
small but strong fortress, whose ruins time has spared : they 
stand pleasantly on a rising ground in Tyndale.f During the 
wasting wars between the houses of York and Lancaster > 
Hugh, the then Baron de Tyndale, whose lot had been cast 
with the weaker party, escaped from the field of battle and 
took refuge in Gloucestershire. Despoiled of his honours, 
possessions, and even of his name — for in his extremity he had 
been driven to assume that of Hutchins — the fugitive could hard- 
ly have thought that these disasters would lead to an alliance, 
destined to immortalize his ill-starred and renounced name. 
The concealed Baron married Alicia, daughter and sole heiress 
of Hunt, Esq., of Hunt's Court, Nibley, Gloucestershire. 

* Confutacyon of Tyndale, Vol. II. p. 364. 

t Thomas Tyndale, writing to his cousin, Feburary 3, 16G3, gives 
this account of his family : — '' 1 have heretofore heard that the first of 
your familie came out of the north, in the time of the wars between 
the houses of York and Lancaster, at what time many of good sort 
(their side going down) did fly for refuge and succor where they could 
find it. That it was your predecessor his fortune to come into Gloces- 
tershire, changing his name to that of Huchins, and that afterwards 
he married there, and so having children, he did before his death de- 
clare his right name, and from whence, and upon what subject he 
came thither, and so taking his own name, did leave it unto his chil- 
dren." — Rudder's Gloucestershire, p. 757. 



®[^aiiam Sgn^ale. 13 

This property descended to John Tyndale alias Hytchins, his 
son and heir ;* who had three sons ; John who became a distin- 
guished merchant in London,t and William the subject of this 
memoir. Several branches of the family were honoured with 
knighthood : Sir John Tyndale attended at the coronation of 
Queen Ann Boleyn, as a Knight of the Bath. 

William Tyndale was born at Hunt's Court,! about the year 
1477. At a very early age he became a very diligent student 
in the University of Oxford, having been instructed from a 
child in grammar, logic, and philosophy :§ he continued there 
until his proficiency in the Greek and Latin languages enabled 
him to read the New Testament to his fellow students in St. 
Mary Magdalen Hall, and to those of Magdalen College. || 

Oxford was at this time, the most celebrated seat of learn- 
ing in the world : — Erasmus, who was a student in St. Mary's, 
thus writes to a friend in Italy : — " Here I have met with hu- 
manity, politeness, learning not trite and superficial, but deep, 
accurate, true old Greek and Latin learning, and withal so much 
of it, that, but for mere curiosity, I have no occasion to visit 
Italy : in Grocyn I admire an universal compass of learning ; 
Linacre's acuteness, depth, and accuracy are not to be ex- 
ceeded." Here Tyndale took his degrees and laid the foun- 
dation of that skill in the learned languages so essential to the 
worthy accomplishment of the enterprise he was soon to take 
upon him. His name indeed illustrates the history of the sis- 
ter University also ; for from some cause it appears that he 

* MSS. and Pedigree in possession of J. Roberts, Esq., Temple. 
See an extract placed before p. 1 of this Memoir. — Rudder's Glouces- 
tershire, p. 757. 

t One of his descendents, Lydia, married John Roberts, of Sid- 
dington near Cirencester in 1646; a man of signal piety, and the 
head, in those parts, of the Quakers. He with his son, suffered severe 
persecution for his adherence to those principles ; of which an inter- 
esting memoir is published by the Society of Friends. 

X Atkin's Gloucestershire, p. 304. 

§ Wood's *' Athenae Oxon," 

11 The painting from which the portrait is engraved, is preserved in 
Magdalen Hall. 

2 



14 l^einofr of 

entered as a student at Cambridge, where he is said to have 
again taken a degree. Here he formed a lasting friendship 
with John Frith, his junior in years, but of eminent attain- 
ments, deep piety, amiable and unassuming manners, and 
withal a zealous reformer. Tyndale was ordained at the 
conventual church of the priory of St. Bartholomew in Smith- 
field, on the eleventh of March, 1502, by Thomas, suffragan 
Bishop of Pavaden, by authority of William Warham, Bishop 
of London, and was set apart as priest to the nunnery of Lamb- 
ley, in the diocese of Carlisle. He took the vows and be- 
came a friar in the monastery at Greenwich in 1508. 

The Rev. R. H. Barham of St. Paul's has happened to 
light upon a memorandum in Latin, of some interest in this 
connexion. On the title-page of the " Sermones de Herolt," 
a small folio, 1495, in the Cathedral library, is inscribed : — 
" Charitably pray for the soul of John Tyndale, who gave 
this book to the monastery of Greenwich of the observance 
of the minor brothers, on the day that brother William, his 
son, made his profession, in the year 1508." 

To this period of his life, an allusion is found in the pre- 
face to his " Parable of the Wicked Mammon, May, 1528 :" 
" A year before came one Jerome a hrother of Greenwich 
also, through Worms to Argentine, saying that he intended 
to get his living with his hands, and to live no longer idly, 
and of the sweat and labour of those captives which they had 
taught not to believe in Christ, but in cut shoes and russet 
coat's." 

For some years previous to taking the vows, Tyndale not 
only had read the holy oracles to his fellow students, but by 
presenting in an English garb sundry portions of the New 
Testament,* evinced his early zeal for that sort of enterprise 

* The English biographer has, it appears, in his hands, the original 
autograph of these translations, which " valuable MS." he derived 
"from the library of that eminent antiquary, the Rev. H. White of 
Lichfield Cathedral." It is in 4to., the margins ornamented with 
borders, and each portion accompanied with an ancient drawing in 



WnUnm STajntiale. 15 

which has perpetuated his name. The version in these se- 
lections of scriptures, scarcely varies even in unimportant 
words, from his first printed edition, twenty-three years pos- 
terior in date ! an attestation, not to be gainsaid, to his singu- 
lar proficiency and ripeness as a translator. That he was 
already, in his own apprehension at least, an obnoxious man, 
we may gather from the prayer interwoven in one of the 
drawings, referred to in the note, cherubs holding the scroll on 
which it is written : " Defend me, O Lord, from all them 
THAT HAYT ME. W. T." How long Tyndalc continued with 
the Greenwich community, is left in uncertainty. 

Returning to his native country he exchanged the life of a friar 
for that of tutor and chaplain in the family of Sir John Welch, a 
knight of Gloucestershire, whose liberal table was sure to pro- 
cure him the frequent visits of the neighboring prelates and 
clergy. Luther having now become, from his bold defiance 
of the Pope, the one-absorbing topic, the chaplain was some- 
times betrayed into dispute with his patron's guests, on the 
new heresy ; when, mortified at the ignorance of his authoriz- 
ed guides, he warmly urged the study of the New Testament. 
This led them, in Fuller's witty phrase, to prefer resigning 
Squire Welch's good cheer, rather than to have the sour 
sauce of Master Tyndale's company. His lady, who passed 
as a sensible woman, felt hurt when she saw the great men, 
she had been brought up to venerate, bafiled in the discussion, 
and asked Sir William Tyndale,* if it was likely that she 
could prefer his judgment to that of such wealthy prelates. 
He was wise enough to forbear reply to a temper already 
evidently rufiled. Soon after however havuig translated 
" Erasmus's Enchiridion," he dedicated the manuscript to Sir 

imitation of some ancient missal. His initials W. T. occur in many 
places, and on two of the ornamental pillars he has placed the date, 
1502 ; the capital of one having an inscription preceding the date, — 
Time Trieth, 1502. 

* The title given at that time to all priests : which after the Refor- 
niation gave place by degrees to that of Reverend. 



16 Mtmotv of 

John and his lady, which they read attentively, and to their 
happy conversion. But though firmly seated anew in their 
regard, the hostility of the beneficed clergy had been aroused, 
which could be quieted only by a citation to appear before 
the ordinary. With a deep sense of his danger, it was his 
fervent prayer on the way, that God would strengthen him to 
contend firmly, at all hazards, for the truth of his word. His 
persecutors had assembled strong ; but whether from the in- 
fluence of his protecting knight, or the secret providence of 
God, their courage failed, and he escaped without accusation. 
The ordinary however " rated him like a dog." 

Tyndale, soon after this, consulting an old doctor, who had 
been chancellor to a bishop, he privately told him, that, in 
his opinion, the Pope was antichrist, but advised him by no 
means to avow any sentiment of the kind, as it would be at 
the peril of his life. The caution however was; little suited to 
a nature like his ; for being in company with a popish divine^ 
he argued so conclusively in favor of a vernacular translation 
of the Bible, that the divine, unable to answer him, exclaim- 
ed, " We had better be without God's laws than the Pope's." 
This fired the spirit of Tyndale ; and he indignantly replied : 
" I defy the Pope and all his laws ; and. If God give me life, 
ere many years the ploughboys shall know more of the Scripr 
tures than you do :" a pledge which he amply redeemed. 

He now became so " turmoiled," that regarding his stay in 
Gloucestershire as likely to involve the safety of his friends 
as well as himself, he left that county and preached frequent' 
ly at Bristol, in London and other places ; it is said, to crowd- 
ed congregations. Continuing his connexion with the Romish 
church, while he sought to win souls to Christ, persecution, he 
knew, was only to be evaded by the avoidance of bad names 
and controversial questions. Even this M^as a difficult course 
to be followed long, and especially by a spirit so little dispo- 
sed, as we have just seen, to do violence to its conviction. 

At this period it was, ip the language of Fuller, that " he 



^S/mfam STiJUtrale. 17 

tendered his services to Cuthbert Tonstall, a great scholar 
himself and therefore probable to prove a patron to a learned 
man." His commendation as such, by Erasmus, had indeed 
led Tyndale to hope for a chaplaincy in his palace, where 
without molestation he might pursue his biblical labors. An 
introduction from Sir John Welch to Sir H. Guilford, procur- 
ed him through the latter, an audience of the Bishop. To 
him Tyndale presented an oration of Isocrates which he had 
translated into English, trusting for his success mainly to this 
evidence of his Greek sholarship ; " but though suing for 
himself in two tongues, both proved ineffectual ; the Bishop 
returning that he had more already than he could well main' 
tain.'''' Upon this disappointment he found an asylum in the 
house of Humphrey Monmouth, a worthy alderman, with 
whom he lived about half of the year 1523. 

When a few years after, Monmouth was sent to the Tower 
on suspicion of heresy, this service to Tyndale was the heaviest 
count in his indictment. His memorial to the lord legate and 
the privy council, witnessed by Bishop Tonstall, are with the 
original articles, in the Harleian collection of State Papers. 
Mr. OfFor says, that he did not examine these documents with- 
out some uneasy concern for the honour and character of Mon- 
mouth. A wealthy London merchant committed to such a 
prison, and on so heinous a charge, with all the terrors of 
confiscation, torture and death before him ; — how strong the 
temptation to lend a helping hand to even a baseless calumny 
against a poor and then exiled friar ! It is therefore a relief 
to the reader to see him coming out from the ordeal unblem- 
ished. His account of his first acquaintance with his guest, 
and of his domestic habits are detailed with all simplicity, 
and cannot be read without amusement, though not unmingled, 
surely, with a better feeling. " Upon iiij years and a half 
past, and more, I herde the foresaid Sir William preache ij 
or iij sermondes, at St. Dunstones in the weste, in London, 
and after that I chaunced to meet with him, and with com- 
2* 



18 M^motv of 

munycation I examyned him what lyving he had, he said, 
none at all, but he trusted to be with my lord of London in 
his service, and therefore I had the better fantasy e to him. 
And after warde he went to my lorde and spake to him, as he 
tolde me, and my lorde of London answered him that he had 
chaplaines inoughe, and he said to him that he would have no 
more at that time, and so the priest came to me againe, and 
besought me to helpe him, and so I toke him in my house 
half a year, and there he lived like a good priest as me thought, 
he studyed moste parte of the daye and of the nyght at his 
booke, and he woulde eat but sodden meate by his good will» 
nor drinke but small single beer ; I never saw him were lynen 
about him in the space he was with me ; I did promyse him 
ten pounds sterling to praie for my father, mother, there 
sowles,* and all christen sowles. I did paie yt him when he 
made his exchang to Hamboro'. When I hard my lord of 
XiOndon preache at Powles Crosse that Sir William Tyndall 
had translated the New Testament in Englishe, and was 
noughtely translated, that was the first tyme that ever I sus- 
pected or knewe any evill by him, and shortly all the letters 
and treatyes that he sent me with dyuers copies of bookes 
that my servant did write, and the sermondes that the priest 
did make at St. Dunstanes, I did burne them in my howse, he 
that did write them did see it. I did borne them for feare of the 
translator more than for any yll that I knewe by them." The 
worthy citizen soon obtained his liberty, was knighted, and 
in 1535 served his shrievalty. He died in 1537, and was 
buried at Alhallows church, near the Tower. He was a 

* Light broke in gradually upon his mind, like the man who, hav- 
ing been born blind, suddenly received his sight, and said, " I see 
men as trees, walking." After he left England, he defended the 
real presence against Barnes, but very soon gave up tliat extraordi- 
nary delusion. In reply to More, he professes an historic faith in 
the perpetual virginity of our Lord's mother. It is interesting to 
trace the progress of his powerful mind in throwing off the errors 
which he had imbibed in his education. — See Confutation of Tyn- 
dale, fol. 249 and 260. 



KS^flliam STajntrale. 19 

great ornament to the city, of good wealth, and great charity ; 
he contributed largely to the printing of the New Testament 
and other pious books against the errors of Rome. By his 
will, he appointed Latimer, Barnes, and two other gospellers 
to preach thirty sermons at his parish church, which he 
thought would do more good than so many masses said for 
the repose of his soul ; and he forbade the ordinary supersti- 
tions of candles and singing dirige, and ringing of bells at his 
funeral.* 

* Strype's Stow, Vol. 1. p. 375. 



20 l^ilemofv of 



CHAPTER II. 



'^ Toss'd in the ship of Providence, he sailed 
From place to place, his courage never fail'd. 
The strength of his afflictions, added strength 
Unto his soul. Quarles. 

GOES INTO VOLUNTARY EXILE — CONFERS WITH LUTHER, AND PRINTS 

THE NEW TESTAMENT IN ENGLISH DESCRIPTION OF THE TWO 

EDITIONS VIOLENT OPPOSITION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT IN ENG- 
LAND — SEVERE PERSECUTION OF THOSE IN WHOSE POSSESSION IT 
WAS FOUND PUBLICLY BURNT AT PAUL's CROSS. 

Before the close of the year 1523, Tyndale became a vol- 
untary exile from his native land — and which he was never 
more to revisit ; — having satisfied himself that no where with-, 
in its limits was he likely to bring his labors to a prosperous 
issue. With the aid of a ten pounds' donation from the friend- 
ly alderman, he quitted his hospitable roof and sailed for 
Hamburgh ; thence he proceeded to Saxony to confer 
with the kindred spirits and fellow-reformers, of his age. 
Luther, who had just finished his German version, not only 
gave encouragement to the pious refugee to persevere in 
this twin-enterprise, but as some think, by his pecuniary as- 
sistance, lightened the burthen of his less able ally. The im- 
agination cannot forbear to paint the meeting of two such 
eminent men ; raised up by Providence for similar services 
to mankind. In some points of character, probably, they 
widely differed, as they certainly did in outward circum- 
stances. The Englishman was a poverty-stricken exile, the 
German was the protegee of at least one considerable, spirit- 
ed prince of the empire. But they resembled in the energy 
of soul and in other qualities, which the exigencies of the time 
required, and not less in the happy influence on their re-«. 



mmum Sr^ntrale. 21 

spective countries, of their efforts for the diffusion of the liv- 
ing word. 

At Wyttemburg, it is the opinion of Mr. Offor, that he com- 
pleted the translation of the New Testament, assisted by his 
learned friend, Frith, who with William Roy, acted also as 
his amanuenses. He counts " it a popular error which as- 
cribes the edition to the Antwerp press ; the more remarka- 
ble, as no similar type was used there, nor did Tyndale visit 
that city until the year 1530." One edition of three thou- 
sand for general circulation, was followed, it is supposed, by 
a more sightly edition in 4to. with glosses* commenced at Co- 
logne in 1526, and finished at Worms or Wyttemburg ; the 
type, cuts and ornaments of both these books being those used 
by the German printers on the Rhine. These circumstances 
are confirmed by the positive evidence of Brovius,t as to the 
one printed at Wittemburg in 1525 and that of Cochlseus, (an 
authority soon to be introduced) who broke up the printing of 
the second at Cologne. Tyndale himself seems to point out 
the order of these two editions at the close of this volume, 

* Such is the statement of Mr. Offor ; and with the ampler means of 
thorough investigation in his hands, the Editor must needs suppose 
the distinctions in the text well-founded. But since the present work 
(which is the first, the reader will please to remember, of these alleg- 
ed editions, viz. that of 1525) opens on the eye with the date of 1526, 
since the table of Various Readings of the second edition collated with 
the first at the close of the Memoir, assumes them to be respectively 
of 1526 and 1534, and since all this is confirmed by the incidental 
mention of the two throughout the Sketch, — it will be strange if the 
reader, who values or himself observes precision of language, is not 
thoroughly bewildered by this confusion of terms. Yet of all this the 
English biographer seems utterly unconscious; nor to have once 
thought of using any qualifying explanation, with a view to remedy 
his apparent looseness of description. It would be well if the por- 
tions of Tyndale's Testament, issued in the successive years and in 
different forms, might be designated as two impressions of one and the 
same edition; but if this may not be, — and to judge from Mr. Offer's 
specimens on a succeeding page, they differ from each other as much 
(trivial as that may be) as does the edition of '34 from either, — then 
will it need a very discriminating faculty indeed to see, why this last 
is not the third, and its predecessors severally, the first and second 
editions. 

t Preface to Tl^e Wielded Mammon, 



22 i^emoir of 

where he says " that the rudnes of the worke, nowe at thb 
FYRST TYME, offende them not." In the prologue to the 4to. 
no such expressions are found. 

That after his first publication of the text, he thought it ex- 
pedient to re-issue it again, with a view altogether to the pro- 
logue and notes to be annexed, the language of Sir Thomas 
More's Strictures seems to favour: "But surely the worde 
congregacyion, wyth the circunstaunces in the text : wolde not 
haue serued when lie translated ytfyrste, to make the englyshe 
reader to take it for the chyrch, no more than idols for ymages ; 
But mary he hath added vnto his translacion such circum- 
staunces synnys^''"'* etc. 

We can trace the volume of Tyndale, soon after this date, 
as in course of circulation. Strype has recorded, from a pri- 
vate paper left by John Fox, that one John Pykas, when in 
trouble for alleged heresy, deposed, March 7, 1527, that about 
two years previously, he bought in Colchester, of a Lombard 
merchant (i. e. any merchant trading to foreign parts) the 
New Testament in English for four shillings : he does not say 
that it was printed ; but, supposing it to be one of the first im- 
portation of printed Testaments, when manuscript copies were 
selling for very considerable sums, and the sale was attended 
with great risk, it may account for the charge of four shillings 
for so small a volume. 

In the preface to the Wicked Mammon, published in May, 
1528, Tyndale states, that the New Testament was completed 
two years previously ; thus confirming the account given by 
Cochlseus, one of the most active enemies of the Reforma- 
tion. In his Memoir of the Life and Writings of Luther, he 
thus narrates the routing of the two pious aliens, Tyndale and 
Frith. Roy had quitted them, and gone to Strasburg. 

ANNO DOMINI M.D.XXVI. 

"Two English heretics, who had formerly been at Wittem- 
burg, not only sought to convert the merchants who had se- 

* Bp. Kennet's MSS. in the British Museum. 



SWaifam ^Tsntrale. 23 

cretly maintained them during exile, but even hoped that the 
whole of the English nation, without consulting the king's 
feelings, would in a short time become Lutherans, by means 
of Luther's New Testament, which they had translated into 
the English language. They had come to Cologne, that they 
might forward many thousand printed copies of the Testa- 
ment thus translated, secreted under other goods, into Eng- 
land. Such was their confidence in the success of this at- 
tempt, that at their first interview they ordered the printers to 
put six ^thousand copies to press ; but fearing that a great loss 
would be sustained if the enterprise failed, they agreed to 
print only three thousand, it being easy, if they sold well, to 
print another edition. Pomeranus had already sent letters to 
the saints among the English, and Luther himself had written 
to the king. When he supposed that the New Testament 
would soon appear, such was his delight, that he inflated his 
followers with vain expectations, and they became intoxicated 
with joy, and revealed the secret before due time with their 
useless boasting." The narrative goes on to state, that Coch- 
Iseus, having prepared an edition of Rupert's Commentaiy on 
Matthew, went to Cologne to superintend the printing of it, 
and happening to employ the same printers, he heard such 
whispers as led this divine to ply some of the workmen with 
drink, and while intoxicated, he drew from them their mas- 
ter's secret. His narrative thus continues — " Here having 
become better acquainted with the printers, he hears them 
occasionally ejaculate over the glass with confidence — let 
the English king and cardinal be willing or not, all England 
shall in a short space of time become Lutherans. He heard 
also that two Englishmen there, learned, eloquent, and 
SKILLED IN LANGUAGES, made it a matter of exultation, but 
he never found an opportunity of seeing or speaking to 
them. Having invited some of the printers to his house, 
when they had becomed heated with wine, one of them 
in private conversation revealed to him the secret, how Eng- 



24 l^emoir of 

land was to be brought to Luther's side; namely, three 
thousand copies of Luther's New Testament, translated into 
English, were printing, and that they had already advanced 
as far as signature K, in fours. That the cost would be 
abundantly supplied by the English merchants, who would 
secretly convey the work, when finished, throughout all Eng- 
land, and extensively distribute it before the king or the car- 
dinal (Wolsey) could know of or prevent it. Cochlseus, agi- 
tated with fear and wonder, outwardly dissembled his sad- 
ness, but soon revolving sorrowfully in his mind the extent of 
the danger, he devised means to paralyze this effort. He 
went privately to Herman Rinck, Bart., a counsellor and sen- 
ator of Cologne, who was personally acquainted with the em- 
peror and with the king of England, and opened to him the 
whole affair, as (thanks to the wine) he had discovered it. 
The baronet, to satisfy himself that the information was cor- 
rect, sent a man to search the house where the work was car- 
ried on ; the printer acknowledged that it was in hand, and 
that a quantity of paper was purchased for it. Upon this he 
went to the senate, and obtained an injunction, forbidding the 
printer to proceed. The two English heretics taking with 
them the printed sheets, escaped and sailed up the Rhine to 
Worms, where the people were immoderately in favour of 
Luther, that they might there finish their undertaking. Rinck 
and Cochlseus admonished the king, the cardinal, and the 
bishop about these proceedings, that all diligence might be 
used to stop this pernicious merchandize from entering any 
of the English ports. It is reported that Lord C. Tunstall, a 
most learned man, at that time bishop of London but now 
of Durham, when he had obtained one of these copies, de- 
clared to a great assembly in London that he had found up- 
wards of two thousand errors and corruptions in that book." 
This is the narrative of an eye-witness of repute, given to 
the world in 1549, at which time its accuracy was not ques- 
tioned. But the slight regard given it by Lewis, led Mr. Offor 



to Cologne in 1830, to ascertain if possible its accuracy on the 
ground. His researches into the archives, which were kindly- 
aided by the city secretary, Mr. Vaux, and others, brought to 
light the identical Herman Rinck, a senator in 1526, and faith- 
fully answering to his portrait by Cochlseus. The printer's 
house, the scene of the drama, was pointed out by these gen- 
tlemen, who themselves saw no reason to doubt the story of 
Luther's biogmpher. 

The printers, it is curious to obsei*ve, speake of this English 
New Testament, as a translation from Luther ; and hence 
perhaps the assertion has come, which is sometimes made, 
that Tyndale did not translate from the Original. But Lu- 
theran was then the common by-word of reproach ; and it was 
one of the artifices of monkish zeal to give out that the here- 
tics, so styled, had invented two new languages which they 
called Hebrew and Greek* — that all who studied Hebrew be- 
came Jews — and that the New Testament was a modern in- 
vention by Luther. Every new version therefore was naturally 
enough called by his name, however faithfully made from the 
Greek. Tyndale, however, to whom the latter language was 
familiar from his youth, w^ould have found it quite a different 
affair to cope with the German. Any rumours, however, to 
the discredit of his, as a second-hand version, will be utterly 
exposed by a minute and careful comparison of the text with 
the Greek,t the Latin Vulgate, and Luther's German ; though 
who can doubt that he availed himself of all aids within his 
reach, in the difficulties that would arise ; of which, conference 

* Sir Thomas More relates a curious instance of the ignorance of 
a learned monk : — "A lerned prieste thorow out all ye gospels scraped 
oat iliaholus and wrote Jesus Cristus, bycause he thought the deny Is 
name was not mete to stande in so good a place." If this learned 
monk understood Latin, how would he, after such an alteration, read 
Matt. xiii. 39, or 1 John iii. b ? — Confutation, p. 126. 

t In his Preface to the '' Obedience of a Christian Man," Tyndale 
writes like one at home in the Original languages. The Greeke 
tongue agreeth more with the Englysshe than with the Latyne, and 
the properties of the Hebrue tongue agreeth a thousand tymes more 
with y^ Enghjsshe than with the Latyne.'' 

3 



26 i^emofv of 

with the great Hghts among his Reformed brethren, was not 
by a wise man to be neglected. 

Many pirated editions of this book were printed by the 
Dutchmen, particularly at Antwerp ; but gain being all that 
was thought of, carelessly and incorrectly enough. The most 
accurate was by the exile, George Joy; who however pri- 
vately corrupted the text, for which he afterwards apologized. 
This edition was printed by the widow of Christopher of End- 
hoven in Antwerp : her husband had died in an English pri- 
son for selling a pirated edition in 1531. Three years previ- 
ously, John Raymond, a Dutchman, severely suffered, for caus- 
ing 1500 of Tyndale's New Testament to be printed at Ant- 
werp, one third of which were conveyed into England. The 
price at which they were usually sold, was thirteen pence for 
the small editions, and half-a-crown with the glosses ; a sum 
more considerable than at this day it appears. 

The first of Tyndale's editions is a small 8vo. handsomely 
printed : it consists of 336 leaves, of which 333 contain the 
text, the epistle to the reader and the errata filling the rest. 
Of this book only two known copies remain : one, wanting 
forty-eight leaves, in the Cathedral Library of St. Paul's ; the 
other, from which through the public spirit and liberal tender 
of the principal of that college, the present edition is printed, 
adorns the Baptist Library at Bristol. This rare and pre- 
cious volume is in the most beautiful preservation, the cuts 
emblazoned, and every leaf ornamented, as if intended for 
presentation to some royal or noble personage : the title, if it 
ever had one, is lost. The type is a neat German character, 
similar to that of Hans Luft, who, at Wyttenburg, and at Mar- 
purg, printed nearly all Tyndale's works. This Uterary gem 
was first discovered by John Murray, one of Lord Oxford's 
collectors, who generously rewarded him with a life-annuity 
of twenty pounds, paying him the first year in advance. 
Lord Oxford dying in 1741, while the annuity was still unex- 
pired, his library was bought by Mr. Osborne, who, uncon- 
scious of the treasure in his hands, sold it to the celebrated 



WtlliiLm STgntralc. 27 

collector, Mr. Ames, for fifteen shillings. Thence at his 
death [1760] it passed into the hands of Mr. John Whyte for 
fourteen guineas and a half ; and from him, after sixteen years 
possession, into those of Dr. GifFord, at the advanced price of 
twenty. From 1784, it has reposed in the Baptist Museum at 
Bristol, to which it was left by the Doctor, then librarian of the 
British Museum. 

The edition with marginal glosses* was an elegant small 4to. 
with handsome cuts. The portion which has been discovered 
was printed at Cologne ; but probably the volume was com- 
pleted at Worms. A fragment, containing the prologue and 
the gospel of Matthew to the twenty -second chapter, is in the 
possession of Mr. Thomas Rodd, an English bookseller, who 
has long promised it to the public, accompanied with much 
curious information. The prologue (of seven leaves) has been 
several times re-published under the title of "A Pathway into 
the Scriptures, by Tyndale," but the liberties taken with it, 
both in the way of omission and addition, make it an abuse of 
his name. To what the variations in the text from the 8vo. 
edition amount, let the reader judge from the few that follow ; 
being the most material of the twenty-eight — the sum total — 
found in this fragment. 

The specimens observe the order of the two editions ; the 
8vo. 1526 (that contained in the following volume) standing 
first, the 4to. in crotchets. 



* Two or three specimens will give a fair idea of these glosses. 
Matt. 5. Salt. " When the preachers ceaste topreache goddes worde, 
then muste they nedes be oppressed and trod vnder fote with mannes 
tradicions. Matt. G. Rewarde them openly, ye shall not thynke, 
that oure dedes deserve ani thyng of god as a labourer deserueth hys 
hyre. For all good thynges come of the bounteousnes, liberalite, 
mercy, promyses and trewth of god bi the deseruinge of Ohristes 
bloud only, etc. *Syngle. The eye is single when a man in all his 
dedes loketh but on the wil of god, and loketh nott for laude, honour 
or eni other rewarde in this worlde. Nother ascrybeth heven or a 
hyer roume in lieaven vnto his dedes ; but accepteth heven as a 
thing purchased bi the blood of Chrlste, and worketh frely for loves 
gake only." 



28 l^entoit of 

]525. 8vo. MATTHEW. 1526. 4to. 

ch. iv. Beholde the land of Zabulon [the londe of zabulon] 
ix. shalbe tacken awaye from them, [shall be taken from them.] 
X. power over all vnclene [power agaynst vnelene] 

X. that the kyngdome [howe the kyngdom] 

xi. He that hath eares to heare, let [He that hatheearesto heare 

him here. whith all, let him heare.] 

xi. in tiyre and sidon they had [in tyre and sydon : they 

wolde have] 
XV. and the blinde to se. and they [the blynde to se, and glo- 

gloryfyed ryfyed] 

xix. which be made of men. [which be made chaste of 

men. 
XX. is not myne to geve : [ys notmyne to geve you :] 

With the earliest circulation of the New Testament, the 
English prelates were untiringly active to destroy what they 
alleged to be the prolific seed of heresy. Tunstall, bishop of 
London, already mentioned, led the way with his " injunc- 
tion" to this end. Having set forth in the preamble " that 
many children of iniquitie, mayntayners of Luther's sect," 
" wandring from the way of truth and the catholike fayth, 
craftily have translated the New Testament into our English 
tongue, intermedling therewith many heretieall articles and 
erroneous opinions, pernicious and offensive, seducing the 
simple people, attempting by their perverse interpretations to 
prophanate the maiestie of the scripture, which have hithertct 
remained undefiled," it proceeds, that " many books of the 
same imprinted, some with glosses, and some without, con- 
taining in the English tongue that pestiferous and most per- 
nicious poyson, are dispersed throughout all our diocesse of 
London in great number, which without doubt will contami- 
nate and infect the flocke committed to us," " to the grievous 
perill and danger of their soules, and the offence of God's 
divine maiestie," and ends with a requirement to deliver up all 
such copies " within thirtie days to our Vicar generall under 
pain of excommunication and incurring the suspicion of here* 
sie." 



mrtliam ^Tgntiale. 29 

In Febmaiy, 1527, Sebastian Harris, curate of Kensington, 
was proceeded against for this offence. But the bishop, im- 
patient of such a snail-paced process, attempted the wholesale 
destruction of them by a stratagem in which, as is well known, 
he singularly outwitted himself. He deputed Packington, a 
merchant, and an acquaintance of Tyndale, to buy up for him 
all the copies of the latter Testament. " The bishop thinking 
that he had God by the too, when in dede he had (as after he 
thought) the devil by the fiste,said, gentle maister Packington, 
do your diligence, and get them, and with al my hart I will 
paye for them, whatsoever thei cost you, for the bokes are 
erronious and naughte, and I entend surely to destroy them 
all, and to burne theim at Paules Crosse. Tyndale sold him 
the books, saying, I shal gett moneye of hym for these bokes, 
to bryng myself out of debt, and the whole world shall cry out 
upon the burning of Goddes worde. And the overplus of the 
money that shal remain to me, shal make me more studious 
to correct the sayd New Testament, and so newly to imprint 
the same. And so forwarde went the bargain, the by shop had 
the bokes, Packyngton the thankes, and Tyndale had the 
money." Afterwards, more New Testaments came thick 
and threefold into England. Sir Thomas More questioned 
George Constantine, a prisoner for heresy, how Tyndale and 
his friends were supported ; and he frankly told the lord chan- 
cellor, " It is the bishop of London that hath hoi pen vs, for he 
hath bestowed emonge vs a great deale of moneye in Newe 
Testaments to burne theim, and that hath been and yet is our 
onely succour and comfort."* The destruction of these books, 
erroneously geven by Lord Herbert as on the 4th of May 1530, 
took place in 1528. 

The Reformers were driven to a secret circulation of these 
silent agents of the truth ; in which they succeeded to a great 
degree, in despite of the efforts of More, Wolsey and Tonstall. 
Richard Herman, a merchant of the staple at Antwerp, was 

* Hall's Chronicle J xxi. Henry VHI. 

3* 



30 l^emoft of 

a considerable exporter of the prohibited books to England, 
at a great sacrifice of his fortune. Dr. Barnes and Mr. Fish 
dispensed them in London, Mr. Garret at Oxford, and pious 
reformers in every part of the kingdom : and allj in a confi- 
dence that was seldom betrayed. 

Early in 1527, the Bishop proceeded into Essex to ob- 
serve the effects of his proclamation ; and examining the sus- 
pected in his course. Some of the depositions may be seen 
below.* 

The usual arguments of the Church were reserved for those 
who set at nought the proclamation by reading the proscribed 
book. An aged labourer, father Harding, being seen thus oc- 
cupied by a wood side, while his more fashionable neighbours 
were gone to hear mass ; his house was broken open, English 
books of holy scripture were found under the flooring boards, 
and the poor old man was hurried to prison, and in due course, 
to the stake. 

This rage for extirpating, as might be foreseen, inflamed 
curiosity in those who were unacquainted with the books in 
question, and endeared possession, in those who were. The 
sense of religious privileges is never so sure to rise to a pas- 
sionate and tenacious regard, as when they can be safely en- 
joyed only by stealth. And old Harding, who had many 
years before been imprisoned for heresy, and knew that a 
second offence was beyond mercy ; may, without much ef- 

* John Tyhall first saw the New Testament in English about April, 
1526, and at Michaelmas following came to London, and bought one 
for three shillings and two-pence of friar Barons, requesting that he 
would keep it close ; that in conversation the friar made a twyte of 
the manuscript copies, and said : '' A point for them, for they are not 
to be regarded toward the new printed Testament in English." 
John Necton was directed by vicar Constantine in November, 1526, 
to Mr Fish, of whom he bought twenty or thirty copies of the great 
volume ; that Constantine had fifteen or sixteen of the biggest, and 
sold five or six to persons in London ; and that about Easter, 1526, 
he bought of G. Usher, servant to the parson of Honey-lane, eighteen 
New Testaments of the small volume ; and about Christmas, 1527, 
a Dutchman, who in Easter following was a prisoner in the Fleet, 
offered him 300 copies for 16i. 5s. : this was probably John Raimun4» 



ffl©illfam ^Tgntrale. 31 

fort of imagination, be thought in his humble cottage, and in 
secret communion with the precious and forbidden book, to 
hear with a kindred fervour to that in which the words were 
spoken, the voice of the inspired writer, speaking pecuUarly 
him, " Eat, O friend, drink, yea drink abundantly, O beloved." 
Fines, imprisonment and death for reading the New Tes- 
tament were now the order of the day. Lawrence Staple 
was persecuted in 1531 for concealing four copies in his sleeve 
and giving them to Bilney, who was afterwards martyred. 
Staple escaped by abjuring. John Tyndale the brother of Wil- 
liam, and Thomas Patmore, both merchants, had their doom 
from the Star Chamber court ; but a milder one than that of 
Harding. It was, " That each of them should be set upon a 
horse, and their faces to the horse's tail, and to have papers 
upon their heads, and upon their gowns or cloaks to be tacked 
or pinned with the said New Testaments and other books, and 
at the standard in Chepe should be made a great fire, where- 
inio every of them should throw their said books, and farther 
to abide such fines to be paid to the king as should be eisses- 
sed upon them."* The fine, according to Fox, was to a ruin- 
ous amount. 

The arm of Wolsey was long enough to be felt even at Ant- 
werp. Richard Herman, a merchant and citizen, " for that he 
dyd bothe with his gooddis and pollicie, to his great hurt andhyn- 
derans in this world, helpe to the settyng forthe of the Newe 
Testament in Englisshe," was expelled from his freedom in 
the company of British merchants. He was restored by an 
order from Anne Boleyn under her hand and seal, May 14, 
1535.t 

The natural result of the interdict is told by the annalist 
Hollinshed, with great simplicity. " Diuers persons that were 
detected to vse reading of the New Testament, set forth by 
Tindale, were punished by order of Sir T. More, who helde 
greatly against such bookes, hd still the number of them day- 
ly encreasedy 

* State paper, British Museum. t Idem. 



32 i^emoit of 

The auto da Fe^ not of Tyndale, but his book, found apolo- 
gists among the ablest champions of Rome, more than half a 
century after. Dr. Martin, reader of divinity to the College 
at Douay, says : " The Catholicke church of our countrie did 
not il to forbid and burne suche bookes which were so trans- 
lated by Tyndal and the like, as being not in deede God's 
booke, word, or scripture, but the diuels word."* To which 
Fulke replied, " Neither can your heathenish and barbeirous 
burning of the holy scripture so translated, nor your blasphe- 
mie in calling it the Deuils worde, be excused for any fault 
in translation which you have discouered as yet, or euer shall 
be able to descrye." 

To the fiery test, Tyndale often adverts with a sort of pre- 
sentiment, as if the fate of the book might be typical of his 
own. " Some man wil aske parauenture why I take the la- 
boure to make this worke, in so moch as they will brunne it, 
seinge they brunt the gospel. I answere in brunninge the 
New Testamente they did none other thinge then I loked for, 
no more shal they doo if the brunne me also, if it be Gods 
will it shall be so."f At the close of one of his most inter- 
esting tracts, he says, " Whoso fyndythe or redythe this let- 
ter, put it furthe in examynacyon, and suffre it not to be hydde 
or destroyed, but multyplyed, for no man knoweth what 
profFyt may come thereof. For he that compiled it^ purposyth 
with Goddes helpe to mayntayne vnto the deathe, yf neade 
be. And therefore all Christen men and women, praye that 
the worde of God maye be vnbounde, and delyuered from 
the power of Antichrist, and renne amonge his people. 
Amen."! 

The prior of Newnham Abbey, in 1527, wrote to the bishop 
of Lincoln, relative to opinions called heretical, held by George 

* Martin's Discoverie of the Corruptions of Holy Scripture, p. 65; 
and Fulke's Reply to Martin, p. 143, edit, 8vo. 1583. 

t Preface to the Wicked Mammon. 

X End of his '• Compendious olde Treatyse, shewying how that 
the people ought to have the Scriptures in English. 



maimm 2Ca>ii^ale. 33 

Joye, of Peter College, Cambridge. The first of which he 
complained being, that a simple preacher might be the means 
of a sinner's conversion, and had the same power of binding 
and loosing as a pope, cardinal, or bishop. Again, " that the 
scripture in Englisshe wold make sedition, brede errours and 
heresies, and so be euell." Joy replied : " Wo be to you that 
say that thing which is good to be euell, and that which is 
sweet to be bitter." — " Thus is the holye, cleare, good and 
swete gospell of Christe belyed and blasphemed of you. It 
is only unsavory, kovered and darke to you that peryshe." 
An anecdote by the church historian Fuller, shows that there 
were not wanting counterparts to the rancour of the clergy, in 
civil life. " When Tyndale's translation came over to Eng- 
land, O how were the popish clergy cut to the heart. How 
did their blear eyes smart at the shining of the Gospel in the 
vulgar tongue. Hall heard the town clerk of London swear 
a great oath, that he would cut his own throat rather than 
the Gospel should be read in English, but he brake promes 
and hanged himself." 

Robert Ridley, a priest,* wrote " to master Henry Golde, 
chaplayne to my lorde of Canterbury," a letter in which he 
uses language in all probability current at the time. " No 
man would receaue a gospell of soch damned and practised 
heretikes, thow it were trew." He seems to have read the 
edition with glosses. Ridley who had charged Tyndale with 
having in his Preface, made light of morality, and which the 
other successfully repelled,! proceeded to find fault with the 

* Original in British Museum. Ridley was present at the exami- 
nation of Pykas in Essex, referred to at p. 22. 

t His views of the grounds of forgiveness and justification, appear 
in his defence : "As no naturall sonne that is his father's heyre, 
doth his father's will be cause he wolde be heyre, that he is alreddy 
be birth : — but of puer love doeth he that he doeth. And axe him 
why he doeth eny thynge that he doeth, he answereth : my father 
bade, it is my father's will, it pleaseth my father. Bond seruauntes 
worke for hyre, children for love ; for there father, with all he hath, 
is theres alreddy. So doeth a christen man frely all that he doeth, 
considereth nothynge but the will of God, and his neighboures 



34 ifKetnofr of 

text. " By this translation shal we loose al these cristian 
wordes, penaunce, charite, confession, grace, priest, chirch 
which he alway calleth a congregation, ye shal not neede to 
accuse this translation. It is accused and damned by the con- 
sent of the prelates and lerned men. And commanded to be 
brynt both heir and beyonde the see, wher is mony hundreth 
of them burnt. So that it is to layt now to offer reason why 
that be condempned, and whiche be the fawte and errour. 

wealth only. Yf y live chaste, I doo hit nott te obteyne lieven there- 
by, For then shulde y doo wronge to the bloud of Christ : Christes 
bloud hath obteyned me that. Nether thaty loke for an hyer roume 
in heven, then they shall have whych live in wedlocke, other then a 
hoare of the stewes, yf she repent." 



Sa^fllfam STjutrale. 35 



CHAPTER III. 

" More's well refuted arguments proclaim, 
Tyndale's great honor, his adversaries shame, 
He was the shield of truth, the scourge of error, 
This Island's triumph, and proud Babel's terror," 

THE CONTROVERSIAL WRITINGS OF SIR THOMAS MORE AGAINST TVN- 
DALE, WITH EXTRACTS, ILLUSTRATING THEIR ABILITY AND TEMPER 
— tyndale's ACCOUNT OF HIS TRANSLATION OF THE NEW TESTA- 
MENT HIS MOTIVES AND PURITY OF INTENTION — HE PUBLISHES 

MANY WORKS, 

To check the march of the Encrlish reformer was thought 
to call for the selectest spirits which the ancient faith could 
muster ; and the fertile wit and great genius of Sir Thomas 
More were therefore enlisted in the controversy. Betaking 
himself to the usual strong-holds of his mother the church, he 
asserted that the written word was not the whole revealed 
will of God, but that the unwritten traditions of the church 
are of equal authority. His mode of arguing to prove this 
important point is " J take it : that the word of God vnwryten 
is of as greate authoryte, as certayn, and as sure, as ys hys 
worde wrj^en in the Scrypture, which poynt is so faste and 
sure, pytched vpon the rocke, our sauyour Chryst hymself, 
that neyther Luther, Tyndale, nor Huskyn, nor all the hell 
houndes that the deuyll hath in his kenell, neuer hytherto 
could nor whyle god lyueth in heuen and the deuyll lyeth in 
hell neuer hereafter shall (barke they, bawle they neuer so 
fast) be able to wreste it out."* He is equally gentle when 
speaking of the opinions of the reformers on other points. 

* Apology, f. 32 ; ConfutatioH, fol. 176. 



36 l^einofv «f 

" All apparycyons they mocke at, and all the myracles they 
blaspheme, and say the deuyll doeth all, — as yf the deuyll 
had (with) his owne handes marked eche of them an .H. in 
the forehede with a fayre hote yron fet out of the fyre of 
hell."* Such are the words of the learned, witty, and elo- 
quent More, and to whom, in despite of many such, we can 
not yet deny the epithet of a great man. Tyndale destroys 
this visionary castle of Tradition,! by a simple but effectual 
argument ; — in effect, that the written word of God is his re- 
vealed will, perfect as its Divine Author, who was incapable 
of misstatement or omission, and who has pronounced all to 
be accursed, who add to or take from his will as revealed. 

The great Lord Chancellor published nine controversial 
volumes against Tyndale and Barnes, chiefly the former, four 
of these being in folio ! Formidable as they may seem, they 
are not without interest to an antiquary. The character of 
that eminent man, their author, is oddly made up of contrasts : 
a witty companion, but a stern fanatic ; fond in his own 
household circle, but lording it with an iron rod, over God's 
heritage; an enlightened state man, ably arguing in his study 

* Confutation, Vol. II. fol. 232 and 233, 

t These umcrittcn traditions have been jyrintcfl. They form a 
small 8vo. volume of extreme rarity, by Dr. Richard Smyth, the cel- 
ebrated popish reader of divinity in Oxford, imprinted by Thomas 
Petit, 1547. These traditions, the learned Dr. gravely tells us, '' we 
must both beleue stedfastly, and also fulfill obedientlye vnder peyne 
of damnation euer to endure. They are — the sacrament of the 
Lord's supper, only to be given by a priest — to be taken fasting — 
the wine to have water mingled with it — the consecration of the ele- 
ments — to be kept in the pyxe or boxe at church — prayers for the 
dead — christening of infants, which necessary thinge hangeth onely 
vpon the apostles tradition wythout anye scripture that can prove 
it" — singing in public worship— praying towards the east — elevating 
and worshipping the host — making the sign of the cross — worship- 
ping the crucifix — observing and not fasting on Sunday — keeping 
Easter and holydays — putting pictures and images in churches — 
fasting in Lent and on every Wednesday and Friday— holy Avater — 
priests not to marry — Mary continued a virgin until death,^ and that 
her body is in heaven." — Dr. Smith was appointed to argue with 
Bp. Ridley prior to his martyrdom. A droll story is related of him 
by Fox.— Acts and Monuments, Vol. II. p. 538. Edit. 1631 . 



SJI^aiCam ^Tsntrale. 



37 



against sanguinary laws,* the execution of which, from his 
chair of office, he spares no pains to further ; a philosopher, 
who every Friday and saint's eve, scourged his own body 
with whips of knotted cords, and by way of further penance, 
wore a hair-shirt next to his lacerated skin. So persevering 
was his warfare upon Tyndale, that his early biographer 
compares the exiled reformer to a hunted hare with twenty 
brace of grey-hounds after him. The dignified clergy, in 
gratitude to this Atlas of their falling hierarchy, raised the 
sum of five thousand pounds, which they pressed upon his ac- 
ceptance ; but to his honor, in vain. He had a presentiment 
that the cause, against which he laid himself out, would yet 
prevail, and said to his son : " I beseech our Lord, that some 



* More, the Public Man. 

He had in his garden at Chel- 
sea a tree to which he caused 
prisoners, charged with heresy, 
to be tied and whipped : this he 
called the tree of life. Afler see- 
ing this degrading cruelty prac- 
tised upon a gentleman of the 
Temple, named Bainham, he went 
to the Tower to glut his eyes 
with the writhing of his prisoner 
upon the rack. — Bay ley's Tower. 

His words breathe out cruelty : 
" There shold haue ben more 
burned by a great many than 
there haue ben wythin this senen 
yere laste passed. The lakke 
whereof I fere me will make more 
burned within this seuen yere 
next commynge, then ellys sholde 
haue neded to haue ben burned 
in seuen score." This was for 
differing in religious sentiments. 
— Confutation, p. 2CG. 

" Our Sauiour wyll saye to 
Tyndale : Thou art accursed 
Tyndall, the sonne of the deny 11 ; 
for neyther fleshe nor blonde hath 
taught the these heresyes, but 
thyne owne father the deuyll that 
is in hell." — Confutation, Vol. U. 
p. 32. 



More, the Author. 

Extracts from Utopia, or the 
Happy Republic : — 

" Slavery is the punishment 
even of the greatest crimes. — 
Utopus seemed to doubt whether 
those different forms of religion 
might not all come from God, 
who might inspire men different- 
ly, he being possibly pleased with 
a variety in it. And so he thought 
it was a very indecent and foolish 
thing for any man to frighten and 
threaten other men to believe any 
thing because it seemed true to 
him : he reckoned that the force 
of truth would break forth and 
shine by the force of argument 
and a winning gentleness : they 
do not punish them, because they 
lay this down as a ground, that a 
man cannot make himself believe 
any thing he pleases ; nor do they 
drive any to dissemble their 
thoughts by threatenings, so that 
men are not tempted to lie or dis- 
guise their opinions among them ; 
which being a sort of fraud, is ab- 
horred by the Utopians." 



38 ' i^emoir of 

of us, as high as we seme to sitt vpon the mountains treadinge 
hereticks vnder our fete Uke antes, live not the day to be at 
league and composition with them."* 

More's ablest work against Tyndale, was his first, and is 
called A Dialogue. A nobleman sends his friend to Sir Tho- 
mas, for counsel how to check opinions which were gaining 
in the countiy against the Romish church ; " of pylgrymages 
— ^ymages — prayer to saints — myracles — tradicions — infalli- 
bility — cruelty to hereticks — burning the New Testament — 
and prohibiting books, called Lutheran." All these topics 
were, without doubt, shrewdly discussed throughout the king- 
dom. The chief aim of the dialogue manifestly is, to serve 
as an apology for that high-handed act, the burning of Tyn- 
dale's volume : " The people say that all this gere is done 
but onely to stoppe menes mouthes, and to put euery man to 
sylence that wold any thynge speke of the fautes of the clar- 
gye. And they thynke that for none other cause was also 
burned at Poules crosse the new Testament late translated in 
englysshe by mayster Wyllyam Huchyn, otherwyse called 
Mayster Tyndall, who was (as men say) well knowen or he 
wente ouer the see, for a man of ryght good lyuying, study- 
ous and well lerned in Scrypture, and in dyuers places in 
England was very well lyked, and dyd gret good with prech- 
yng. And men mutter amonge themselfe that the boke was 
not onely fautles, but also very well translated, and was deuy- 
sad to be burned, by cause men sholde not be able to prove 
that suche fautes (as were at Poules crosse declared to haue 
bene founde in it) were neuer founde in dede, but vntruely 
surmysed.f ***** And for to kepe out of the people's 
handes all knowledges of Crystys gospell, and of goddys lawe, 
excepte soo moche onely as the clergye theymselfe lyste 
nowe and than to tell vs. And that lytell as it is and seldom 

* These anecdotes are extracted from a manuscript life of More, 
written by one of his relatives : it is in Lambeth Library. 

t It is very well added,— And yet such as they were, some men 
saye, were noo fautes at all, yfthey hadde be so translated in dede. 



SUrilfam Eaintiale. 39 

shewed, yet as it is fered not well and truely tolde, but 
watered with false gloses, and altered from the troulh of the 
veiy wordes of scrypture only for y® mayntenaunce of theyr 
authoryte. U And the fere lest this thynge sholde euydently 
appere to the people, yf they were suffered to rede the 
sciypture them selfe in theyr own tonge was (as it is thought) 
the very cause not onely for whiche the newe testament 
translated by Tyndale was burned, but also that the clargye 
of this realme hath before this tyme, by a constytucyon 
prouyncyall prohybyted any boke of scrypture to be trans- 
lated into the Englyshe tonge, feryng men with fyre as here- 
tyques who so sholde presume to kepe them, as though it 
were heresye for a crysten man to rede crystys gospell." 

This picture of public opinion, from the hand of the " de- 
fender of the faith" we naturally conclude, is not overdrawn. 
Its admissions are deeply interesting, and show the excited 
state of the public mind. In the third book of his dialogues, 
More comes to that part of his plea for burning the version 
which he rests upon its multitudinous errors. " To tell all wold 
be to reherse the hole boke" and " to search for one faute 
would be like studying where to fynde water in the see. His 
imagination seems to be quite vivacious on this head. "As it 
were as sone done to a weue a new web of cloth as to sow up 
every hole in a net, so were it almost as lytell labour and lesse 
to translate y^ hole books all newe than attempt to correct it." 
At length his budget of blunders is opened, and behold three ! 
" prestes of Crystes chyrche he calleth senyours — Chyrche 
he calleth congregation — and charyte he calleth alway love." 
Such strictures hardly lead us to set down scriptural criticism 
as having any place in the wide circle of his endowments . 
but there are weaker points yet in his attack, which evince a 
captious littleness wholly at variance with his genius. Tyn- 
dale's rule of obedience to the king was : " A crysten man is 
bounden to obay even tyranny, yf it be not agaynste his fayth, 
nor the law of god, tyll god delyuer hym therof." Of More's 
reply, what will the reader think ? He admits that the Apostle 



40 iWemofr of 

expresses exactly the same idea, — " 'we muste rather please 
god than man,' which is well sayd of the apostle, but to be 
said of Tyndale, a heretic, it is a playne exhortacyon to re- 
bellion." 

The word " senior" was taken from the Latin Vulgate. 
Mr. OfFor says that Tyndale admitted it to be not explicit 
enough and that he should prefer the word elder.* But the 
most obnoxious term was "congregation," substituted for 
church. For this however he had royal precedents; Henry 
himself, in a proclamation and in the six articles penned by 
his own hand, having combined the two words thus — " the 
congregation of the church of England^ The term congre- 
gation was defensible enough in the case of both, since " the 
church" in common acceptation, answered neither to the place 
of worship nor to the company of worshippers, but was sim- 
ply the distinctive epithet of the clergy. This latter word 
however, understood as meaning all professing christians, displa- 
ced the former throughout, in the Genevan and Bishops' Bible, 
of the Elizabethan age — as well as in the Received translation 
which followed. 

To the three capital errors of Tyndale before-named. More 
does indeed elsewhere adduce some others ; such as " know- 
ledgynge" substituted for " confession," and " repentance" 
for " penance :" he lays it down as an evident principle of his, 
that " he wolde make y® people byleue that we sholde beleue 
nothyng but playne scrypture in whych poynte he techeth a 
playne pestylent heresye^ It is admitted, however, " that a 
nother man translatynge the testament, and beynge good and 
faythfull, myghte haue vsed happely those chaunges wythout 
euyll meanyng or any suspicion therof ;"t and his extrava- 
gant tirade reaches its climax with declaring, that " yt is 

* But he quotes no words of Tyndale to this effect, and we may 
reasonably doubt his statement. Why indeed, if he "preferred," 
did he not adopt it ? seeing that (according to him) the vulgar taste, 
deference to which in so many instances doubtless, leaves a trausltL* 
tor at a stand, here accorded with his own. 

t Coiifut9,tionj p. 96» 



enough for good cristen men that know those thynges for her- 
esyes, to abhorre and burne vppe his bokes and the lykers of 
them with tlienC ! 

Sir Thomas, to deter the people from the reading of Tyn- 
dale, not only uses such persuasive arguments as this last, but 
entertains us with a specimen of his gift for humour, by sum- 
moning to the scene the ghost of an eminent father. But the 
poor shade had been so roughly treated on a former attack, 
that he very prudently refused to venture again : " When 1 
desired Origene to take the payne to come and here wytnesse 
Avyth me in thys mater, he semed at the first very well con- 
tent. But when I told hym that he sholde mete with Tyndale : 
he blessed hymselfe and shranke bakke, and sayde he had 
leuer go some other waye many a mile then onys medle with 
hym. For I shall tell you syr, quod he, before thys tyme a 
ryght honorable man very connyng and yet more vertuouse, 
the good bysshoppe of Rochester, in a great audyence brought 
me in for a wytnes against Luther and Tyndale, euen in this 
same mater, about the tyme of the burnynge of Tyndalys euyll 
translated testament. But Tyndale, as soon as he herd of my 
name, without any respecte of honestye, fell in a rage wyth 
me, and all to rated me, and called me starke here tyke, and 
that the starkest that euer was. Thys tale Orygene told me, 
and swore by saynt Symkyn that he was neuer so sayed vnto 
of such a lewde felowe synnys he was fyrste borne of hys 
mother, and therfore he wolde neuer medle wyth Tyndale 
more. Now, indede, to saye the treuth yt were not well done 
of Tyndale to leue resonynge and fall a scoldyng, chydynge, 
and brawlynge, as it were a bawdy begger of Byllyter-lane. 
Fy for shame, he sholde fauored and forborne hym somwhat, 
and yt had bene but for his age. For Origene is nowe xiij. hun- 
dred yere olde or there aboute, and this was not mych aboue 
vij yeres synnys."* We may suppose with what gravity and 
easy trust such a story would be received by the wondering 
* Confutation, p. 104. 

4* 



42 ififrcirtoft of 

and simple populace, when told on the authority of the great 
Lord Chancellor, backed by that of the priests. 

This reflection on the vituperative temper of Tyndale, his 
adversary cunningly places in the mouth of Origen, from 
which it would come with a better grace than from his own. 
An intelligent Romanist, in that rare volume " Salem and Bi- 
zance," [1533] complains very seriously that More calleth 
those with whom he differed " sometyme desperate wretches, 
sometyme sterke heretykes, and other whyles he calleth them 
the blessed brotherhode, or the newe broched bretherne, or 
the euangelical bretherne, and the principal doers he calleth 
potheded postels, naughtee bretherne, or heretike brethern — 
these be strange names deuised after a merueilous railing 
fashion, wherein I thinke verely he dothe not as he wolde be 
done to." 

There was little to choose, on this score, between most of 
the disputants of that day : — it was rare for one of them to be- 
come conscious of offending against good manners or good 
temper, and rarer, if he did, to find him much concerned 
about his vindication. In this particular controversy, Tyndale, 
it is likely, had little, if any advantage, over his lofty oppo- 
nent ; but it is hardly worth while to exhibit to the same ex- 
tent the style of his invective. To take an example at ran- 
dom, — he says, speaking of unmeaning ceremonies, " a man 
will as soon gape while thou puttest sand as holy salt in his 
mouth, yf thou shew hym no reason therof ; he had as leyffe 
be smered with vnhalowed butter as anoynted with charmed* 
oyle, yf his soule be not taught to vnderstande somewhat 
therby." This was a poser to Sir Thomas, whose anger dic- 
tated his reply : " Ah blasphemouse beste, to whose rorynge 
and lowynge no good crysten man can with out heuynes of 
heart gyue ere. Now foloweth yt also that yf the sacrament 
were as good vnmynistred as mynistred to who so euer is not 
taught the proper sygnifycacyons of the outward token in the 

* More misquotes it " vncharmed." 



sacrament, as Tyndale here vnder a blasphemous iestynge 
fasshyon telle th vs : then foloweth yt, I saye, that there was 
neuer chylde crystened synnys crystendome fyrst begane, but 
that yt hadde bene as good to haue lefte it vncrystened, and 
neuer to haue let water touche yt, bycause yt coulde not be 
taught what the water sygnified." * A grave subject indeed, 
to those who considered that the parental neglect of the rite 
would entail endless misery upon the child. 

To neutralize the effect of his adversary's labours. More 
sometimes resorts to means of which a Protestant can hardly 
complain ; means, at least, which there is reason to count the 
extreme point of fairness, with controversialists as a body, 
even in later times. He " wolde aduyse any man neither to 
rede these heretykes bokes nor mine, but occupy theyr myndes 
better, and standynge fermely by the catholyke faith of this 
,xv. C. yere, neuer onys muse vppon these newe fangled here- 
syes ; but if at the parell of daynger to bume both here and in 
hell, he cannot hold hisyechynge fyngers frome theyre poysened 
bokes, then wold I counsayle hym in any wyse to rede therwith 
such thynges as are wrytten agaynstthem." But this is only 
an occasional touch of impartiality or mildness, and he appears 
most in his element as in former citations ; or, when main- 
taining that " Tyndale's heresies farre exceed and passe : 
and incomparably offende the maiestie of our Lorde God, than 
all the settynge vppe of Bell, and Baal, and Belzabub, and all 
the deuyls in hell," and that the king, of whose conscience he 
perhaps felt himself to be keeper, " would lose his own soul, if 
he suffered Tyndale's Testament in his people's hands. 

The pitiable infatuation of Sir Thomas as to the real, criti- 
cal merits of the work upon which we have been dwelling, 
recalls involuntarily to mind the far different estimate expressed 
of it by a Romanist, nearly of our own time ; one, with the 
freedom of whose speculations we have here no concern, but 
from whose decisions, in his chosen walk of learning, it would 
not be easy to find a fit court of appeal. " With respect to 



44 il^emofr of 

Tyndale's translation, it is astonishing how little obsolete the 
language of it is, even at this day ; and, in point of perspicuity 
and noble simplicity, propriety of idiom and purity of style, 
no English version has yet surpassed it. The criticisms of 
those who wrote against it (we are sorry to find Sir Thomas 
More among them) are generally too severe, often captious, 
and sometimes evidently unjust."* He says, in another con- 
nection, that but for the corrupt state, at that time, of the He- 
brew text, from which his translation, (so far as it went,) of the 
Old Testament was made, he should have been disposed to 
adopt it as the basis of his own. 

His resolute and well-sorted ally, John Fryth, took up the 
gauntlet in his behalf, a short time before his martyrdom ; of 
whose style and spirit the reader may not dislike to see a 
specimen. "And Tyndale I truste lyueth: well contente 
with such pore apostles lyfe, as God gaue hys sonne Christ, 
and hys faythful mynysters in thys worlde, whych is not sure 
of so many mytes as you [Sir Thomas More] be yearely of 
many poundes, although I am sure that for hys learnynge and 
iudgement in scripture, he were more worthye to be promoted 
then all the byshoppes in Englande. I receyued a letter from 
hym, which was wrytten sens Christmas, wherin among other 
matters he wryteth thus : I call God to recorde agaynst the 
daye we shall appeare before our Lorde Jesus Christ to geue 
reckonynge of oure doinges, that I neuer altered one syllable 
of Godes worde agaynst my conscyence, nor wolde do thys 
daye, yf all that is in earthe, whether it be honoure, pleasure, 
or ryches myght be geuen me." Fryth adds, " Judge, good 
Christen reader, whether these words be not spoken of a fayth- 
full, clere, and innocent herte. And as for hys behauyoure is 
suche, that I am sure no man can reprove hym of any synne, 
howbeit no man is innocent before God whych beholdeth the 
herte." 

Of his motives he speaks himself in the prologue to the 4to, 
Testament with glosses, 1526. " I haue here translated 
* Geddes' Prospectus to a New Translation, p. Qd.. 



(brethren and susters, moost dere and tenderly beloued in 
Christ) the Newe Testament for youre spirituall edyfyinge, 
consolacion, and solas : the causes that moved me to translate, 
y thought better that other shulde ymagion, then that y shulde 
rehearce them. Moreover y supposed yt superfluous, for 
who ys so blynde to axe why lyght shulde be shewed to them 
that walke in dercknes, where they cannot but stomble, and 
where to stomble ys the daunger of eternall damnacion, other 
so despyghtfull that he would envye eny man (y speake nott 
his brother) so necessary a thinge, or so bedlem madde to af- 
fyrme that good is the naturall cause of yuell, and derknes to 
precede oute of lyght, and that lyinge shulde be grounded in 
trougth and verytie and nott rather clone contrary, that lyght 
destroyeth dercknes, and veritie reproveth all manner lyinge." 
The most valuable of his own compositions. The Obedience 
of a Christian Man, came out in 1528. He maintains in the 
preface, at some length, the necessity of a free circulation of 
the Scriptures in the vernacular language of every country ; 
and after his christian salutations, proceeds : " Let it not make 
thee dispayre, neither yet discorage thee (oh reader) that it is 
forbidden thee in peyne of lyfe and goodes, or that it is made 
breakynge of the kynges peace, or treason vnto his highnes, 
to reade y® worde of thy soules health. But much rather be 
bolde in the lorde and comfort thy soule. For as much as 
thou art sure and haste an euydent token thorow suche perse- 
cutyon, that it is the true worde of God, which worde is euer 
hated of the worlde." He argues, from the case of the Jews, 
who received the scriptures, from time to time, in their own 
tongue ; from Jerome's implied concurrence in his position, 
when with much pains he prepared the Latin version ; and 
from the gross darkness which has covered the people since 
the scriptures have been withheld. " The curates, alas, them- 
selves, for the moost part, wotte no more what the Newe or 
Olde Testament meaneth, than do the Turkes." — " Moreouer 
seynge that one of you euer preacheth contrary to a nother. 
And whan two of you mete, the one disputeth and braul- 



46 l^cmofr of 

eth with the other, as it were two scoldes. And for as 
moche as one holdeth this doctor, and another that, one fol- 
loweth Duns,* and another S. Thomas," &c., enumerating 
fifteen different sects in the then Roman CathoHc church in 
England, he adds, " In so great dyuersyte of spyrites howe 
shal I knowe who lyeth and who sayeth trueth : wherby shall 
I trye them and iudge them ? Verely by Goddes worde, which 
onely is true. But how shall I that do, when thou wylte not 
let me se the scrypture ? " He winds up this interesting pre- 
face with a serious charge, of which we might like to know 
in what way his adversaries parried or eluded it. " Fynally 
that the threatenyng and forbyddynge the laye people to rede 
the scrypture is not for loue of your soules (which they care 
for as the foxe doeth for the gese) is euydent and clerer than 
the Sonne, in as moche as they permytte and suffre you to 
reade Rohin Hode, and Beuys of Hampton^ Hercules^ Hector 
and Troyltis, with a thousande hystoryes and fables of loud 
and wantones,t and of rybaudrye, as fylthy as herte can 
thynke, to corrupte the myndes of youth with all, clene con- 
trary to the doctryne of Chryst and of his apostles." 

The zeal of Tyndale's enemies to keep this book from the 
king, as often happens, overshot itself ; it fell into his hands. 
Anne Boleyn had lent her copy to one of the ladies in waiting, 
who was attached to a handsome page, named Zouch ; he 
playfully seized the book, and ran away with it to the chapel, 
as a secure place for private reading ; but Dr. Sampson 
caught him before he could conceal the proscribed treasure, 
and with severe threats carried it away to Cardinal Wolsey. 
The queen asking for her book, the lady fell on her knees, 
and told what had happened; when the amiable princess 

* Duns Scotus, a celebrated monk, born in Scotland, of whom 
Camden gives the following character, as drawn by an Italian poet : 
"^All learning taught in humaine bookes and couched in holy writ, 
Dun Scotus darke and doubtfull made by subtilty of wit." 

t The same Act of Parliament, Jan. 20, 1543 which interdicts 
Tyndale, and confines to select classes the reading of other transla- 
sions, names Chaucer's tales and Gower's love stories as well as 
songs, plays and interludes, as left open to general perusal, 



Ba^fllfam Sjn^ale. 47 

kindly raised her, saying, it shall be the dearest book the car- 
dinal has got. She went to the king, and told him the con- 
duct of the doctor and cardinal. Henry immediately called 
for the stolen volume, when she with irresistible tenderness 
besought the king to examine its contents, with which he af- 
fected to be deeply taken, from his remark, " This book is for 
me and all kings to read." 

During this time Tyndale was unceasingly active in 
publishing a number of tracts and books,* which, though 
small in size, were mighty in pulling down the strongholds of 
superstition in England. Having finished, in 1529, his trans- 
lation of the first books of the Old Testament, he commenced 
their publication in separate tracts, with ornamental wood-cuts, 
and with notes, which gave great offence to the clergy. When 
the manuscript of Deuteronomy was ready for the press, thus 
completing the Pentateuch, a severe and trying dispensation 
of Providence awaited him. Purposing to print it at Hamburgh, 
on his way thither he was shipwrecked on the coast of Holland, 
and lost his books, money, and manuscript ; happy in so 
escaping, for it was a special mercy that he was not thrown 
on the English coast, where, if spared by the sea, it had only 
been to feed the fires of Smithfield. He continued his journey, 
and Coverdale having joined him, they repeated their labour 
on Deuteronomy, and with a pious lady's assistance, Mrs. Van 
Emmerson, it was printed ; thus completing the first portion 
of the Old Testament in 1530. At Hamburgh, the same 
providence which preserved him in shipwreck, armed his body 
against the pestilence. "They went through the work in 
safety, while the sweating-sickness swept away thousands in 
the city with a general mortality ; as if the useful sweating of 
their brains were a preservative against the hurtful sweating 

* Mr. Offor has the original edition of many of these, (which are 
both interesting and amusing,) in his cabinet ; among them, a copy of 
the Obedience of a Christen man [small 4to. May, 1528] once the 
property of the " Virgin Queen," then princess. It has her auto- 
graph, beautifully written, but with characteristic pomp : '^ Elizabeth, 
doughter of England and France." The book probably assisted to 
secure her to the Reformation cause. 



43 i^Jteinofr of 

of their bodies. And indeed close application to a lawfuU 
calling, is the best antidote against a public infection."* This 
is the only portion of the Old or New Testament, in the trans- 
lation of which Tyndale and Coverdale assisted each other. 

In the preface to Genesis, he observes, that when he pub- 
lished the New Testament, he desired them that were learned 
to amend, if ought were found amiss, but that, instead of 
amending it, the papists have raised an outcry against the 
translation ; saying there were many thousand heresies in it, 
so that it could not be mended : if even an i lacked a tittle over 
his head, it was noted to the ignorant people for an heresy. " A 
thousand books had they lever to be put forth against their 
abominable doings and doctrine, than that the scripture should 
come to light." " Which thing only moved me to translate 
the New Testament. Because I had perceived by experience 
how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any 
truth, except the scriptufe was plainly laid before their eyes 
in their mother tongue." He humbly submits his Pentateuch 
to the judgment of Hebrew scholars, and expresses his willing- 
ness to have it burnt, if they will first put forth another that 
shall be found more correct. His writings had by this time 
been extensively circulated, and began to produce their good 
fruit sixty or an hundred fold. 

Many of these tracts are now lost, and probably may never 
be again recovered. The great object which he endeavours 
to illustrate through all his works is the important difference 
between the Old and the New Testaments or Covenants. No 
man of that age, nor perhaps down to the present, had clearer 
or juster sentiments upon this very important subject ; the for- 
mer dispensation, pointing by signs and ceremonies to the lat- 
ter, in which a spiritual but sublime simplicity of worship takes 
the place of outward pomp and splendour. 

* Fuller's Church History. 



eSFillfam HtsrCOaU, " 49 



CHAPTER IV. 

<* Rome tam'd the world, the Popetam'd Rome so great ; 
Rome rul'd by power, the Pope by deep deceit. 
But, how more large, than theirs, was Tyndale's fame, 
Who, with his pen, both Pope and Pvome doth tame ?" 

Fr. Quarles. 

TYNDALK's works give great offence SECRETLY CIRCULATED 

pope's bull against THEM EFFORTS OF HENRY TO SUPPRESS 

AND DESTROY THEM. 

The corner-stone of popery is the pretended authority of 
the church, through an immediate and continued descent 
from the Apostles, together with the claim of being the de- 
pository of traditions, alleged to be of equal authority with 
the written word as a rule of faith. The odium which 
with the clergy, rested upon Tyndale, chiefly grew out of the 
efforts with which he had assailed this strong hold. In the 
Practice of Prelates he proves the fallacy of this plea ; and 
that it was not until after Christianity had been planted for 
centuries, that the papacy had birth ; Centuries more passed 
before it acquired the weight to influence the counsels of 
Europe, in the shape of crusades and wars, and to prostrate 
the intellect before the dogmas of the holy church. If in- 
quiry were ventured upon, it was silenced with this reason of 
faith, — so the church beHeves ; and this mode of argument is 
seriously commended for its efficacy in driving away the 
fiend. " This is the faith of that cooliar : which being at 
point of deathe, and tempted of the deuill what his faith was, 
answered, I beleue and die in the faith of Christes church. 
Being againe demaunded what the faith of Christ his church 
was, that faith, saied he, that I beleue in. Thus the deuil get- 
ting no other awnswer of the simple man, was ouercomed 
5 



50 i^emofr of 

and put to flight."* The same learned doctor assigns as 
his reason for not allowing a translation of scripture : " For 
precious stones ought not to be cast before hogges,f and such 
of all likelihod are the laye ignorant people." 

To excite honest inquiry, guided by the Bible, into a sys- 
tem like this, was the great aim of his writings. He at times 
brought to his aid pleasant raillery ; as when thus ridiculing 
abstinence : " A Charter House monk would rather dye than 
eat flesh, but he loves the strongest ale or beer heated with 
spices, and pours it in without measure." In the observance 
of holy dayes " will he kepe so straight, that if he meete a flee 
in his bed, he dare not kill her," but he neither knows nor cares 
why the day is kept. In the multitude of ceremonies he is 
always in fear ; for if without a stole about his neck he were 
to say mass, the wafer would not be consecrated ; if he gave 
absolution, it were not worth a mite : so their praying to posts, 
domme pateryng and howlyng ; domme straunge holy ges- 
tures ; these all marke a fleshlie spiritualitie, which for eight 
hundred years has been established with lies."| 

Sir Thomas More naturally enough wonders at such an in- 
undation of volumes, of which the printing-costs were not the 
only risks. " Whych bokes all be yt that they neyther can be 
there printed without great coste, nor here solde wythout great 
aduenture and parell ; yet ceace they not with mony sent 
from hense, to prente them there and send them hyther by 
y« whole fattes full at once, and in some places lokynge for 
noo lucre, caste them abrode by nyght." Constantine, when 
in prison, contrived by giving up some of the books to relax 
the vigilance of his persecutors, and made his escape. " He 
deuysed how those deuylysshe bokes whyche hymself and 
hys felowes hadde brought and shypped, myghte come to the 

* Staphilus' Apologie, translated by Stapleton, 4to. 1565, pp. 53,64. 

t Offer remarks on this ; — '' an odd idea of the priest, for the natural 
result must be, his christening the little pigs, and celebrating the 
mass to the larger swine." 

X Reply to Sir Thomas More, Preface. 



WSSaUmn JEgntiale. 51 

byshoppes handes to be burned. And therfore he shewed me 
the shypmannes name that had them, and the merkes of the 
ferdellys, by whych I haue sinnys hys escape receyved 
them."* Information was laid against R. Webbe of Bristol, 
" that some of these pestylent bookes were throwen in the 
strete and lefte at mennys dores by nyght, that where they 
durste not offer theyr poyson to sell, they wolde of theyr 
cheryte poyson men for nought."! 

John Fox, the martyrologist, observes, that " the bookes of 
W. Tindal, being compiled, published, and sent to England, 
it cannot be spoken what a doore of light they opened to the 
eyes of the whole English nation, which before were many 
yeares shut vp in darkenesse." The archives of the London 
diocese during these troublous times, which by the Bishop's lib- 
erality, have been lately exposed, seem to show, that, very 
much after the scriptural proverb, the fame of Tyndale was at 
Rome in advance of " his own country," or at least of its puis- 
sant monarch. The thundere of the Vatican were launched 
against him so early as 1520. In the records of Bishop Ton- 
stall is preserved a bull dated July 17, (in the eighth year of 
Leo's pontificate), on seven closely- written folios, against 
Luther and his sect. At the end of this formidable instrument, 
.which denounces torment here and eternal fire hereafter 
against those dread heretics, is a list of their names in the fol- 
lowing order : — Luthero, Lambertus, Pomeranus, Zuynglius, 
(Ecolampadius, Bucerus, Melanthonus, Carolastadius, Bren- 
tius, Jonas, Westemerus, Hendendorphius, Johnes Agricola, 
Vrbanus Regius, Breste manning, Andreas Knopken, Si- 
mon Hessus, Johnes Wyltkyrk, Otton BrymseUius, Will- 
mus Tyndall, Willmus Roy apostata, Ricus Bryghtwell. The 
three last names are linked together with a note on the right 
hand, Angli; and on the left, Ordines frm minor de ohsuacia 
de Grenewyche. All these are honoured names : of the Eng- 
lishman, Tyndale justly takes the lead. More calls him 

* More's Confutation, Preface, pt. I. 
t Confutation, pt. II. p. 408. 



52 i^emoir of 

" this blessed apostle of these apostates."* These records 
also contain a proclamation issued in the 21st of Henry ( 1529,) 
evincing his royal purpose to purge his kingdom. It sets 
forth, " that books in English and Latin have been circulated 
throughout the kingdom replete with most venomous here- 
sies, blasphemies and slaunders intollerable to the clean ears 
of any good christen man ;" and commands all his lords, 
spiritual and temporal, judges, sheriffs, etc. etc. to prevent any 
unlicensed person from preaching or teaching, and to cause 
all such books to be brought in, on pain of immediate impris- 
onment. At the end is a list of about ninety Latin and eigh- 
teen English books, first the Newe Testament, followed by 
eleven other of Tynd ale's books. 

In the library at Lambeth Palace is an original state docu- 
ment,t a curious testimony to show how greatly the imperious 
Henry with his nobles and clergy had been disquieted by the 
New Testament in English, and a few little books of a pious 
preacher in exile. Fox, who was then on the scene, declares 
that they produced such singular profit to the godly, and envy 
to the ungodly, that the commotion to destroy them was " like 
as, at the birth of Christ, Herod and all Jerusalem was troubled 
with him." Henry had abolished the Pope's jurisdiction ; but 
popery was worth cherishing as the inseparable ally of arbi- 
trary power. He justly feared that emancipation, in one form 
being achieved, would remind them of what remained to be 
done m another. Hence the energy with which he engaged in 
measures, touching no interests more nearly than those which 
were personal to himself. 

The document which suggested this preliminary, occupies 
eight skins of parchment, closely written on both sides in a very 
neat and small character, dated May 28, 1530. It was pub- 
lished in presence of the king, his council, and a convocation 
of clergy, at the palace of Westminster, adjoining to the 
chambers of the parliament, and witnessed with the attesta- 

* Confutation of Tyndale, Vol. II. p. 364. 

t A copy ig in the records of the venerable Warham, [the Abp.] 



?B'fUfam E^ntSKlc, 53 

tions and seals of the three parliamentary notaries : sQch are 
the imposing solemnities directed against the writings of Wil- 
liam Tyndale ! 

Commencing with a solemn appeal to God, and " to all 
trew and faithful ciisten people :" it sets forth, that the King, 
" hearing that many bookes in the English tonge containing 
many detestable errors and dampnable opynyons, prynted in 
parties beyonde the see, to be brought into diuerse townes 
and sondrie parties of this his realme of Englande, and sawen 
abrode in the same, to the great decaye of our faithe and 
perylous corrupcion of his people, vnles spedye remedye 
were breuelie prouided. That his subjectes myght kepe pure 
and clone of all contagion of wronge opynion in Cristes reli- 
gion, and that he was full lothe to suffre suche euill sede sowen 
amongest his people, soo to take roote, that it myght ouer- 
growe the corne of the Catholicke fayth." It goes on to 
state, that his majesty, having collected those books, sent 
them to his council, prelates, and divei-s learned men of both 
universities and others, with instructions to read them, and 
prepare to give their faithful opinions as to the doctrines con- 
tained in them, which they were to be ready to sustain by 
extracts from the said books ; — that this council met at the 
king's palace at Westminster, consisting of the lord legate, 
archbishops, bishops, and learned men ; and that they came 
to an unanimous conclusion, that all the said books contain 
" many erroures and heresyes both detestable and damnable" 
— " which bokes doo swarme full of heresies and detestable 
opynyons." Each heresy is then engrossed at length on the 
deed. Our limits will permit no more than to give the sum 
total of each work, quoting the first by way of specimen. 

The AVicked Mammon contains thirty heresies — 1st Faith 
only doth justify us. The Obedience of a Christian Man, 
twenty-five heresies — Whatsoever is done before the Spirit of 
God giveth light is condemnable — Purgatory ys of the popys 
inuentyon, and therefore he may doo ther what so euer he 
5* 



54 ifWemofr of 

wyll — No man may be hired to pray. The Revelation of 
Antichrist, forty-nine heresies — To bynde a man perpetual- 
ly to any vow of reUgion is without doubt an error — Not only 
the Pope ys wicked, but the'popedom-self, and the oflyce ys 
yniquyte, and ys suche a power that yt suppresseyth the 
fay the and gosple, and cannot be admynystered by a good 
prynce, but by the aduersarye of Chryste* — All thinges 
necessarye are declared in the New Testament — The Newe 
Testament of Criste will not sufFre any lawe of compulsion, 
but oonly of counsell and exhortation.! The Sum of Scrip- 
ture, ninety-two heresies — the water of the fonte hath noo 
more vertue in it than hath the water of a ryuer — We be all 
equally bounde to knowe the Gospells and the Epistells of 
Sainte Powle — Men should see that their childern come to 
church to here sermon — The Gospell is written for all persons, 
estates, dukes, princes, pope, emperour." The Book of Beg- 
gars — That there is noo purgatory, but it is a thinge invented 
by the covetousness of the spiritualtee oonly, to translate all 
kingdoms from other princes unto them — ^And that there is 
not oon worde spoken of it in all Holye Scripture. The 
Exposition into the seventh chapitre of the First Epistill to 
the Corynthians, contains these heresies — Vows of chastity 
may be broken — Fasting not an exclusion of meat and drink 
— that Paul had a wife — that Sainte Pawle saith,| that he 
ought to be chosen for to be a bishop, that is the husbande of 
oon wyfe." 

The deed goes on to say, that his Highness has determined 
to expel all the books containing such pestilent heresies, and 
having obtained the unanimous testimony of his prelates and 

* In the original document, this heresy is obliterated ; it is copied 
by the aid of the transcript in the records. That which was a capital 
heresy in 1530, viz. to speak against the pope, — the act of parliament 
in 1534, declares to be sound doctrine. 

t To this " detestable heresye" it may be as well to direct atten- 
tion, though comment upon would be a waste of words. 

X The learned council leave it somewhat in the dark whether their 
decree be levelled at the apostle or the reformer. 



learned men to their ' fffis tradicions and corrupt doctrine,' 
and soul-destroying influence, " warns and monyshes" all good 
subjects " by the woordes of Cryste, Take hede of false pro- 
phets." They are then notified to deliver to the superioures 
either of the aforesaid books — again named seriatim — and it 
amusingly adds, " that if by reading of them heretofore any 
thinge remanyth in your breestes of that teching, either for- 
get it^ or by enformacion of the truthe, expelle and purge 
hitt, etc." He " moves and exhorts" them " in God to do 
so ;" but if " being obstinate and refusing this, the prelates of 
the churche having the care and charge of your soules, ought 
to compell you and your prince to punysh and correct you 
not doing." And as the opinion has been spread abroad, 
that the king was bound to give the Scriptures to his people 
in their own language, he had taken the advice of these pre- 
lates and nobles, who declare that he is not bound to do so ; 
but that he will have the New Testament translated, and if 
the people are meke and submissive, and he thinks that it will 
conduce to their good, he will give it to them. 

This decree was tantamount to a general search-warrant, 
sweeping the whole kingdom for forbidden books, from the 
palace to the hovel. It is surprising when we look at the bit- 
ter penalty, — as in Harding's case, a tormenting death too 
often aggravated by refined cruelty — that any of these books 
have been handed down to us. But most of them in fact ex- 
ist, and mocking the impotent power which sought their de- 
struction, form an enduring monument to the talent and piety 
of their author. 

With what emotions do we find among the names append- 
ed to this deed, that of Hugh Latimer ! Latimer, who then 
consenting to the destruction of Tyndale, as Saul did to the 
sacrifice of Stephen, like him, lived to mingle his ashes with 
those of his victim in one common and holy cause. Sir Tho- 
mas More was a principal actor in this business ; and thus 
describes the solemnities with which this deed received the 



56 f^cwoir of 

royal assent :* — " In hys owne moste " roiall person, in the 
sterre chamber, moste eloquently by hys owne mouth, in 
greate presence of hys lordes spyrytuall and temporal!, gave 
monycyon and warnynge to all the justyces of peace, of euery 
quarter of hys realme then assembled before hys hyghnes, 
etc* etc. to the entent that euery subject of hys, by the meane 
of such manyfolde effectual warnynge, wyth hys gracyous 
remyssyon of theyr former offence in his commaundment be- 
fore broken, sholde from thense forthe auoyde and estyew 
the parell and daunger of punishment, and not dreue hys 
hyghnesse of necessyte to the thynge fmm whyche the 
myldenesse of hys benygnef nature abhorreth." 

The king issued his proclamation in June 1530, for giving 
effect to the above decree. All books were to be surrendered 
in fifteen days. The magistrates of all degrees are ordered 
to seize whoever refuses to deliver, or is suspected to keep 
them, and to bring such before the king and his council, that 
they may be punished for their contempt, to the terrible ex- 
ample of other like transgressors. The proclamation declares, 
that it is inexpedient for the people to have the Scriptures 
IN English, and decrees that they are books of heresie, 
and shall be clerely exterminated and exiled out of this realme 
of England for ever. The prohibition reaches to the same 
books in " Douch" (German) and French. Tyndale seems 
not without reason, to have called his persecutors " fleshly- 
minded hypocrites, as making the Scripture theire own pos- 
session and merchandize, and so shutting up the kingdom of 
heaven, which is God's word, neither entring themselves, nor 
suffer them that would."| 

Lest the laws, terrific as they were, should fail to sub- 
due in some the spirit of inquiry, More sometimes indulg- 
ed his readers with a glimpse into the nether worlds 

* Preface to the Confutation of Tyndale. 

t Of his ' benign nature,' Sir Thomas was, within five years, t6 
have plenary experience. 
+ Prologue to Jonas. 



WiUxKm STgntrale. 57 

All the means of intimidation were tried ; from the dread of 
present burning, to that of burning hereafter and forever. 
" Tewkesbury would not have been martyred, yf Tyndales vn- 
gracyouse bokes had neuer come in hys hande, for whych 
the pore wreche lyeth now in hell, and cryeth out on him ; 
and Tyndall, yf he do not amende in tyme, he is lyke to fynde 
hym when they come togyther, an bote fyrebronde burnynge 
at hys bakke, that all the water in the worlde wyll neuer be 
able to quench. Then haue we Jonas made out by Tyndale, 
a booke that whoso delyte therein, shall stande in parell that 
Jonas was neuer so swalowed vppe wyth the whale, as by the 
delyte of that booke a mannes soule maye be so swallowed 
vppe by the deuyll, that he shall neuer haue the grace to gete 
out agayne."* 

The superstitious feares of the ignorant are dextrously turn- 
ed to account ; and as at this period the country was under- 
going a grevious visitation both from famine and mortality, the 
enlightened chancellor finds no difficulty in ascribing them to 
the heretical impiety scattered through the land. Elsewhere, 
ridicule and raillery are tried, and the crumbling hierarchy is 
buoyed up in this style : " Neuer was a more folyshe frantyque 
boke than the Wycked Mammon." " Then haue ye an expo- 
sycyon also vppon the VII chapyter of Corinthyes, by whyche 
prestos, freres, monkes, and nonnes be taught that euangelical 
lyberty, that they may runne out a caterwawynge, and so 
wow and wedde."j; 

More refers above perhaps to the prologue to |1 Jonah,in which 
Tyndale with much keenness, contrasts the Jewish priests of 
our Lord's days with the teachers of his own. It contains 
a clear exhibition of his religious sentiments. " If thou find 

* Preface to the Confutation of Tyndale. 

X More indulged in very indelicate jokes upon the profligate con- 
cubinage of the clergy, but was shocked and indignant at their get- 
ting married. 

II This treatise which is of some length, is published in every edi- 
tion of Tyndale's Bible. The original edition is of extreme rarity. 



58 f^temoft ef 

ought amisse, when thou seist thy selfe in the glasse of God's 
Worde, thynke it compendious wisdome, to amende the same 
betymes, monished and warned by the ensample of other men, 
rather than to tary vntil thou be beaten also." He calls the 
whale's belly a newe schole in which Jonas lost much of his 
dross — and exhibits him as a warning. " And wyth Jonas, let 
them that wayte on vanities, and seke God here and there, 
and in euery temple, saue in theyr hertes ; — go and seke the 
testament of God in thyne hart" — " and when the rage of thy 
conscience is ceased, offer thanksgeuing and paye the vowe 
of thy baptisme, that God only saueth of his only mercy — as- 
cribe the cause of thy tribulacion vnto thyne owne synne, and 
the cause of thy delyuerance vnto the mercye of God." 

Tyndale had now settled at Antwerp, as chaplain to the 
company of English merchants. He won esteem from all 
wherever he went, by his unaffected piety and amiableness ; 
and although sustaining a public station, his retreat was for 
some time hidden from those who had marked him as their 
prey. He thus for a few years longer eluded their devices. 
Environed, as he was, with dangers, he composed at this time 
a short treatise on the absurdities and idolatry of the mass ; 
but fearing to offend some weak disciples, it was laid aside, 
and never printed until after his martyrdom. 

Of all his tracts and treatises. Fox quaintly says, they are 
'' no lesse delectable than also most fruitfull to be read." 



C2^fllfam STDix^ale. 59 



CHAPTER V. 

" In the rare roll of martyrs we do find 
Famous John Frith, an Englishman by nature ; 
Who from his youth, adorn'd his education 
With promptitude of wit, and other parts, 
Whereby he flourish'd both in tongues and arts." 

QUARLES. 

INEFFECTUAL ATTEMPTS TO ALLURE TVNDALE TO ENGLAND HIS 

SEVERE PRIVATIONS HENRy's ANGRY LETTER TO HIS ENVOY — MAR- 
TYRDOM OF THE AMIABLE FRITH. 

The emissaries of Henry, of his Cardinal and his Chancellor, 
were now making the greatest exertions to entangle Tyndale 
in their toils and convey him to England. The principal agent 
for this purpose was the British envoy in the Low Countries, 
Stephen Vaughan. The first communication from him to be 
met with, is a letter to his royal master, dated Jan. 26, 1530, 
from the neighbourhood of Antwerp. It appears from this, 
that Tyndale had not yet taken up his residence in the Low 
Countries, so that letters were addressed — to ensure success 
between them — to three different cities in Germany. The en- 
voy, after speaking of political affairs, thus introduces the sub- 
ject of our Memoir.* " I have written three sundry letters unto 
Willyam Tyndall, and the same sent, for the more sure tie, to 
iii several places, toFrankforde, Hamburgh and Marleborough." 
What follows, in effect is, that he had very good hope, (after 
what was currently said in England of his willingness, upon 
the gracious promise of a safe-conduct from his Majesty, to 
repair to England) of persuading him to this step, with these 
and such other persuasions as he devised in his letters, and 

* These papers are in the British Museum. All that they contain 
relative to Tyndale is here published. 



60 i^cmotr of 

especially, that whatever guaranty he should desire of the king's 
good faith in the matter, Vaughan and his friends would do 
their best to obtain the promise of from his Majesty. But 
Tyndale's suspicions, it seems, were all aroused by the stir 
which these negotiations made in England, to the utter defeat 
and chagrin of the envoy, just when he was making sure of 
him; who thinks that his distrust was wholly without just 
ground or occasion, were - he but once in his Majesty's 
presence, and " his gracious benygnytie and piteous regard" 
towards his humble and penitent subjects, so apt thereby [!] 
to be moved, being once taken into account. He speaks of 
letters written by Tyndale in reply to his, and to a iellow- 
emissary also on the same errand, which he had despatched to 
his Majesty. But these papers, though it would be so interest- 
ing to discover them, are a lost treasure. A letter to Lord 
Cromwell accompanies this communication, in which he says, 
" It is vnlikely to get Tyndall into England when he dayly 
hereth so many thinges from thense which feareth hym. Af- 
ter his booke answering my lord chancillor's boke be put 
fourthe, I thinke he wyll wryte no more. The man is of a 

GRETTER KNOWLEGE THEN THE KYNGE HIGHNES DOTH TAKE 

HIM FOR, whiche well appereth by his workes. Wolde god 
he were in Englande." 

Among the state papers is the fragment of a well-written 
and touching letter from one of these emissaries, who, in a 
very singular, and even romantic manner, obtained an inter- 
view with Tyndale. The courtier finding himself unawares 
in the presence of his long-sought victim, was so awed by his 
dignified purity and truth, that, in answering him, he tells his 
royal master he did it as his poor wit would serve him. The 
letter bears every mark of undoubted sincerity, and affectingly 
pourtrays the sufferings of this great benefactor of his nation, 
then living in painful and perilous concealment. 

The king's agent notifies his majesty that he had obtained 
a copy of one part of Tyndale's reply to the Lord chancellor, 



5!®'fUfam E^ntiKle, 61 

of which he had given " knoledge to my Lord Cromwell," 
with a view to advertise his Highness thereof ; but this was 
*' so rudely writyn and difficult to be red, me thowght it un- 
comly and not mete to be sent in so vile aray to the hands" 
of his Majesty. He therefore set about to transcribe it again : 
and the second part, which he had also obtained, he promises 
to send with all convenient celerity. He tells the king, that 
" the matter contained herein," as he thinks, " in regard of his 
former wrytyng, will better like him, then some other of his 
workes which he hath with lesse advisement, more Rashenses 
and ruder spirite put forth before this tyme." The interview 
is best given in his own words. 

" The day before the date* hereof, I spake with Tyndall 
withowt the town of Andwerp and by this means. He sent a 
certeyne person to seke me, whom he had advysed to say, 
that a certeyne frend of myne, vnknowen to the messenger, 
was very desirows to speke with me : praying me to take 
paynes to go unto him to suche place as he should bryng me. 
Then I to the messenger (said) what is your fryend and where 
is he } His name I know not, said he, but if it be your plea- 
sure to go where he is, I wilbe glad thider to bryng you : thus 
dobtfull what this m.atter ment, I conchided to go with hym, 
and folowed hym till he browght me withowt the gate of And- 
werp into a feld lying nyghe unto the streme, where was abi- 
dyng me this said Tyndall. At our metyng, do you not knowe 
me ? said this Tyndall. I do not well remember you, said I 
to hym ; my name, said he, is Tyndall. But Tyndall, said I, 
fortunate be our metyng, Then Tyndall : Sir, I have bene 
^ excedyng desirous to speke with you. And I with you ; what 
is your mynd. Sir, said he, I am enformed that the kynge's 
grace taketh great displesure with me for puttyng furthe of 
certeyne bokes which I lately maid in these partes, but spe- 
cially for the boke namyd the Practise of Prelates, whereof I 
have no littell marvaill consideryng that in it I did but warne 
* Which is unfortunately wanting. 

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62 i^emofr of 

his grace of the subtyle demeanor of the Clargy of his Realme 
towardes his person, and of the shamefull abusions by them 
practised, not a Httell threatnyng the displeasure of his grace 
and weale of his Realme. In which doyng, I shewed and de- 
clared the harte of a trew subiect which sowght the saluegard 
of his Riall person and weale of his commons, to thentent that 
his grace thereoff warnyd mygt in dewe tyme prepare his re- 
medies against the subtyle dreames. If for my paynes theirin 
takyn. Yf for my pouertye. Yf for myn exille out of myn 
naturall contrey, and beyung absent from my fryndes. Yf 
for my hongar — my thurst — my cold — the great danger 
wherewith I am every where compasyed — and finally yf for 
innumerable other hard and sharp sicknesses whiche I indure, 
not yet feellyng theyre asperitie by reason I hopyd with my la- 
bors to doo honor to God — trew service to my prynce, and pie- 
sure to his commons, how ys yt that his grace this consyderyng 
may ether by hymselfe thyncke or by the perswasions of wother, 
be browght to thyncke, that in this doyng I schold not show a 
pure mynd, a trew and incorrupt zeale, and effeccyon to his 
•grace. Was there in me any such mynde when I warnyd 
hys grace to beware of his cardinall whose iniquyte he schort- 
ly after approvyd accordyng to my wrytyng ? Doth this de- 
serve hatered ? Ageyne, may his grace, beyng a crysten 
prynce, be so vnkynd to God, whiche hathe commaundyd his 
word to be spredde thorowgh owght the world : to geve more 
fay the to the wykkyd perswasions of men, whiche presumyng 
above Goddes wyssdom and contrary to that whiche Cryst ex- 
pressly comandeth in his testament, dare saye, thatt yt is not 
lefull for the pepoll to have the same in a tonge that they un- 
derstond, because the puritie thereof schold opyn mens ies to 
se ther wyckydnes ! ! Is there more danger in the kynges 
subgects then in the subgectes of all other princes, whiche in 
every of there tongges have the same under pryveleage of 
their sufFeraynse, as I noio am^ very detli ware more pleasaunt 
to me then lyffe^ consyderyng mans nature to be suche as can 
bear no trewthe. This, after a long communycation had be- 



Ob-fllfam <!ri)ntrak. 63 

twene us, for my parte makynge answar as my pore wyt 
wold serve me whiche war to long to write." The agent used 
" gentyll persuasions" to induce him to come into England, 
meaning soft words and tempting promises like those of 
Vaughan, but Tyndale roundly rejected such offers, " albeyt" 
his " grace wolde promes him neversomuch the surtye ;" 
well suspecting that no pledges would be proof against the 
importunity of the clergy, " whiche wolde affyrme that pro- 
myses made with erytykes ought not to be kept." After this 
he told me how he had fynyshed a worke agenst my Lord 
Chansellars booke, and woW not put it in printe till suche 
tyme as your grace had sene yt, becawse he appersevyth 
your dysplesure towardes hym for hasty puttyng forthe of his 
other werkes, and because yt schold appere that he is not of 
so obstynate rnynde as he thynketh he is reported unto your 
grace. This is the substaunce of his comunycasion had with 
me, whiche as he spake, I have wryttyn to your grace, word 
for word, as nye as I cowlde by any possible meanys bryng 
to remembraunce. My trust, therefore, is that your grace will 
not but take my laburs in the best part. I thowght necessary 
to be wrytten unto, your grace. After these wordys, he then 
beyng some thyng fearfull of me, lest I wold have parsuyd 
hym, and drawyng also towardes nyght, he toke his leve of 
me, and departed from the towne, and I toward the towne, 
saying I schold schortly peraventure se hym agayne, or if 
not, here from hym. Howbeyt, I suppose, he afterward re- 
tornyd to the towne by a nother wey, for there is no lyclyhed 
that he schold lodge withought the towne, hastie to parsew 
hym I was not, becawse I had some lyclyhod to speke schort- 
ly agayne with hym, and in perswing hym, I myght per- 
chaunse have fayllyd of my purpose, and put my selfe in 
dawnger. To declare to your magestie what in my pore 
judgment I thynke of the man, I asserteyne your gi'ace I have 
not communed with a man."* 

* Here the paper unhappily ends, at the interesting point, doubt- 
less, where the eulogium of the hero of it was commencing. 



64 l^teinoir of 

Tyndale's Practice of Prelates, alluded to by him in the 
above conversation, was printed at Marpurg, by H. Luft, in 
1530. It is an admirably condensed history of the rise and 
spread of popery, and of the intriguing practices of the Ro- 
mish hierarchy. He ascribes Henry's desire of a divorce 
from his faithful queen Catherine, to advice instilled into his 
mind by his confessor, the Bishop of Lincoln, at the instiga- 
tion of Wolsey. The ulterior design was to unite Henry to 
the French princess; and, by the united influence of both 
crowns, to secure an open road, by which the cardinal might 
ascend to the papal see and triple crown ; in that case, Lin- 
coln would have been advanced to York. Tyndale strenu- 
ously resists the divorce, by unanswerable arguments drawn 
from the laws of nature and of God. " What God has joined 
together, no man, not even the Pope, can lawfully put asunder.'* 

With his " poor apostle's life," Tyndale was content, many 
and grievous as were its privations ; less moved by all the 
lures that wealth or honor could hold out to him, than by the 
consciousness of untainted principle, with exile and suffering 
as their recompense. His apology for presuming to offer his 
advice to Royalty, is curious enough. " Some man might 
happlye say, that though a greate man wold be content to 
haue his deades compared vnto the lawes of God, he wold 
disdayne yet to have so vyle a wretch as I am, to dispute of 
them. I answere this is not my faute, but Goddes which will 
for the most parte euer chosest of the vilest to eonfounde the 
gloriouse, which not onlye clothed his sonne with oure vyle na- 
ture, but made him also of the lowest sorte of men, euen fyue 
hundred steppes beneth the degre of a cardinale. And the 
gloryous scribes and the pharises for all their holinesse re- 
buked not Herod ; but vile Jhon the Baptist." 

A letter from Sir St. Vaughan to the King, [dated May 20, 
1531] has preserved some sentiments of Tyndale marked by 
great magnanimity, and expressed in terms not to be read 
without emotion. His anxious concern that his countrymen 
should enjoy the bread of life, without reserve, with the idea 



52t'fllfam STsntJaU. 65 

seemingly that it could be purchased by his own sacrifice, 
reminds us of the self-devoting spirit of the great apostle for 
his nation [Eom. ix. 3] ; but in Paul's case, the ultimate and 
higher good alone was adequate to extort this confession ; 
not the means of salvation, but salvation itself. The letter 
commences with some political topics : then comes the men- 
tion of Frith, in whom his Majesty had taken the same sort 
of benevolent interest that he had in Tyndale ; and at whose 
conversion he was in like manner aiming, by any means, 
gentle or rough. The envoy promises to apply himself zeal- 
ously thereto ; " but has been informed that he [Frith] very 
lately maryed in Hollande, and ther dwellethe, but in what 
place I cannot tell ; thys manage maye by chaunce hynder 
my perswasions. I suppose hym to haue byn thereunto* 
dryuen throughe pouuertie, whiche is to be pitied, his quali- 
ties considered." 

Returning to his other unteachable pupil, he says : " I have 
agayne byn in hande to perswade Tyndall, and to draw hym 
the rather to favour my perswasions, and not to thinke the 
same fayned, I shewed hym a clawse conteyned in maister 
Crumwell's lettre, conteynynge these words followinge. ' And 
notwithstanding other the premisses in this my lettre conteyn- 
ed, if it were possible, by good and holsom exhortacions lo 
reconsile and conuerte the sayde Tyndall from the trayne 
and affection whiche he now is in, and to excerpte, and take 
away the opynyons and fantasies sorely rooted in hym, I 
doubte not but the kynge highness wolde be muche ioyous of 
his conuersion and amendement. And so beinge conuerted, 
if then he wolde returne into his realme, vndoubtedly the 

* Thereunto — viz. to his heresies most probably : but so equivocal 
is the construction, as that it will equally well apply to his marriage, 
it" not, by grammatical rule, better. As to the first sense, it would 
be a little strange if he were driven by poverty to his principles, 
which were themselves much more certain to drive him to poverty. 
The line of the once popular poet, if true in its first clause, would not 
be more true of poetry, than of principles such as those of these 
brother-re-formers, in the last : — 

Thou found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so. 
6* 



66 i^etitoft of 

kinges royall magistie is so inclined to mercie, pitie, and com- 
passion,* that he refusethe none which he seythe to submyt 
themself to the obedyence and good order of the worlde.' In 
these wordes I thought to be suche swetness and vertue as 
were able to perse the hardest harte of the worlde. And as 
I thought, so it cam to passe. For after sight thereof, I per- 
seyued the man to be excedinge altered, and to take the same 
very nere vnto his hearte, in suche wise that water stode in 
his yees. And answered what gracious wordes are these. 
' I assure youe,' sayed he, 'If it wolde stande withe the 
kinge most gracious plaisur to graunte only a bare text of the 
scripture to be put forthe emonge his people, like as is put 
forthe emonge the subgectes of the emperour in these parties, 
and of other cristen princes, be it of the translation of what 
person soever shall please his magestie, I shall ymedyatlye 
make faithfull promyse neuer to write more, ne abide two 
dayes in these parties after the same : but ymedyatly to re- 
payre into his realme, and there most humbly submytt my- 
selfe at the fete of his roiall magestie, OFFRyNGE my bodye 

TO SUFFER WHAT PAYNE OR TORTURES, YE WHAT DETHE HIS 
GRACE WILL, SO THAT THIS BE OBTEYNED. And till that tymc, 

I will abide thaspect of all chaunses what so euer shall come, 
and indure my lyfe in as many paynes, as it is able to here 
and suffer. And as concernynge my reconsiliacion his grace 
may be assured that what soeuer I haue sayed or written, in 
all my life ageynst thonour of Goddes worde, and so proued ; 
the same shall I before his magestie and all the worlde, vtterly 
renownce and forsake. And with most humble and meke 
mynde imbrace the truthe, abhorainge all errour souer at the 
most gracious and benygne request of his royall magestie, of 
whose wisdome, prudence and lernynge I hear so greate prayse 
and commendation, then of any other creature lyuyng. But 
if those thinges whiche I haue written be true, and stande 
with Goddes worde, why shulde his magestie hauynge so ex- 



close 



Courtly words, of as almost as much meaning as those at the 
i of a modern petition — " as in duty bound will ever pray." 



mmtsm STsntrale. 67 

cellent a guyft of knowlege in the scriptures, moue me to do 
any thinge agenst my conscience' — with many other wordes 
whiche were to longe to write." Vaughan expresses in con- 
clusion " some good hope in the man" which he would not 
doubt to see realized, with the help of some encouraging word 
from his majesty's own lips, that would ensure better credit 
to his own " perswasions." He advised Tyndale also not to 
put forth his boke till his majesty's most gi'acious pleasure 
were known ; but this the other told him, came too late, as 
the copy was out of his hands, and forthwith to be printed, 
though his best endeavours to delay it were promised. 

The tears in the eyes of Tyndale bear witness to the tender- 
ness of his nature ; but they do no less to his firmness, it being 
evident from what followed, that he dared not to conform to 
the earnest wishes of royalty, yet was distressed to resist them. 
Though volunteering to make all other sacrifices, he shrunk 
from making insincere professions; and which he soundly 
argues, the king had no right to demand from him in points 
of religion. But Henry's slender patience was well-nigh 
spent ; and finding it impossible to allure his victim to Eng- 
land, he is not anxious longer to wear the mask. With seem- 
ing indignation, he declares that he will not have the soil of 
his realm polluted by such a desperate heretic. He had in- 
deed a new source of alarm and anxiety ; for the influences 
that surrounded Tyndale, appeared to be very infectious in 
their kind. He began to fear that the task assigned to his 
envoy was not less dangerous than difficult ; and employed 
all his arts of persuasion and threatening, lest the intended con- 
vert should chance to become the converter. Sir Stephen, 
there was reason to think, as has sometimes happened in the 
case of those who have taken upon them the same office, 
might be caught in his own net. 

The reply to Vaughan's letters was drawn by the secre- 
tary of state, and laid before the King : his alterations, which 
were numerous, are accurately copied from the original state 



68 ^emofr of 

paper.* The words which the royal penman struck out, are 
printed between [ ] in Itahcs : the additions or modifications, 
made by his own hand, will be found below. They show that 
Henry possessed a mind of deep penetration, and of very con- 
siderable endowments. He made no changes except in what 
alludes to Tyndale. 

" Stephen Vaughan I commende me vnto you. And haue 
receyud your letters, dated at Andwarpe the .xviij. day of 
Aprill, with also that parte of Tyndale's boke [sewed and] in- 
closed in lether, which yt with your letters directed to the 
Kinges Highnes. After the recept whereof, I dyd repayre 
vnto the courte, and there presented the same vnto his royall 
maiestie. Who [after the recept thereof] made me answer 
for that tyme that his highnes at oportune leysour wolde vys- 
ite ouersee and rede the contents as well of your letters as also 
the saide boke. And at my next repayre thither, it pleased 
his highnes to call for me, declaring vnto me as well the con- 
tentes of your letters as also moche matter conteyned in the 
said boke of Tyndalles. And albeit that I might well per- 
ceyue that his maiestie was right well pleased, and right ac- 
ceptablee considered your diligence, and paynes taken in the 
wryting and sending of the saide boke, as also in the perswad- 
ing and exhorting of Tyndall to repayre into this realme ^ [in 
the accomplishment of his high pleasure and commaundement. 
Yet I might coniecture hy the farther declaracyon of his high 
pleasure. Which sayed vnto me, by your wryting it many- 
festlie appered how moche] affection, [love and zele ye do here] 
towardes the saide Tyndall, whom in his maners, ^ [modestie 
and symplycitee] ye vndoubtedlie do moche [wore] allowe and 
commende ^ [then his] workes [being so replete ivith lyes and 

* In the British Museum. 
^ Yet his highnes nothing lyked the sayd boke being fylled with 
sedycyons slanderous lyes and Faninstycall oppynyons. Shewing 
therein nether lernyng nor trewthe, and ferther conference with his 
grace, I myght well perceyue that he thought that ye bare moche af- 
fection, etc. 2 And knowledge in woorldlye thinges ye vndoubt- 
edlie in your letters do, etc. ^ Who's workes being replete with 
so abhomynable sclaunders and lyes, Imagened and onlyefayned,etc. 



WiiUam ^s^titilt, 69 

most] abhomynable sclaunders, Imagened and fayncd to en- 
fecte [and intoxicate] the peopull, [{may to indyfferent judge- 
ment] ^ declare th [him) for tJie which your fauours supposed 
to he horn to the saide Tyndall, who assuredlie sheweth him- 
self^ in myn opynyon rather to be replete with venymous envye^ 
rancour^ and malice then with any good lerning, verttie, or 
discression^ hathe put the kinge highnes in suspectyon of you^ 
considering] that ^ [_ye should] in such wise [lene vnto and 
favour the evill doctryne of so perverse and malycyov^ a per- 
son^ and so moche prayse him. Wlio nothing goeth about^ or 
pretendeth^] but [o7ielie to seduce, deceyue, and] disquiet ^ [tJie 
people and comenwelth of this realme. Whose cummyng into 
Englande the Kinges highness can right well foi^bere and] 
hathe commaunded me [expressly] to wryte [vnto yoii,] that 
ye shoulde desyste and leve eny ferther to persuade or at- 
tempte ''' [Mm there unto.] Alleging that ^ [his maiestie so 
euedentlie] parceyuing the malycyous, peiTerse, vncharytable 
mynde ^ [a7id disposicyon of the said Tyndall is rather] veray 
glad [that he is out of his realme] then that he should retourne 
into the same, there to manyfest his errours and sedycyous 
opynyons, which (being out of the Realme by his most vn- 
charytable, venemous, and pestilent bokes, craftie and false 
persuasions) he hath partlie don all redie. ^^ [So that] if he 
were present by all lyklehod, he wolde shortelie (which God 
defende) do asmoche as in him were to infecte and corrupt 
the hole realme, to the great inquietacyon and hurte of the 
comen welth of the same. ^^ [ Wherfore] I hertelie pray you, 
that [from hensforth] in all your doinge [a7id] procedynge, 

* Declare him to lake grace, native lerning, godly discrecyon and 
all other good qualities, nothing else pretending in all his workesbut 
evedente dyssaite. ° Ye in such wise by your letters prayse, set 

forth, and avaunce hym. which nothing elles pretendyth. ^ An4 

sowc sedycyon among the peopull of tliis realme. His highnes ther- 
fore hath commaunded me to aduertise you that his pleasure is that 
ye, etc. ' The sayd Tyndale to cum into this realme. ® He 

perceyuing. ^ And judgment of the said Tyndall is in maner 

without hope of reconcylyacyon in hym, and is veray joyous to haue 
his realme destytute of such a person is. ^^ For hys hyghnes 

right prudentlye consyderyth if he, etc, ^^ Wherefor Stepheia, 



70 il^emoic of 

and wryting to the kinges highnes, ye do iustely, trewlie, and 
vnfaynedlie, ^^ [shew yourself to be nofauerer vnto the saide] 
Tyndall, ne to his workes in any maner of wise, but [rather] 
vtterlie [to] contempne and abhorre the same. Assuring you 
that 1^ doing [the contrary] ye shall not onUe cause the kinges 
[highnes] royall maieste, ^^ whose [highnes] at this tyme is so 
benignehe and gracyousUe mynded towardes you (as by your 
good dyhgence and industrie to be vsed to serue his highnes, 
and extewing and avoyding to favor and allow the saide Tyn- 
dall his erronyous workes and opynyons) ye are like shortlie 
to atteyne ^^ [both loelth, honestie, and promocyon at his gra- 
cyous hande, to the singuler ioy, pleasure^ and comforte of all 
your frendesJ] and by the contrarie ^^ [to] acquire the indigna- 
cyon of God [and] displeasure of your souereigne lorde, and by 
the same ^'^ [compell] your good frendes which haue ben euer 
glad, prone, and redie to i^ [aduance] you [vnto the] fauours 
[of your pry nee ^] to lamente and sorow, that their sute in that 
behalf should i9 not take efFecte, according to their good in- 
tent and purpose. Hauing therefore firme trust, that for the 
loue ye owe to yourself, me, and [other] your frendes, ^o ye 
[wilbe well] beware, [from hensforth^] to enter into any [soche^ 
opynyons, whereby any sclaunder, dishonestie, [or] daun- 
gier ^^ might in sue towardes you ; whereof I promyse you I 
wold be as sorie as your ^ [good] father. As touching Frith, 
mencyoned in your saide letters, the kinges highnes, heryng 
tell of his towardenes in good letters and lernyng, doth ^ [re- 
grete and] lament that he should in such wise as he doth, set 
fourth, shew, and applye his lernyng and doctryne in th6 
semynacyon and sewing such euill seedes of dampnable and 
detestable heresies, mayntenyng, bolstring, and aduancyng the 

^^ Without dissimulacyon shew yourself his trew louynff, obedyent 
subiect. Bcryng no maner favour, love, or affection vnto the said 
Tyndale. ^^ In so doing. '^ Whose goodnes '^ So to 

sett you forwardes, as all your lovers and friends shall haue gret con- 
solacyon of the same. ^^ Doing, ye shall acquire . ^^ Cause. 

^^ Bryng you into his gracyous fauours. ^^ Be frustrate and not, 

etc. ^'^ Ye will beware and often. ?^ Daunger or suspycyon. 

22 j^atural father. ^ Moche lament, 



venemous and pestyferous workes, erronyous and sedycyous 
opynons of the saide Tyndale, and other such. Wherein his 
highnes ^4 [^^5] a most vertuous and benigne prynce and gouer- 
noui, hauing charge [commytted vnto Jdm] of his people and 
subiectes, ^5 being sorie to here tell that any of the same 
should in suche wise ronne hedling and digresse from the 
lawes [and precepte] of Almightie God, 26 ^{^to suche damp- 
noble] heresies and sedycyous opynyons, and being ever in- 
clyned, willing, and gretelie desirous to forst and prouyde for 
the same, ^^ and also fermelie trusting that ^8 [the saide Frith\ 
be not so farre as yet inrouted in the evill doctiyne of the 
saide ^9 Tindall, but that by the grace of God, louyng, charitable, 
and frendely exhortacions and aduertisements of good people, 
he may be [revoked and] • called agayne to the ryght way. 
30 [ Wylleth] therefore, [and desireth ?/ow,] according to his trust 
and expectacyon, ^^ with your frendelie persuasions, admony- 
cyons, and holsome exhortacions, counsaill and aduyse the 
said Fryth, if ye may convenientlie speke with the same to 
leve his wilfull opynyons, and like a good christian to retorne 
[vnto our Saueour Christe, and also] into his natif cuntrey.^^ 
So that by his procedinge as he begynneth, there be no more 
[sedycyous infections and heresies sowed amongst the hinges 
peopidl.] Wherefore eftesones ^3 1 [hartelie pray you,] and for 
the loue of God [do] not onelie [exhorte you] vtterlie to for- 
sake, leue, and withdraw your affectyon from the saide Tyn- 
dale, and all his secte ; but also as moch as ye can poletiquelie 
and chaiytablie, to allure 34 all suche persons [as len] fautours 
and assistents to the same, from all their erronyous myndes 
and opynyons. In which doing ye shall not onelie highlie 

^* Lyke a most, etc. ^ And being veraye sorie. ^ And 

holsom doctryne of holye fathers, into such dampnable. ^"^ And 

moche desyryng the reconsylyacyon of the sayd Fryth. ^ He 

be not. ^ Tindall and other. ^^ Hath wylled therefore me 

to wryt vnto you, that ye. ^^ Will with, etc. ^^ Where he 

shall assurydly fynde the kynges highnes most mercyfull and be- 
nynglye vpon his conuersyon, disposyd to accept hym to his grace 
and joye. ^ I exhort you. ^^ The sayd Frith and other be- 

ing in these parties which in any wyse ye shall knowe or suspecte to 
be. 



72 i^emofr of 

merite ^^ [of] Almightie God, but also deserue hygh thankys 
of the kinges royall maiestee, who will not forget your deuoyre 
and labours in that behalf. So that majestee ^ may perceyue 
that ye efFectuallie do intende the same." 

Frith, more conlEiding than his friend in promises never 
meant to be kept, came to England. He was immediately 
immured in the Tower, from which the only deliverance he 
found, was that which gave him refuge in heaven ; in other 
words, through the flames of Smithfield. Two Romish priests 
who attended, exhorted the people, as is said, not to pray for 
Fryth any more than they would for a dog. 

2^ In. ^^ Euydentlie perceyue. 



85®iUfam SC^ntrale. 73 



CHAPTER VI. 

<' By his rare pains, firm faith, and Christ's free grace, 
Which formerly thick fogs of error base. 
And dusky clouds of works' desert hid quite, 
Were well restored to their ancient light. 
He, by God's word and spirit's inspiration, 
The gospel light re -spread throughout our nation. 
His ashes, kept by heaven, securely rest, 
And sweetly sleep in hope to rise most blessed." 

QUARLES. 

HIS HABITS AND LABOURS AT ANTWERP REPUBLISHES THE NEW 

TESTAMENT IS BETRAYED, IMPRISONED, AND MARTYRED HIS 

DYING PRAYER ANSWERED SPREAD OF HIS OPINIONS THE BIBLE 

TRIUMPHS ACT TO ABOLISH TYNDALE's WORKS LIST OF HIS 

WRITINGS 

During the few years of his sojourn at Antwerp, Tyndale 
" went about doing good." He was the almoner of his more 
wealthy countrymen. Saturday and Sunday were his days 
of relaxation from severe study : on the former, he visited the 
sick and dying foreigners, and on Sunday, both before and 
diter divine service, he visited and relieved his fellow-exiles. 
Persecution for conscience sake, swept like a pestilence, over 
his native land ; and carried along with it, the worthiest of her 
sons. Many fled to Antwerp as their asylum in the greatest 
distress ; and found from Tyndale's generous sympathy, both 
refreshment to the spirit and assistance in purse. Mr. Ofl?br's 
enthusiasm depicts him at this time, as in his charities appear- 
ing like an angel of mercy : in preaching, like an apostle. 

The studies which occupied the most of his time, were in 
the defence of himself and the reformation from the slanders 
7 



74 l^emoir of 

of Sir Thoma More, and in the completion of the translation of 
the Sacred Scriptures. It is impossible to decide, without the 
discovery of new evidence, whether he translated the whole of 
the Old Testament : Mr. OfFor, from its general similarity con- 
cludes that he did, and that Coverdale profited by his manu- 
scripts. It is plain, that, from Esdras to Malachi, it is one 
translation, published by Coverdale in 1535, and by Mat- 
thew in 1537, with such alterations as pleased the respec- 
tive editors : from Genesis to Esdras, and the whole New 
Testament, are distinct translations. Tyndale's name on ac- 
count of the rancorous hostility of Henry towards him, in the 
matter of the divorce, was suppressed in both. 

From 1526, when he added prologues and glosses to the 
New Testament, he does not appear to have made any alter- 
ation in the text until 1534, when he republished it with con- 
siderable improvements at Antwerp, in small 8vo.* Some 
copies were printed on yellow paper. In this edition, Tyndale 
took advantage of criticisms whether friendly or hostile, 
towards giving his version its last finish. A fair specimen of 
the new readings follow the " Historic Notices," etc. The 
prologue commences with, " Here thou hast (moost deare 
reader) the New Testament or covenaunt made wyth vs of 
God in Christes bloude. Which I have looked over agyne 
(now at the last) with all dylygence, and compared it vnto 
the Greke," etc. This prologue was reprinted, verbatim, with 
every subsequent edition. It closes with a defence of his 
course as to the use of the words repentance and elders. A 
second preface was added, very severely reflecting upon G. 
Joye. It seems that Joye, having been employed by a Dutch 

* " The New Testament, dyly gently corrected and compared with the 
Greke, by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of oure Lorde 
God, A. M. D. and xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember," It has 
wood cuts and ornamented letters. The title and prologues comprise 
sixteen leaves, followed by a second title and list of books. The text 
occupies cccLxxxiv leaves, the two last being numbered wrong. The 
Pistles of the Olde Testament end on folio cccc. The table fol- 
lows on ten leaves, the last two pages contain " thinges to fill vp the 
lefFe withal." 



ffiS^niiam STsntrale. 75 

printer to connect the press of the fourth pirated edition, had 
altered some words, and particularly Repentance, for which 
he put " the life after this." This was published and circu- 
lated when the reformers were daily expecting Tyndale's cor- 
rected edition, which was not finished until three months later. 
Upon being asked for what reason these fanciful alterations 
had been made, he discovered at once the surreptitious book 
that had been imposed upon the public by Joye. Of this dis- 
creditable imposition he now very properly warns the public. 
During Tyndale's imprisonment, in February, 1535, Joye pub- 
lished what he called an apology, but which was a very in- 
temperate attack upon his friend and brother exile, then in 
prison and distress. He alleges that he received only four- 
teen shillings Flemish, about eight shillings British, for his 
labours, and that he " heard say, that Tyndale had ten pounds 
for his copyright." His plea is, the intention simply to render 
the New Testament more useful, but he does not apologise 
for making alterations and publishing them under another's 
name. The prologues in Tyndale's revised edition, and the 
4to. of 1526, are very similar to those of the German, by Lu- 
ther. This of 1534 may be distinguished from all the subse- 
quent impressions by a discrepancy in the marginal notes in 
John's first epistle.* The most grotesque rendering in the 
whole volume, and continued in all the editions, was the mount- 
ing ' Death' in the Revelation on a green horse. 

This year also [1534] was made memorable by Tyndale's 
betrayal and imprisonment. Sir Thomas More, in examining 
suspected heretics, was very inquisitive with such as had come 
from Flanders or Germany, as to their knowledge of Tyn- 
dale ; and was thus made minutely familiar with his person, 
dress, habits, friends, and places of resort. His lodgings were 
in the English house or factory, which was kept by a mer- 

* Viz. Ch. 3, '^Loue is the fyrst precept and cause of all other;" 
while on the opposite page he says, " Fayth is the fyrst commaunde- 
ment and loue the seconde ;" also, by the omission of the tenth line 
in Revelation, ch. 9, and by an error mentioned in the prologue : it 
occurs in Matthew xxiij. " Cleanse fyrst the out syde of the cup," 

Cleanse fyrst the inside," etc. 



76 iWemofr of 

chant, Thomas Pointz. Henry VIII. and his council suborn- 
ed and employed one Henry Phillips, the son of a custom- 
house officer at Poole, of gentlemanly appearance, who, with 
a valet, came to Antwerp : here he made acquaintance with 
some of the merchants, and meeting Tyndale, the latter gave 
him so far a fatal confidence, as to invite him, nothing doubt- 
ing, to his apartments. Pointz, being somewhat suspicious, 
asked T5nidale how they became acquainted ; to which he re- 
plied, that he was an honest man and handsomely learned ; 
and perceiving that he had made so favourable an impression 
on his inmate, the inquiry was pressed no further. Phillips, 
after having for some time dined at his table and shared his 
hospitality, went to Brussels, and with great pains and expense 
obtained a warrant to apprehend Tyndale for heresy. To ex- 
ecute it, he brought back with him the procurer-general and 
his officials, such being the popularity of Tyndale, that he 
would not venture to trust the officers of Antwerp. He de- 
tained these persons in the city until Pdintz, on some call of 
business had left it, and then repairing to his dwelling, Tyn- 
dale invited him to go and dine with him at the house of one 
of his friends, assuring him of a hearty welcome. The mis- 
creant next, under a pretence of having lost his purse, bor- 
rowed of his too credulous victim all his money. In passing 
through the narrow entry of the hotel, Phillips, with apparent 
courtesy, insisted on Tyndale going first ; who being much 
shorter than himself, he, by pointing down upon him, when they 
came to the door, gave the signal to the officers who had 
been there secreted. He was immediately seized, together 
with all his books and papers, and in this pennyless condition 
conveyed to prison at Vilvoord, a village at the ford between 
Brussels and Malines, on the road to Antwerp. This agent 
(Phillips) of the Romish party in England, seems to have well 
schooled himself to the basest uses for which the most corrupt 
church or party could want his services ; the commonest instincts 
or sentiments of humanity, to judge from the several particulars 
of the story, being about seared within him, His name^ 



linked thus with Tyndale's, and rescued from oblivion, carries 
along with it to after times an infamous notoriety. 

Whatever efforts the most affectionate regard and venera- 
tion could prompt, were made by Pointz and the British mer- 
chants at Antwerp, to effect the recovery of their beloved 
pastor ; but all in vain. Letters were immediately dispatched 
to Lord Cromwell and others in England ; and encouraging 
answers being received, Pointz, at the request of the body of 
merchants, carried the communications to the Lord of Barowe, 
following him post to Maestricht, that he might deliver them 
in person. With great difficulty he obtained his answer, and 
he then hastened to Brussels. The imperial council gave him 
a letter to Lord Cromwell, and Pointz undertook himself to 
be its bearer to London at the extreme point of speed. Here 
he was detained for a month, but, by perseverance and inter- 
est, obtaining favourable letters, he went with them direct to 
Brussels. His honourable zeal nearly cost him his life ; for 
Phillips, finding that it was very likely to attain its end, mana- 
ged, by the aid of the Roman Catholic priests at Louvain, to 
have him arrested on suspicion of heresy, and committed to 
prison. Within one week he was examined upon more than 
a hundred articles. Intercourse with his friends was cut off, 
unless he would write his letters in the Dutch language, and 
then give them in charge to his enemies. Aware of his im- 
minent peril, he broke out of prison by night, and made his 
escape. Even in these circumstances of personal hazard to 
himself, his efforts to save the life of Tyndale did not languish. 
On the 25th of August, 1535, he wrote to his brother in Lon- 
don a letter alike honourable to his pastor and his own faith- 
ful friendship.* " It was said that the King had written in 
favour of William Tyndall, now in prison, and like to suffer 
death, and it is feared that these letters have been intercepted. 
This man lodged with me three quarters of a yere. — I know 

"* This letter is preserved in the Cottonian MSS. The spelling is 
in some instances altered, to render it easily intelligible. 

7* 



78 IWemoir of 

that the King has never a treuer hearted subject this day liv- 
ing. He knows that he is bound by the law of God to obey 
his prince ; and I know well that he would not do the contra- 
ry to be made lorde of the worlde. The death of this man 
will be a great hindraunce to the Gospel ; and to the enemies 
of it, one of the highest pleasures. I fear that he will shortly 
be condemned, for two English men at Louvain apply it sore, 
taking great pains to translate out of English into Latin, those 
thinges that may make against him, so that the clergy here 
may understand it and condemn him, as they have done all 
others, for keeping apenyonys contrary to their husiness^ the 
which they call the order of holy church. Brother, the knowl- 
edge that I have of this man causes me to write as my con- 
science binds me. For the king's grace should esteem him at 
this day as a greater treasure than any one man living,^'* 
Pointz was a wealthy and highly respectable man, who returned 
to England, a few years after these melancholy transactions, 
and got an act of parliament to naturalize his children. His 
letter to Lord Cromwell, is preserved among the state papers 
in the British Museum. The tribute which he has given to 
Tyndale, and the efforts made, at such imminent risk to him- 
self, on his behalf, show how much he had become endeared 
to the circle in which he moved, and to the British merchants 
in particular. 

Tyndale's imprisonment lasted nearly two years. The in- 
terval was diligently bestowed upon his great business of ex- 
tending the influence of true and pure religion. He had the ad- 
dress, or the happiness, — another still more unsuspicious testi- 
mony perhaps, to his personal qualities — to obtain whatever in- 
dulgences a prisoner could look for : at any rate, enough for 
him though with his hands thus bound, to enter the lists with 
the professors at the neighboring university at Louvain. Here 
too he redeemed his pledge given to the priest in Gloucester- 
shire so many years before, and which the reader has not forgot- 
ten, that the ploughboys should have the New Testament to read. 
In 1535, was printed a very curious edition of Tyndale's ver- 



mmunx EsiiOale. 79 

sion. In this he imitated the plan of Luther, who pubUshed 
the New Testament in three different dialects of Germany. 
Following this plan, he printed the revised version of the pre- 
ceding year in a provincial orthography, probably that of his 
native county ; peculiarly adapted to agricultural labourers.* 
To this book was added the heads of chapters, as there is rea- 
son to conclude, for the first time. , 
His invaluable life was now drawing to a close ; which had 
been so far shaded by the circumstances in which his lot was 
cast, that to its natural termination, he might well have 
been reconciled, though premature. The formalities of a trial 
were gone through, and he was condemned by virtue of a 
decree made at Augsburg against what was called heresy. 
In September, 1536, he suffered the dreadful sentence, of 
which the horror is in some measure softened by knowing 
that it was prefaced by the act of strangling. In that appall- 
ing moment, he exhibited the firmness and resignation only 
to be found in the certain confidence of having his portion 
with those " shining ones" in Bunyan's phrase, who had " come 
out of great tribulation," and who had 

for Jesus' sake, 
writhed on the rack, or blackened at the stake. 

With the dread preparations of death and burning around him 
and in view, his last thoughts were turned upon the welfare of 
the country which had driven him forth a fugitive, and his 
dymg voice, was that of intercession for his royal persecutor. 
Lord, open the King of England's eyes, were his well- 
known words at the stake. t 

* Mr. Oftbr. from a copy in his hbrary, and late the property of Dr. 
Adam Clarke, exhibits a few specimens : — holly cite, for holy city; 
saeyde, aengels, wayghthyer, foete,beholde, broether, faether, moeth- 
er, tacken, agayenst, theacheth, graece, cloocke for cloke, maester, 
saefe,shaeke,etc. etc. 

t Mr.Offor, from circumstances of personal history, is able to im- 
part a picturesque interest to the place and the event. " Many 
times" has he '' stood upon the spot" which was the scene of martyr- 
dom, " a raised ground near the prison at Vilvoord," with an hum- 
bling recollection of these awful cruelties. Here " he was taken 



80 



ifEemofr of 




Rome thundred death, but Tyndale's dauntless eye 
Looked in death's face and smiled, death standing by. 
In spite of Rome, for England's faith he stood, 
And in the flames he sealed it with his blood." 



Although through the untiring zeal of Mr. Offer, the archives at 
Brussels were more than once searched, and that too with the aid 
of a friend, high in the establishment, no more light could be 
thrown on the history of his hero. His utmost pains were recom- 
pensed no further than with the discovery of the cost to govern- 
ment of burning some poor Caledonian for heresy.* 

prisoner during the revolution at Brussels in 1830 by a detachment of 
Dutch troops, and for about two hours was confined in the castle, " v/hich 
had been the prison of*' the immortal Tyndale." Inquiries he had formerly 
made of an aged jailor, were renewed to him who now held the place ; and for 
awhile curiosity put out of mind the sickening horrors of war, the sound 
of artillery, the misery of the flying, the wounded and the dying. But of 
the martyr no vestige remained. 

* The sum in rushes, post, chains, etc. amounted to nearly one 
pound, thirteen shillings ! 



ffl^fllfam EsrCOKU. 81 

The tradition is, (for the credibility of which there is none 
to vouch,) that the demeanour of Tyndale in prison won the 
heart of his keeper, and made him with his daughter and some 
of his household, converts to the true faith of Christ. The 
attorney-general of the Emperor, who had procured the sen- 
tence against him was, on some such authority, said to have 
given the solemn declaration in his favour, as being " a learn- 
ed, a good and a godly man." 

But it rests on very tangible evidence, that his voice was 
hardly hushed in death, before his last prayer was answered. 
The King's vision became so clear as to issue an injunc- 
tion, ordering that the Bible should be placed in every church 
for the free use of the people. In this year (1536) were pub- 
lished seven or eight editions of the New Testament in Eng- 
lish. One of them, in royal 8vo. probably executed in Paris, 
is a peculiarly beautiful specimen of black-letter typography. 
And as further evidence of the general desire for spiritual' 
light, thirteen editions of the whole Bible, were printed before 
the close of the year 1541, each from fifteen to twenty-five 
hundred copies, as Mr. OfTor affirms, in extent. 

But Henry, who was led by caprice at every period of life, 
had in these his last years, become the mere sport of his 
changing humours. Complaints were made by the priests 
that the mass was forsaken for the church, for the sake of the 
chained volumes at its doors ; and much ado was made about 
the disorders that grew out of many undertaking to read aloud. 
As the Popish interest gained ground, Tyndale's testament 
was hiterdicted, and with it all his writings, under heavy 
penalties : for the first offence, ten pounds sterling fine, equal 
to about fifty pounds at the present value of money, and three 
months' imprisonment/or every hook ; for the second, loss of 
all the offender's goods, and perpetual imprisonment. The 
reading of Coverdale and Cranmer's translations were limited 
to the higher circles of society — to judges, noblemen, captains 
and justices, who are allowed to read the Bibles to their fam- 



82 Memoix of 

ilies. "Merchants might read it in private to themselves," but 
from its use and benefits all " women and artificers, prenty- 
ses, iornymen, seruing men of the degrees of yoman or under, 
husbandmen and labourers* " wythin this realme" were shut 
out. And what is specially noticeable, there is no clause to 
allow the clergy to read the Bible in English. 

At length on the 29th of Jan. 1547, Henry the Eighth died, 
and was succeeded by Edward the Sixth, his son ; that prince 
of rare hopes, so soon to be blasted in death. But though then, 
not only in his minority but his extreme childhood, he was, what 
through his brief career he remained, the stedfast patron of 
the Reformed cause, and under his auspices, " the word of 
truth grew and multiplied." 

* The poor in those trying times when the bread of life was eaten 
in secret, if at all, deeply felt the privation ; of which a touching and 
very incidental memorandum is handed down. A labourer wrote in 
a book, " On the invention of things, at Oxforde the yere 1546 browt 
down to Seynbury by John Darbye, price 14rf. When 1 kepe Mr. 
Letymers shype I bout thys boke, when the Testament was aberaga- 
tyn, that shepherdys might not red hit : I pray God amende that 
blyndnes. Wryt by Robert Wyllyams, keppyngeshepe vppon Seyn- 
bury Hill," 



WiiU^m STgntiale. 83 



LIST OF BOOKS 

EITHER ASCRIBED TO TYNDALE, OR PUBLISHED WITH HIS NAME. 



The New Testament, 1525, revised in 1534.* 
The Pentateuch. 1530, 1534, 1544, 1551. 
The Prophet Jonah. 1530, 1537. 
Exposition of 1 Cor. vii. with Prologue. 1529. 
Expositions of v. vi. and vii. chapters of Matthew. 1538, 1548. 
The Epistles of John, with a Comment. 1531, 1538. 
Exposition of 1 Cor. iv., John vi., and 1 Cor. xi. 
Prologues to many Books of the Old and New Testament. 
A Boke concerning the Church. 

A Godly Disputation between a Christian Shoemaker and a Popish 
Parson. 

* Mr. Offor, with strange and wild extravagance, affirms not less 
than four-score editions of this Testament to have been printed ; and 
elsewhere speaks of having in his own library twenty-three distinct 
editions ! This is not the place, and as little is there room, to expose 
in detail the absurdity of such statements ; his authorities for which, 
if he had any, no where appear. As to '• his own library" treasures, 
it is not so very easy to ascertain what are '• distinct editions" of an- 
tique English Bibles, (of all books), nine-tenths of them having lost 
their title-pages. What alone seems to be sure is, that he had so many 
distinct copies. As to the other particular, it must suffice to reply, 
that Lewis (History of English Biblical Translations) and Bishop 
Wilson (Ed. of the Bible 1785, 3 vols. 4to.) — if there are better au- 
thorities, the present Editor never heard of them — in their complete 
Tabular Lists of the successive editions of the English Scriptures from 
1526, to nearly the close of the last century, very nearly agree in 
the number assigned to Tyndale. That is, but little more than twenty 
(the pirated Dutch impressions and all) ; and it was issued, it would 
seem, for the last time, by Jugge in 15C6, 4to. Why did not Mr. Of- 
for, who has shown in some things such a love of minutia, favor his 
readers with a like Table of these Tyndale impressions ? Let the 
Editor mention but a single fact. When, in the fall of 1835, he pro- 
jected the present Re-print, he was, after announcing it, utterly at a 
loss where, in the length and breadth of the land, to find a genuine, 
or more than one even, professed copy of Tyndale : — a very curious, 
fact truly, as to a work of nearly an hundred impressions ! But the 
Genevan Bible, first issued but little more than one generation after, 
and which was thought to have singular popularity in reaching thirty 
editions, is yet so common among us, that to the writer are known 
(who can doubt tjiere are still more ?) some twelve or fifteen copies 
within even the limits of the State. 



84 i^eiiTofr of ffiS^flliam STjnXrale. 

The Disclosing of the Man of Sin. 

The Matrimony of Tyndale. 1529. 

Wiclifs Wicket, with a Preface. 

A Compendious Olde Treatise, shewynge howe that we ought to 
haue ye Scripture in Englysshe. Lufl, 1530.* 

The Prayer and Complaint of a Plowman unto Christ.t 

The Supplication of Beggars. 

A Treatise upon Signs and Sacraments. 

The Testament of William Tracy expounded. 

Three Epistles to Frith. 

A Protestation touching the Resurrection of the Bodies and the 
State of the Souls after this Life. 1530. 

Parable of the Wicked Mammon. Small 8vo. and 4to. May, 1528. 

Obedience of a Christen Man. May and Oct. 1528, 1535, 1561. 

An Answer unto Sir Thos. More's Dialogues. 

A Pathway into the Scripture. 

An Answer to Sir Thos. More's Confutation. 

The Practice of Prelates. 1530, 1548. 

IN LATIN, 

De coena Domini. ") • x at « 

,-\ ^ ■ 3 ? agamst More. 

De ecclesia adversus. ) ° 

Adversus Joy calumnias. 

De purgatorii paracho. 

Preface to G. Thorp i et J. Oldcastelli examinat. 

TRANSLATIONS. 

Quaedam Opuscula Lutheri. 
Enchiridion Militis Christiani. 
Isocrates Orationes. 

" This exceedingly rare tract, (one sheet in 8vo.) once Herbert's, 
is now in Mr. Offor's library, who believes it to be unique. 

t This tract must be well-nigh extinct, since it has escaped all the 
researches of the bibliographers. 



HISTORIC NOTICES 

OF THE ANTE-JAMES VERNACULAR VERSIONS OF THE SCRIP- 
TURES, SUBSEQUENT TO THAT OF TYNDALE. 



The honour of giving to the public the first complete Eng- 
lish Bible, was reserved for Miles Coverdale ; and w^ho 
thus divides in some sort with his predecessor Tyndale, that 
interest and reverence with posterity, which we naturally yield 
to the other, as the great pioneer of a forlorn hope. King 
Henry had previously to this time broken with the Pope, while 
by calling Cranmer to the Primacy and Cromwell to the new- 
ly-constituted office of Vicar-General, the brightest prospects 
opened before the cause of the Reformation in England. Cov- 
erdale was a native of Yorkshire, and afterwards of the order 
of Austin Friars in Cambridge; until falling under the suspi- 
cion of favoring the opinions of Luther, he fled for safety be- 
yond seas, where he diligently applied himself to the study 
and translation of the Scriptures. His Bible was printed 
abroad and probably, as some antiquaries have inferred from 
the typography, at Zurich, by Cristopher Froschover. It ap- 
peared in 1535, the last page containing the author's memoran- 
dum, as having been finished, the fourth day of October. The 
third centennial of this memorable day, returning the autumn be- 
fore the last, upon Sunday, prompted the suggestion made to min- 
isters and churches in many of our religious prints at the time, 
of the expediency of celebrating it with some peculiar notice. 
Coverdale dedicated his work " unto the most victorious 
Prynce and our most gracyous Soveraynge Lord, King Henry 
the eyghth, kynge of Englande, &c. &c." Among this traiu 
8 



Ob HISTORIC NOTICES OF THE 

of titles which it is not worth while to detail, was that of" De- 
fender of the faith," of which the author tells his Majesty " that 
the bljmd Bishop of Rome, when he bestowed it upon him, no 
more knew what he did, than the Jewish Bishop Cayphus when 
he prophesied that it was better to put Christ to death, &c." 
This Bible consists of a revision of Tyndale's New Testament 
and of that part of the Old translated by him before his death, 
namely, the Historic Books and the book of Jonah : the re- 
maining books and the Apocrypha being newly translated by 
Coverdale himself. In his Epistle to the Reader, he says — in 
reference, it would seem to some of his own favourite render- 
ings — after speaking of the diversity of translations, "none 
should be offended though one call a scribe, that another call- 
eth a lawyer; or elders, that another calleth father or mother ; 
repentance, that another calleth penance or amendment. For 
if we were not deceived by men's traditions, we should find no 
more diversity between these terms than between fourpence 
and a groat." Coverdale omitted all Tyndale's prologues and 
notes, which were particularly offensive to Henry and the 
Bishops, and prefixed to each book the contents of the several 
chapters ; — not to the chapters successively, as was afterwards 
done. The noted test of the heavenly witnesses (John v. 7) 
appears within crotchets : it may here be anticipated to say, in 
this connexion, that the same remark applies to the Bibles of 
Cranmer and Taverner. In that of Thomas Matthew, it is 
printed in a smaller type. 

From the Dedication and other circumstances, this Bible 
would seem to have been issued with the countenance, if not 
under the authority of the Court. When the king, in some pro- 
clamation three or four years earlier, had required his subjects 
to "detest and abhor" "the New Testament of the translation 
that was then printed" (meaning Tyndale's, of course) he was 
pleased to say, that " he would cause the New Testament to be 
by learned men faithfully and purely translated into the Eng- 
lish tongue." Coverdale's work is not certainly known to 



EARLY VERNACULAR VERSIONS. 87 

have originated in any such high favour. But its circulation, 
when once abroad, was so far from discouraged, that royal 
injunctions were issued in 1536, requiring that every person 
[parson] or proprietary of any parish church within this 
Realme shall on this side the feast of St. Peter ad vincula [Aug. 
1] next coming, provide a boke of the whole Bible both in 
Latin and also in English, and lay the same in the Quire for 
everye man that will, to take and read thereon : And shall dis- 
courage no man from the reading any part, &c. but rather 
comfort, exhort and admonish every man to reade the same as 
the very worde of God and the spiritual food of man's soul, 
whereby they may better knowe their duties to God, to their 
sovereigne Lorde the King, and their neighbour." They are 
advised also, instead of " stifly or eagerly" striving one with 
another about " the true sense of the same," " to refer the de- 
claration of such passages to them that be better learned." 

The Original edition of this Bible was in folio. It was is- 
sued in that form in 1550, and also in 4to. ; and appeared once 
more [4to.] for the last time in 1560. Four impressions of the 
New Testament separately were published within the same 
period. Coverdale's name is pleasingly associated with much 
of the biblical literature of the time. His concern in what was 
called Matthew's Bible, will soon appear, and at the lapse of 
twenty years the reader meets him again in the Genevan com- 
pany of translators. Having maintained in his Preface, the 
utility of "sundry translations," he consistently gives his aid to 
the kindred endeavours of those who came after, and leaves his 
own to its fate. Coverdale rose to the dignity of bishop of Ex- 
eter, and died at the advanced age of 81, in 1565. 

Thomas Matthew's Bible appeared in 3537, "set forthe" 
as its title-page makes known, " by the king's most gracyous 
license," procured for it at the instance of Cranmer and Crom- 
well, who were its patrons from the first. Injunctions, through 
them, were procured as in the case of Coverdale, to ensure its 
public diffusion and usefulness. Grafton and Whitchurch, its 



OO HISTORIC NOTICES OF THE 

printers, issued fifteen hundred copies at an outlay on their 
part, of five hundred pounds — a great sum for that day. Lewis 
inclines to believe, it was first printed at Marpurg in Hesse, or 
Marbeck in the Duchy of Wirtemburg. Strype however 
" guessed" that it was printed at Hamburgh, Mr. Offor names 
Lubeck, and Mr. Warley, that more probably it was in Paris. 
If the reader should naturally enough ask, Why not in London 
rather, since the royal countenance followed it, the editor can- 
not resolve the inquiry. Thomas Matthew or T. M. — for the 
more common reference perhaps is by initials, — is but the 
"shadow of a name ;" the actual supervisor, as tradition says, 
being the celebrated martyr, John Rogers. Hence the work is 
indifferently known by the fictitious or real name. The former 
appears to have been resorted to, from the prejudices still rest- 
ing, in some quarters, against the true translators. Who these 
were however, is a much debated point. Lewis, who speaks 
of it as " made by several hands," throws out the conjecture 
that Matthew as " being the name of neither, may have been 
thought of as one, under which the editor chose to appear." 
Bale (Bp. of Ossory) says, that Rogers translated the whole 
Scriptures, and that he used the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Ger- 
man and English Bibles. Johnson styles the work under no- 
tice, a mere version of the former, undertaken by Coverdale 
and Rogers jointly : in his view it should so be esteemed, as 
much as the first Bible, the blended labour of Tyndale and 
Coverdale. Among the preliminary matter, as Lewis states, is 
An exhortation to the Study of the Holy Scriptures gathered out 
of the Bihle^ with the initials J. R. affixed at the end. 

The conflict of opinions as to the composition of this Bible, 
the internal evidence does not much help to settle. That 
its New Testament portion differs from the original Tyndale, 
will be evident in the course of the succeeding pages ; yet the 
reader who carefully compares the text and the margin, can- 
not fail to observe how much slighter is this discrepancy than 
in that of any other of the versions introduced below. This 



EARLY VERNACULAR VERSIONS. OV 

near coincidence not only with Tyudale, but with the work of 
Taverner, makes it more difRcuh, in examining an ancient copy, 
to be assured of its identity, than of any other of the early Bi- 
bles. Nine editions, two of which were in 4to. and 12mo., — 
someof tliein with slight variations — seem to have been printed ; 
that of J 551, closing the list. 

In April 1539, came out, in large folio, what is called by the 
name of Cranmer's or the Great Bit)le, printed like the for- 
mer, by Grafton and Whitchurch. Lewis styles it, — but the 
editor understands not why, — a revisal of Matthew's Bible. 
The "alterations and corrections" which he admits "were 
made" in it, give it, at any rate, as much the air of an independ- 
ent version as either emhraced in the present work. But the 
epithet, in strictness of speech, belongs to none of them, his 
only excepted, who as leading the way, had no predecessor to 
lean upon, but who»n all his successors seem to have been 
willing to make, more or less closely, the basis of their own la- 
bours. This is certainly true at least, until we come to the 
versions of Elizabeth's reign, which may be thought to have a 
wider departure from Tyndale, es{)ecially the Genevan. Cran- 
nier's Bible, however it may be designated, has certainly some 
characteristic marks. Such for instance, are those occasional 
inclusions, as the reader will see, of brief fragments into the 
text, commonly indeed in crotchets ; which sometimes seem 
to be but expansions of its meaning, and sometimes, additional 
matter, derived, it appears not whence. The prologues and 
notes of Tyndale, which had been dropped by Coverdale, and 
then restored to Thomas Matthew's Bible, were now once 
more rejected, from being found to give great offence to those 
who still retained their Catholic prepossessions. The much- 
buffeted text, "There are three that bear record," etc. (1 John 
v. 7) as was said before, was printed in crotchets, as of ques- 
tionable authority. Lewis observes that "Tyndale had set the 
example in his first edition of 1526, and in the later impressions 
of 1535, 1536, 1537, on the authority of Luther and the great 
8* 



90 HISTORIC NOTICES OF THE 

Erasmus, who in his Latin translation of the New Testament, 
published at Basil, A. D. 1518, omitted the passage though he 
restored it in his third edition four years after, ne cui foret 
ansa calumniandi. 

How much the name of Cranraer, as coupled with this work, 
/implies, it would be pleasant to know. But none of the au- 
thorities give the least clue for concluding whether he had any 
immediate concern in its preparation, or whether, as is more 
likely, it was, like Parker's Bible which followed, honored with 
his name as being done under his Primacy. But even in this 
latter case, one must wonder, that they have not thought it 
worth while to name, to whom was committed the labouring 
oar. The Psalter used to this day in the Book of Common- 
Prayer, is a part and relic of the version now described. 
Cranmer was published, as it would seem from Lewis, for the 
eighth and last time in 1568, the date of the birth of the 
Bishops' ; which, with other circumstances, leads one to regard 
the two, as respectively the authorised or courf-Bibles of their 
time. In the marginal readings of the present work, it will 
be apparent how often they are found together and alone ; 
and the deference, with which the later treads in the steps of 
the earlier work. 

The same year [1539] gave birth to another edition, or as he 
styled it, Recognition of the English Bible by Rtcharde Tav- 
ERNER, a gentleman of Norfolk, born in 1505, educated at 
Christ-Church, Oxford, and afterwards a member of the Inner- 
Temple, where his way was, " it is said, to quote the law in 
Greek when he read any thing thereof." In 1534, he went to 
court, being taken into the service of Cromwell, then principal 
secretary of state, and by his influence was promoted in civil life. 
While in this post he accomplished the work under review, 
"being very probably encouraged so to do by his master on 
account of his expertness and proficiency in the Greek tongue." 
Lewis calls this work " neither a bare revisal nor yet strictly a 
new version, but between both." This is said by way of com- 
ment on Bishop Bale, who styles it " a recognition [Query— if 



EARLY VERNACULAR VERSIONS. 91 

this means ' revisal ?'] or rather a new version." But the editor 
so far differs from bo|h, that in his judgement it is what Lewis 
is unwilling to allow it to be, — a bare revisal. The conformity 
is indeed rather closer than even between Matthew himself and 
the original Tyndale, and such as made him dubious, for a 
long while, to which of the two varying copies in his hands to 
refer as the true Matthew. This will account also for his infre- 
quent citation of Taverner's readings; not deeming it of any 
utility, except in the very rare instances where he departs from 
the other. He embodies most, but not all of the marginal notes 
of Matthew, to which he added others of his own. Upon his 
patron's downfall, Taverner partaking in his disgrace, was com- 
mitted prisoner to the Tower, but he had the address to re-in- 
state himself in Henry's favour. His Bible was not issued af- 
ter twelve years from its first appearance, nor did the impres- 
sions exceed three or four within that period. 

The accession of Elizabeth [1558] brought back the nume- 
rous refugees from the scourge of Mary ; of whom the majority 
had settled at Frankfort on the Rhine, or at Geneva. The 
year before was issued from the latter place, the New Testa- 
ment in what is commonly known as the Genevan version, in 
a small 12mo volume, with a very beautiful type. It has the 
distinction of first giving, in an English dress, the scriptures in 
separate verses, and numbered as at present; which improve- 
ment was followed by the Bishops' : Robert Stephens, it is well 
known, had resorted to this expedient, in an edition of the 
Greek Testament, published five or six years before, as a means 
of easy and direct reference to particular passages. In some 
of the early English Bibles, capital letters had been used at 
certain intervals in the margin, as if answering to the para- 
graphs. This work was the joint labour of Miles Coverdale, 
Christ. Goodman, Anth. Gilby, Thos. Sampson, Wm. Cole fof 
Corpus Christi College, Oxon.) and Wm. Whitingham, all 
zealous Calvinists, both in doctrine and discipline ; who reaped 
the benefit of Calvin's advice, yet living, and of Beza, towards 



92 HISTORIC NOTICES OF THE 

its last finish. Coverdale, to whose name the reader has now 
become familiar, had in Edward's reign returned to England, 
and, both for his services to the Reformed faith and for his 
scriptural learning, been raised to the see of Exeter; but was 
soon compelled once more to find safety in exile. The Old 
Testament being yet unfinished, some of the company lingered 
behind to complete it, and the whole was issued at Geneva in 
1560, 4to. by Rowland Hall. 

This fraternity of translators were all imbued, more or less 
deeply, with Puritanism, (obviously derived from the place of 
their foreign sojourn) and with more liberal notions of govern- 
ment in church and state, than could well be endured by the 
dominant or high-church {)arty. As this often tinctures the 
notes, the work was with them of course no favourite. But so 
generally was it preferred and used in private fimilies, on ac- 
count of these very notes, according to Lewis, that more than 
thirty editions in folio, 4to, and 8vo, were issued frotn 1560 to 
1615, mostly by the royal printers. Editions of it also appeared 
at Geneva, Edinburgh, and Amsterdam. Long after the era 
of the present Received version (so called) and its nursing- 
fathers of the throne and hierarchy had urged it into general 
circulation among an unwilling people, these last lamented the 
want of the marginal comments, which had become endeared 
by use, and protested there was no such thing as discerning the 
word of God aright, without ' the Geneva spectacles.' King 
James's translators were indeed — as appears from the Tabular 
List of printed Bibles appended to Lewis — with all their ex- 
trinsic advantages, driven to the device of tacking to their own 
version the bulk of the notes of the Genevan, by way of giving 
it vantage-ground in the rivalry for public favour; a resort 
practised with more than one edition. The Genevan Bible 
was published, as Lewis gives us to suppose, as late as 1708. 
Of the works noticed in the present Sketch, the rarity of some 
of them, in this country at least, exceeds that of almost all 
other books in the language. That a single copy may chance, 



EARLY VERNACULAR VERSIONS. 93 

after long search, to be found, is all that can be said. But of 
Cranmer's, three or four copies in New England are known 
to the editor ; as many perhaps of the Bishops'; while the Ge- 
nevan is not a very uncommon book. He recollects, scattered 
here and there, some twelve or fourteen copies ; and many 
others, it is likely, might be ferreted out. English booksellers, 
who occasionally get a chance of inserting it in their catalogues, 
are seemingly at a loss for a name ; and are very apt to call it 
the Breeches Bible, from a single passage, the rendering of 
which has to some been diverting, Gen. iii. 7. — "They sewed 
fig-leaves together, and made themselves breeches!" 

After what has been seen of the political complexion of this 
Bible, the antipathy towards it exj)ressed by James at the 
Hampton Court Conference [1603] needs no interpreter. The 
pedant king, with characteristic sapience, had said, that " he 
had never yet seen the Bible well translated ; but of all trans- 
lations, doubtless the Genevan was the first." Not light, then, 
must have been his chagrin and resentment, (if he looked suf- 
ficiently into the matter) at seeing how little his opinion was 
deferred to, even by those who were humbling themselves be- 
fore him as a patron, and that with an abjectness of homage, of 
which their Dedication meant to leave no one in doubt. His 
own translators (here alluded to), among other instructions, 
were told " to follow the ordinary Bible used in churches [The 
Bishops'] and to alter it as little as the Original would permit ; " 
but when " they agreed better with the text," to prefer the ear- 
lier versions. " The truth is, (says Geddes) — and why should it 
not be spoken, — that James's translators did little more than 
copy the Genevan version ; the diflference being, on the part of 
the former, chiefly in a more scrupulous adhesion to the letter 
of the Original, and in the superabundant insertion of italics to 
supply its apparent deficiency." He " has no hesitation in 
deeming the Genevan the better of the two. Professor Sy- 
monds of Cambridge (Eng.) came* to the like conclusion, and 



llemarks on the Expediency of Revising the Public Version of 



94 HISTORIC NOTICES OF THE 

with not less decision. It may be doubted where shall we 
seek for one, who has taken a wider survey or pursued a more 
minute comparison of most of the modern versions of Europe. 
In the works whose titles appear below, and now so rare that 
their preservation loudly calls for a reprint, it is easy to discern 
in how far higher account the learned Professor holds the ver- 
sions of Luther, of Beausobre, of Diodati — to name no others — 
over that which is forever entailed on the English commu- 
nity of both continents; and this, without the faintest hope 
of any future revision. Boothroyd, an English Orthodox Dis- 
senter of our time, in the Preface to his "Family Bible," 
a work of merit [3 vols. 4to.] gives indeed the first place to the 
Genevan, compared with its predecessors as well as its succes- 
sors. After sketching its history, he adds, " and produced, take 
it altogether, the best English version that has yet appeared. It 
is more literal than the like works of Tyndale and Coverdale ; 
but not so absurdly literal as the Version in common use." 
He goes on to say, that the passages are next to numberless 
in which, for propriety, noble simplicity, and perspicuity, the 
Received translation yields to that under review. The Editor — 
with the impression fresh on his mind from the long process of 
collating the variety of Bibles embraced in the following work — 
cannot but feel that no dictum so sweeping, ever contained less 
extravagance. He will venture to say further, — that of the 
very few among us, whose peculiar turn of mind and course of 
studies warrants them to speak to this point, and yet more, 
warrants them to be heard, he knows of no one who fails to 
coincide with the trans-atlantic testimonies already cited. 

These references as to comparative merit are not, it may be ob- 
served in passing, to be carried to the sole account, the exclusive 
honour of the Genevan. They have been occasionally expressed 
as to some of the other Bibles ; by one authority among* us, of high 

the Four Gospels and Acts, 4to, 1789. A sequel, on the Epistles, 
came out in 1794 } both bearing the stamp of accurate and faithful 
investigation. 



EARLY VERNACULAR VERSIONS. 95 

name and place, yet not to be cited here, it was said of the T. Mat- 
thew Bible. That superiority has indeed, for Tyndale, been 
claimed by many voices ; and Geddes, among others of that 
opinion, extended the compliment, without any reserve ,to all the 
ante- James translators. Adverting to a then recent article [1790] 
in that feeblest of journals, the Monthly Review, but (as regards 
the Public Vei*sion), strong in panegyric, he says, — " So far from 
admitting any such positions, I will venture to affirm, and that 
with fullest conviction, that James's translators have less merit 
than any of their predecessors, and that the version of Tyndale, 
revised by Coverdale, is a far juster representation of the 
Original." 

The great popularity of the Genevan with the many, in the 
day that it flourished, did not fall shorty as has been already 
seen, of its estimation with the critical few in after times. To 
the editor therefore it has long been, and is yet, an unsolved 
enigma, why the Puritan delegates at the Hampton Court Con- 
ference, should have made so much stir about a new version 
of the scriptures. At least the high-church party, for aught 
that appears to the contrary, may stand absolved from the 
credit or the blame (as one pleases to call it) of the new under- 
taking, which was there and then put in train. Perhaps in- 
deed, the clamorousness spoken of, was confined to Dr. Rey- 
nolds, their most assured spokesman. Fuller,* whose account 
of the debate is minute, implicates no one else in the matter. 
Whether, like Hugh Broughton afterwards in relation to the 
present Version, he had any private pique to indulge, cannot 
well be known. Besides too, though the Genevan was, with 
few exceptions, the household Bible, yet the Bishops', we may 
remember, was the awf^orizerf, — the Bible of the churches: it 
may be therefore, that the real concern was, to put this last aside. 
Towards that indeed (its character as well as its origin consider- 
ed,) it is natural enough, that the Puritans should have had no 
very kindly feeling. But the other was the armory of their most- 
prized peculiarities. To think for a moment of the version 

* Church History of Britain. 



96 HISTORIC NOTICES OF THE 

which came forth under the sanction of James, as the offspring 
of their discontent, would be, as respects themselves and the 
exchange forced upon their hands, to remind us of the ancient 
fable, too homely and too familiar to be quoted here. Reynolds 
alleged, to sustain his call for a new translation, three [!] in- 
stances misconstrued, as he says, in the " Bibles extant." His 
censure seems to belong to Cranmer's, and the Bishops', and 
(in two of the examples adduced,) to Thomas Matthew's ; but 
from these mistakes, if mistakes they are, the Genevan is free 
altogether. 

Of the existing Vernacular versions, none seem to have yet 
given full satisfaction to those who had the guidance of the 
state. Bishop Sandys, writing to Parker the Primate, speaks 
slightingly of Cranmer, and as having followed too servilely the 
authority of certain continental translators, who were not 
thought faithful enough to the Original. The success of the 
Genevan, one may suspect also, was not less galling to the 
prelates, than its principles were opposite to theirs. His 
Majesty described it as " very partial, untrue, seditious, and 
savouring too much of dangerous and traitorous conceits." 
There had also begun to be a great dearth of Bibles, and which 
even extended to churches. But as this was said of " the for- 
mer translation," Cranmer's was clearly meant ; which it is 
very likely had been, almost as thoroughly as its predecessors, 
supplanted by the Genevan. The lack was not perchance abso- 
lute, so much as of those which princes and prelates could read 
without discomfort. Parker, the archbishop, was thus led to un- 
dertake a new revision of the scriptures, under the authority 
and commission, says Fuller, of the Queen. With this view he 
divided the whole Bible into fifteen parts, which were allotted 
to as many trust-worthy men of learning ; each to correct and 
revise the part a?!signed him, while to himself he reserved the 
supervision of the whole. Of their labours, the result was 
what is sometimes called Parker's, but more commonly the 
Bishops' Bible, the majority of those engaged in it [viz. eight) 



EARLY VERNACULAR VERSIONS. 97 

having reached the Episcopal rank. These were Alley of 
Exeter, Davis of St. David's^ Sandys of Worcester^ Home of 
Winchester, Grindal of Z«on(/o)i, Park hurst of JVbrmc^, Cox of 
Ely, Guest of Rochester. It appeared in large folio, 1568, 
elegantly printed by Richard Jugge. " The revisers were di- 
rected," says Parker in his preface, " to follow the former trans- 
lation" [Cranmer's] more than any other ; as a like deference to 
the Bishops' itself was enjoined upon their successors in King 
James's time. The initial signature of the author is most 
commonly to be found at the end of their respective portions, 
in the true Episcopal style, — the christian name and the name 
of the bishopric conjoined (in Latin) ; and by this mark the 
Bible may, in a degree, be ascertained. 

Strype says that the capital letter, commencing Genesis, was 
adorned with the arms of the see of Canterbury [the archi- 
episcopal see] : in the second edition [1572J stands the picture 
of the Lord-Treasurer [Burghley] before the Psalms, the book 
of which, as being his great delight, appears la his hand. 

With all the high patronage it enjoyed, it does not seem to 
have got much possession of the kingdom, beyond its pulpits, 
most editions, as Lewis says, being in folio and quarto : he " had 
never heard of but one in 8vo. [small black letter, 1569] and a 
New Testament impression only, 1613." What was thought 
of the spirit and motives in which the version had its origin, 
may be inferred from the nickname under which it went for a 
time with many, of Elizabeth's Opposition Bible. 

At the Hampton Court Conference, in 1603, the first year of 
James's reign, was the movement first given to the translation 
which bears his name. It was begun in 1607, and completed 
in 1611. To enter into its history is not called for by the scope 
of the present narrative ; and the Editor would have been as 
well pleased to have been spared the unthankful, but unavoid- 
able office, of touching in the preceding Sketch, with however 
light a hand, on its character and merits. 
9 



HISTORIC NOTICES, ETC. 



Of the foregoing Bibles, the following editions have been 
used in collating for the present work : — Thomas Matthew's, 
fol. 1549 ; Taverner's, fol. 1551 ; Cranmer's, or the Great Bible, 
small 4to. 1541 ; the Genevan, 4to. 1579 ; the Bishops', fol. 1575. 
Coverdale's variations, the Editor has been constrained to de- 
rive at second-hand only, (and of course to great disadvantage) 
through the medium of Bishop Wilson's edition of the Bible, 
[3 vols. 4to. 1785] in the margin of which they are quoted ; 
but often with singular indistinctness, and, (to judge from the 
references to other versions used in the same connection, which 
he had opportunity to consult directly,) not with a fidelity to be 
always or confidently relied upon. Of Coverdale's New Tes- 
tament, or what purports to be such, there is a copy in small 8vo. 
supposed about 1536, (for, as commonly happens with these bibli- 
cal antiques, the title-page is wanting) in the Boston Athenaeum. 
But the Trustees of that institution did not see fit to further the 
interests of biblical and antiquarian learning, to the degree of 
granting its free loan and convenient use towards the improve- 
ment of the present work. 



SELECT COLLATIONS 

OF THE FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS 
OF 

ST^n^ale^s l^eto STestament; 

CONTAINING ALL THE VARIATIONS IN MATTHEW, CHAPTERS I. — VII. 

JOHN, CHAPTERS X. — XV. ) AND IN THE EPISTLE TO THE 

GALATIANS.* 



Matthew. Chs, I. — VII. 

Ch. 1. Of the captivete of Babilon [they were caryed awaye to 
Babylon*] After they wer ledd captive to Babilon [And after they 
were brought to Babylon.*] Of whome was boren* [of which was 
boren.] The byrthe off Christe [The byrthe of Jesus Christ.*] 
Mary was maryed vnto Joseph [Mary was betrouthed to Joseph.] 
Loth to defame her [loth to make an ensample of hir.] In slepe 
[in a dreame.*] Which is, as moche to saye be interpretacion, as 
God with vs [which is by interpretacion God with vs.] 

Ch, II. In Bethleem a toune of Jury [at Bethleem in Jury.] 
King Herode [Herode the kynge.] Herode the kynge, after he 
hadd herde thys [When Herode ye kynge had herde thys.] He 
sent for all the chefe [he gathered all ye chefe.] And demaunded 
off themt [and axed of them.] A toune of Jury [in Jury.] 

Shalt not be the leest as perteyninge to the princes [art not the leest 
concernynge the Princes.] A captaine, whych [the captayne, 

that.] When ye be come thyder searche [Goo and searche.*] 
Entred into the house [went into the house.] Warned in ther 
slepe [warned of God in a dreame.*] After that they were [When 
they were.*] In his slepe [in dreame.*] When Herod was deed, 
Lo fan angell off the lorde apered vnto Joseph in egipte saynge 
[When Herode was deed :* beholde, an angell of ye Lorde appered in 
a dreame to Joseph in Egypte saying'e.] Which sought the 

chyldes deeth [which sought ye chyldes life. Warned in his slepe 
[warned of god in a dreame.*] 

Ch. III. Knoledging their synnes [confessynge their synnes.*] 
Shalbe hewne doune [is hewen doune*.] With everlastynge fyre 
[with vnquencheable fyre.*] Open vnto hym : and he saw* [open 
over hym : and Jhon sawe.] Thys ys my deare sonne [Thys ys 

that my beloved sonne.] 

* The readings of the First Edition, 1525— 6, are first in order, those 
of the Second Ed., Revised in 1534, follow in crotchets. The read 
iags m9,rked with a * are retained in the present authorized version. 



100 SELECT VAEIATIONS OF 

Ch. IV". In to a desert [into wildernes.*] Att the last he was 
an hungred [he was afterward an hungred.*] Stey the vpp [holde 

ye vp.] And the beauty of them [and all ye glorie of them.*] 
Thy Lorde God [ye Lorde thy God*] Beholde the londe [The 
londe.*] Lyght is spronge* [lyght is begone to shyne.] 

Ch. V. Maynteyners of peace [peacemakers.*] Men shall revyl® 
you* [men reuyle you.] If the salt be once unsavery [yf ye sal* 
have lost hir saltnes] But to be cast oute at the doreS; and tha* 

men treade it vnder fete [but to be cast oute,* and to be troaden 
vnder fote of men] All them which are [all that are*] Se that 
youre light [Let youre light*] Ye shall not thinke [Thinke not*] 
To disanull [To destroye*] Shall teache* [teacheth] Shall 

observe and teache them, that persone shalbe called greate [obserueth 
and teacheth, ye same shalbe called greate] But whosoever shall 
saye unto his brother thou fole [But whosoeuer sayeth thou fole] 
Eny thynge agaynst the [ought agaynst the*] reconcile thy silfe 
[be reconcyled*] At once [quickly*] Thine adversary [that 
adversary] Eyeth a wyfe [looketh on a wyfe] A testymonyall 
of her [a testymonyall also of the] One heer whyte, or blacke : 
[one white heer, or blacke] Ye withstond not wronge [ye resist 
not wronge] But yf a man [But whosoever*] And take thy 
coote from the [and take awaye thy coote*] Youre hevenly father 
[youre father that is in heauen :*] 

Ch. VI. The gentyls do [the he then do*] Them which freaspasr 
vs [oure trespacers] But delyvre vs from yvell, Amen, [but delyver 
vs from evell For thyne is yekyngedome and ye power, and ye glorye 
for ever. Amen.*] That hit myght apere vnto men that they faste 
[that they myght besene of men how they faste] Gaddre not 
treasure together on erth [Se that ye gaddre you not treasure vpon 
ye erth] There are youre hertes also, [there will youre hertes be 
also*] Ys full of light [shalbe full of light.] What rayment ye 
shall weare [what ye shall put on*] Are ye not better than they ? 
[Are ye not moche better then they ?*] Beholde the lyles [Con- 
sider ye lylies*] Care not for therfore for the daye foloynge : 
For the daye foloynge shall care ffor yt sylfe. Eche dayes trouble ys 
sufficient for the samesilfe day. [Care not then for the morow, but let 
ye morow care for it selfe : for the daye present hath ever ynough of 
his awne trouble.] 

Ch. VII. ludge not lest ye be iudged [Jvdge not, that ye be not 
iudged.*] Which wolde proffer his sonne a stone if he axed him 
breed ? [which if his sonne axed hym bread, wolde offer him a stone .?] 
He that fulfilleth [he that dothe*] Have we not caste [haue caste*] 
And it was not over throwen, [and it fell not,*] And doth not the 
same [and doth them not.] 

John. Chs. X.— XV. 

Ch. X. Whosoever entreth [he that entreth*] He is a thefe 
[the same is a thefe*] To this man the porter [to him the porter*] 
This manner of sayinge [This similitude] Thatt I am the dore 



FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS. 101 

[1 am the dore*] A goode [ye good*] And knowe my shepe* 
[and knowe myne] And I geve my sylfe [And I geve my lyfe] 
And they shall heare* [that they maye heare] And there shalbe 
won flocke [and that ther maye be one flocke] Agayne there was 
[And ther was] Solomons hall [Salomons porche*] Is greatter 
then all men [is greatter then alP] I have sayde [I saye] Butt 
though ye beleve not me [But if I do though ye beleve not me*] 

Ch. XI. Then shall he do wele ynough [he shall do well ynough] 
Jesus spake [How be it Jesus spake*] Cam to Martha* [were come 
to Martha] Sate stille at home [sate stille in the housse*] I 
knowe well, he shall [I knowe that he shall*] Whosoever* [He 
that] And called her sister [and called Marie her sister*] And 
vexed hym silfe [and was troubled in him selfe] I geve the thankes 
[1 thanke the*] I knewe wele that [1 wot that] With bondes 
after the manner as they were wonte to bynde their deed with all 
[with grave bondes] From that day kept they a counsell to gedder 
[From that daye forth they held a counsell to geder*] 

Ch. XTI. All the housse smelled [the housse was filled*] Held 
[therfore held] Which cam [that were come*] Ye se that 
[perceave ye how*] Loo all tlie worlde goth after hym [beholde 
the worlde goth awaye after him] Be cast out a dores [be cast 
out*] Arme oflf the lorde declared [arme of ye Lorde opened] 
He that putteth me awaye [He that refuseth me] Shall iudge 
[they shall iudge] My father [the father*] I knowe wele that 
his [I knowe that this] 

Ch. XIII. Had geven him all [had geven all*] Yff I washe 
not thy fete [yf 1 wasshe ye not*] But to wesshe his fete, but 
[save to wesshe his fete, and] Shall men knowe [shall all men 
knowe*] 

Ch. XIV. I will come agayne [And yf I go to prepare a place for 
you, I will come agayne*] Verite [ye truthe*] And ye have 

sene hym [and have sene him*] Thy father [the father*] Dwel- 
linge in me [that dwelleth in me*] Beleve that I am in the father, 
[Beleve me, that I am the father] (all the later editions have " in the 
father") Whosoever beleeveth [he that beleveth*] I will come* 
[but will come] And my father in me, [and you in me*] My 

fathers [the fathers*] For the chefe ruelar [For the rular] And 
as my father [therfore as the father] 

Ch. XV. Be the raeanes of the [thorow ye*] And I in you* 
[and let me byde in you.] Gadder them* [gadder it] They 
burne [it burneth] Geven you [done to you*] Because [How 
be it because] Have no [not have had] They shulde be with 
oute synne [they had not had synne*] Verite [truthe] 

Galatians. Chs. 1. — VI. 

Ch. I. Congregacion [congregacions] For ever. Amen, [for 
ever and ever. Amen.*] Seke nowe the faveour off men, or oiF 
God ? [Preache I mannes doctrine or Godes .'] More fervently 

9* 



102 SELECT VARIATIONS ETC. 

mayntayned the tradicions [more fervent mayntener of the tradicionsj 
Unto Peter [to se Peter*] Glorifyed god in me* [glorified God on 
my behalfFe] 

Ch. II. I went agayne [I went vp agayne*] I went by [I went 
vp by*] Which are [which were*] And as sone as James, Cephas, 
and Jhon, which semed to be pillares, perceaved the grace thatt was 
geven vnto me, they gave to me and Barnabas their hondes* [and 
therfore when they perceaved the grace that was geven vnto me, 
then James, Cephas and Jhon, which semed to be pilers, gave to me 
and Barnabas the ryght hondes] To folowe the Jewes ? [to live 
as do the Jewes ?*] And we have [And therfore we have] Be 
cause that noo flesshe shalbe iustified by the dedes of the lawe [be- 
cause that by ye dedes of ye lawe no flesshe shalbe iustified] Then 
is Christ deed in vayne* [then Christ dyed in vayne.] 

Ch. III. Ye have suffred in vayne : yf it be so that ye have suf- 
fered in vayne [there ye have suffred in vayne, if yt be vayne.] 
Are the children [the same are the chyldren] The scripture [For 
the scripture] And shewed [and therfore shewed] Thy seedes 
[the seedes] Confermed of god [confermed afore of God*] Unto 
which seede the promes [to which ye promes] Yff there had bene* 
[How be it yf ther had bene] Put Christ on you [put on Christ*] 
Nether greke [nether gentyle] For all are one [but ye are all one*] 

Ch. IV. Shulde receave [myght receave*] The dayes [dayes*] 
I feare off you [I am in feare of you] Not hurte me [not hurte me 
at all] Ye knowe wele howe that [ye knowe, how*] Digged 
out your awne eyes [plucked out your awne eyes*] Am I so 
greatly become [Am I therfore become*] Caste a waye [put awaye.] 

Ch. V. We lokefor and hope to be iustified by the sprete which 
commeth of fayth [We loke for and hope in the sprite, to be iustified 
thorow fayth] In god [in the Lorde] I then suffre [I then 

yet suffre] Sondred [seperated] Lawynge [variaunce*] Parte 
takynges [sectes] Shall not be the inheritours [shall not inherite.*] 

Ch. VI. Yff a man seme* [If eny man seme] Let vs do good, 
and let vs not faynte [Let vs not be wery of well doynge.*] 



A TABULAR LIST 



OF THE DISTINCTIVE EXPRESSIONS OF TYNDALE, AS REGARDS THE 

LATER ENGLISH VERSIONS INCORPORATED IN THE PRESENT 

WORK, OF MOST COMMON RECURRENCE. 



[As to some few of the examples below, the classification of versions 
is not very easy, their agreement as to manner of rendering not being 
uniform. That in any of the instances, they sometimes occur as here 
given, is being sufficiently exact. The examples with an asterisk 
are chiefly in the Epistles.] 



T]jndale. 


The Later Versions 




Seniours .... 


Elders 






Deare son .... 


Beloved son 


s ■ 




Majestie .... 


Glorie 




Deserving ^ 
Deserving of workes S 


Of workes* 






Helth 


Salvation* 


s 




Counterfayt 


Be followers* 


2. 
2 




Gave .... 


Delivered* 


Co 




Favour .... 


Grace* 






Is my delite 


I am well plea 


3ed ^ 




Thy Lorde God . 
Hallowed loaves 


The Lorde thy 


God 




Shewe bread 






Commaundment 


Word 






Pray .... 


Worship 




p 


Be safe .... 


Be saved 




?i 


Lo or Take hede . 


Beholde 




1 


Happy .... 


Blessed 




« 


Lawde or Lawded 


Praise. Praise( 


i 


C5 
2 


Be hurte or Fall > 
Hurts 5 • 


Be offended 




Wrong 




S 


Occasions of evyll 


Offences 




' sa 


Uncovered .... 


Revealed 




i* 


Opened ^ 






1 


Appere V . 


Make manifest 




Shewed ) 






b3 


Ascend ) 

Descend) .... 


Go up ] 
Come down ' 






•^ 


Pure .... 


Holy* 




?» 


Informed .... 


Instructed* 






Morowe .... 


Next day 






Unbelief .... 


Disobedience* 







104 TABULAE LIST. 






' 


Tyndaie. 


The Later Versions. 




Congregation 


Church 






Similitude .... 


Parable 






Ester ) 

Ester Lambe 3 ' ' * 


The Passover ) 
Paschal Lamb ) 










Mount Olivet 


Mount of Olives 






The ten cities 


Decapolis 






Be moved . . , . 


Be shaken 






Moche preaching . 


Many wordes 






Seat 


Throne 


^ 




Fulfil or Fulfilled . 


Do or done 


g 




Excommunicate . 


Putoutofthesyna- 


1 




People .... 


Nation ) gogue 
Multitude > 


^S 




Remember > 

Understand } " ' ' 


Knowe 


Si. 

to 




Swete bread 


Unleavened bread 


^ 




Perceived or Knewe wel 


Knewe 


1 




Fortuned ^ 


It came to passe ^ 






Chaunced > . . . 


So it was > 






Followed ) 


\ 






Liberal] tie " 

Benevolence ) ' ' ' 


Grace^ 












Power 


Authoritie 






Worshippers of images or idols 


Idolaters* 






Dedes 


Workes* 






Parents . . . , 


Elders 


' 


Wiped [as Luke vii. 38. etc.] 


Dried 


? 


Centurion .... 


Captain 


Miracle .... 


Token [Great worke or [^ 
Sign. Gen.'] f §• 


Ministering .... 


Hand-reaching* 




r*" 


Robbers .... 


Murtherers 






Justify .... 


Make righteous 






Love 


Charitie 1 ^ 
Villages ^^ 




Towns ..... 




Rejoice. Rejoicing 


Glory, Boasting J ^ 




Anon or By and By 


Immediately ^ h« ^ /*. 
Damsel i^ll^ 




Mayden .... 




Vessels .... 


Bottles J ^^^ 




Testimony .... 


Witnesse. T. M. Cr. ( 


9en. 


Syr 


Lorde. Cov. Bps. 




Minister .... 


Serve or Servant 




Region .... 


Country 




Derth 


Famine 




Sit at meat 


Sit at table 


O 
5 


Cheare 


Comfort 


Break matriraonye or wedlooke 


Commit adulterie 


s 


Repent ) 

Repentance S ' ' ' 


Amende your lives ") 
Amendment of life y 


s 


s 


Worthie .... 


Meet 




Having indignation 


Moved with envy 




Lawyer or Doctor of the lawe 


Expounder of the lawe ^ 







TABULAR LIST. 



105 



Tyndule. 
Perfite 
Debitie 
Ruler 
Submit 
Wake 

Gave him audience 
Judged 
Dampnation or 

Dampned 
Hethen 
Rekened ) 
Counted ) 
Common 
Pertaining to 
After the manner of 
Blyndness 
Without fault or blame 

Grudged 

We are sure 

Aske, 

Be riche or Be plenteous 

Passions ) 

Afflictions 5 

Trouble. Troubled . 

Dedicate ) 

Offered 5 

Offering 



The Later Versions. 
Just [Good, Bps.] 
Governour. Government 
Deputie 
Humble 
Watch 
Hearde 

Accused or Condemned* 
Condemnation* > 
Perdition* ) 

Gentiles* 

Imputed* 

Unclean* 

Concerning* 

According to* 

Hardness* 

Blamelesse 

Murmured 

Raged 

We knowe 

Demand 

Abounde* » 

Sufferings* 

Affliction* Afflicted* 

Sacrificed* 

Sacrifice* 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 



Page 88 line 23, for " version" read 
Matt, ii 



20, 



XV. 

xxiv. 



XXVI. 

Luke vi. 

X. 

xii. 
1 Cor. X. 
Heb, iii. 



revision. 
(the chyldes deeth) -| ^<|f (-^^-'^e ohyWesn.fe, 

note 6, .hould read- { ^^LtlTfo-^'c.]' e"!" "'^'" 

text. 3d par. " — If the blynde leede, etc. 

note 10, for "desolation" read — " Of desolation." 

" 27 should answer to— f " ^newe of nothynge," 

4.7, snould answer to— | ^^^^^ j.^^^ above.) 

" 2, add— T. M. Cr. (to the authorities.) 

text. 4th par. should read — Yf ye ^^do for them, etc. 
2d par. — ^^was combered. 

4th par. dele — ^ after " to hym." 

note 19, add — Gen. afler " shambles." 

" 4, dele — Gen, Bps. (annexed in some copies.) 




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S, James. 






i^plTcS is the boke off the generacion off Jhesus Christ the 

fBU Sonne of David / the sonne also of Abraham. 

Abraham begat Isaac : 

Isaac begat Jacob : 

Jacob begat Judas and hys brethren : 

Jtjdas begat phares and zaram off thamar : 

Phares begat Esrom : 

EsROM begat Aram : 

Aram begat Aminidab : 

Abiinadab begat Naasson : 

Naasson begat Salmon : 

Salmon begat Boos of Rahab : 

Boos begat Obed of Ruth : 

Obed begat Jesse : 

Jesse begat David the kynge : 

David the kynge begat Solomon / of her that was the wyfe of 

Ury : 
Solomon begat Roboam : 
RoBOAM begat Abia : 
Abla. begat Asa : 
Asa begat Josaphat : 
JosAPHAT begat Joram : 
JoRAM begat Osias : 
OsiAs begat Joatham : 
JoATHAM begat Achas : 
AcHAs begat Ezechias : 
Ezechias begat Manasses : 
Manasses begat Amon : 



jFo. If. E^t ©ospell of S. f»at|)eto. 

Amon begat Josias : 

JosiAS begat Jechonias and hys brethren aboute the tyme ^ of 

the captivete of Babilon. 

After they wer ledd captive to Babilon / 
Jechonias begat Salathiel : 
Salathiel begat Zorobabel : 
ZoROBABEL begat Abiud : 
Abiud begat EUachim : 
Eliachim begat Azor : 
AzoR begat Sadoc : 
Sadoc begat Achin : 
AcHiN begat Ehud : 
Eliud begat Eleasar : 
Eleasar begat Matthan : 
Matthan begat Jacob : 
Jacob begat Joseph the husbande off Maiy/ of M^home was 

boren that Jhesus which is called Christ. 

All the generacions from Abraham to David are fowretene 
generacions. And from David vnto the captivete of Babilon / 
are fowrtene generacions. And from the captivete of Babi- 
lon vnto Christ/ are also fowrtene generacions. 

The byrthe off Christe was on thys wyse / When hys 
mother maiy was ^ maryed vnto Joseph / before they cam to 
dwell togedder / she was founde with chylde by the holy goost. 
Then her husbande Joseph being a ^ perfect man / and "^ loth 
to defame her/ was mynded to put her awaye secretly. Whill 
he thus thought/ behold the angell of the lord apered vnto 
him in slope saynge : Joseph the sonne of David / feare not to 
take vnto the / Mary thy wyfe. For that which is conceaved 
in her is of the holy goost. She shall brynge forthe a sonne / 
and thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he shall save his 
people from theire synnes. 

All thys was done to fulfill that which was spoken of the 
lorde be the prophet saynge ; Beholde a mayde shalbe with 
chylde / and shall brynge forthe a sonne / and they shall call 
his name Emanuel/ which is as moche to saye be interpreta- 
cion / as God with vs. 

^ They were caryed awaye to, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. [Similar, vvs. 12, 
17.] ^ Betrothed, Tav. Gen. Bps. ^ Righteous, Cr. Bps. Just, 
Gen. ■* Loth to make an example of hyr, T.M. Would not bring 
her to shame, Cov. Cr. Not willing to make hir a publique example, 
Gen. Bps. 



me CKospell of S. ^atl)cto. m- if- 

Joseph as sone as he awoke out of slepe / did as the angell 
off the lorde bade him / and toke hys wyfe vnto hym / and 
knewe her not tyll she had brought forth her fyrst sonne / and 
called hys name Jesus. 



Slje .Secontr ®t)a|)tet\ 

"VIl/^HEN Jesus was borne in Bethleem a toune of Jury/ in 
^ ^ the tyme of king Herode. Beholde / there cam wyse 
men from the est to Jerusalem saynge : where is ^ he that is 
borne kynge of the Jues ? we have sene his starre in the est / 
and are come to worship hym. 

Herode the kynge / after he hadd herde thys / was troubled / 
and all Jerusalem with hym/ and he sent for all the chefe 
prestes and scribes off the people / and demaunded off them 
where Christ shulde be borne. They sayde vnto hym : in 
Bethleem a toune of Jury. For thus it is written be the pro- 
phet : And thou Bethleem in the londe of Jury/ shalt not be 
the leest as perteyninge to the princes of iuda. For out of 
the shal come ^a captaine/ whych shall govern my people is- 
rahel. 

Then Herod prevely called the wyse men/ and dyligently 
enquyred of them/ the tyme of the starre that appered. And 
sent them to bethleem saynge : ^ when ye be come thyder 
searche dyligentily for the childe. And when ye have founde 
hym bringe me worde/ that y maye come and worshippe hym 
also. When they had herde the kynge/ they departed/ and 
lo the starre whych they sawe in the este went before them/ 
vntyll it cam and stod over the place where the chylde was. 
When they sawe the starre/ they '*were marveylously gladd/ 
And entred into the house/ and founde the childe with Maiy 
hys mother/ and kneled doune and worshipped hym/ and 
opened there treaseures/ and offred unto him gyftes/ gold/ 
franckynsence/ and myr. And after they were warned ^ in 
ther slepe/ that they shulde not go ageyne to Herod/ they re- 
tourned into ther awne countre another way. 

After that they were departed/ lo the angell of the lorde 

^ The new borne, Cov. The King of the Jewes that is borne, Gen. 

* The governour that shall feede, Gen. ^ Goe and searche, etc. 
Cov. T.M. Gen. Bps. Go your way thither and searche, etc. Cr. 

* Exceeding glad, Cr. Rejoiced, with an exceeding great joy [ex- 
ceedingly with great, Bps.^, Gen. Bps. ^ Of God in a dreamff, 
CoK. T.M. Gen. Bps. Of God in sleepe, Cr. 



apered to Joseph in his slope saynge Aryse and take the chylde 
and hys mother/ and flye in to Egipte/ and abyde there till y 
brynge the worde. For Herod wyll seke the chylde to des- 
troye hym. Then he arose/ and toke the chylde and his 
mother by night/ and departed in to Egipte/ and was there 
vnto the deeth of Herod/ to fulfill that which was spoken of 
the lorde/ be the prophet/ which sayeth : out of Egipte have 
y called my sonne. 

Then Herod perceavynge that he was moocked off the 
wyse men/ was exceedynge wroth/ and sent forth ^ and slue 
all "^ the chyldren that were in bethleem/ and in all the costes 
there of/ as many as were two yere old and vnder/ accord- 
ynge to the tyme which he had diligently searched oute of the 
wyse men. 

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken be the prophet 
Jeremi/ saynge : ^ On the hilles was a voyce herde/ mourn- 
ynge/ wepynge/ and greate lamentacion. Rachel wepynge 
ffor her chyldren/ and wolde nott be comforted because they 
were not. 

When Herod was deed/ Lo an angell off the lorde apered ^ 
vnto Joseph in egipte saynge : arise and take the chylde and 
his mother/ and go in to the londe of Israhel. For they are 
deed which sought the chyldes deeth. Then he arose vp/ and 
toke the chylde and his mother/ and cam into the londe of Is- 
rahel. But when he herde that Archelaus did raygne in Jury/ 
in the roume of hys father Herode/ he was afrayde to go 
thether/ notwithstondynge after he was warned i^ in his slepe/ 
he tourned a syde into the parties off galile/ and went and 
dwelt in a cite called Nazareth/ to fFulfill that which was spo- 
ken be the prophetes : he shalbe called of Nazareth. 

TN those dayes Jhon the baptiser cam and preached in the 
•■■ wildernes off iury saynge : Repent/^ the kyngdome of 
heven is at honde. This is he of whom it is spoken be the 
prophet Esay/ which sayeth : The voyce off a cryer in wyl- 
dernes/ prepare the lordes way/ and make hys pathes strayght. 
This Jhon had his garment off camels beer/ and ^a gerdell 

^ Cr. adds — men of warre. ' The male children, Gen. ^ In 
Rama, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Gov. T.M. Gen. Bps. add — in a dreame, 

Cr.— in slepe. ^° Of God in a dreame, Gov. T.M. Gen. Bps. Of 
God in a slepe, Cr. ^ Cr. adds — Of the life that is past. ^ A 
letherne gyrdell, Gov. Bps. 



Etfe CKospell of <S. f^atijeto. ®|j. fb. 

off a skynne aboute his loynes. Hys meate was locustes/ and 
wyld hony. Then went out to hym Jerusalem/ and all Jury/ 
and all the region rounde aboute Jordan/ and were baptised 
of hym in Jordan/ knoledging their synnes. 

When he sawe many off the pharises and off the saduces 
come to hys baptism/ he sayde vnto them : O generacion of 
vipers/ who hath taught you to fle from the yengeaunce to 
come ? brynge forthe therefore the frutes ^ belongynge to re- 
pentaunce. And "* se that ye ons thinke not to save in your- 
selves/ we have Abraham to oure father. For I say vnto 
you/ that God is able off these stones/ to rayse up chyldren 
vnto Abraham. Even nowe is the ax put vnto the rote of the 
trees : soo that every tree which bringeth not ifoiihe goode 
frute/ shalbe hewne doune/ and cast into the fyre. 

I Baptise you in water ^in token of repentaunce/ but he 
that cometh after me/ is myghtier than I : whose shues I am 
not worthy to beare. he shal baptise you with the holy gost/ 
and with fyre/ which hath also his fan in his bond/ and will 
pourge his floore/ and gadre the wheet into his garner/ and 
will burne the chaffe with everlastynge fyre. 

Then cam Jesus from Galile into Jordan/ to Jhon/ ffor to 
be baptised off hym. But Jhon ^fForbade hym/ saynge : I 
ought to be baptysed off the : and commest thou too me ? Je- 
sus answered and sayde to hym : Lett hyt be so nowe. For 
thus hit becommeth us to fulfyll all rightewesnes. Then he 
suffred hym. And Jesus as sone as he was baptised/ came 
strayght out of the water : And lo heven was open vnto hym : 
and "^ he saw the spirite of God descende lyke a dove/ and 
lyght vpon hym. And lo there cam a voice from heven sayng : 
thys ys my deare sonne in whom is my delyte. 

S:!)e jFourtJe €:i)apter. 

n^HEN was Jesus ledd awaye of the spirite in to a desert/ 
-'^ to be tempted of the devyll. And when he had fasted 
fourtye dayes and fourtye nyghtes/ att the last he was an hun- 
gred. Then came vntyll hym the tempter/ and sayde : yff 
thou be the sonne of God/ commando that these stones be 
made bred. He answered and sayde : j^t is wrytten/ man 

2 Worthie amendement of life, Gen. Meete for repentance, Bps. 
* Be not of such minde that ye woulde saye, Cr. Bps. Think not, 
etc. Gen. ^ Unto, Cr. Bps. ^ Put him backe, Gen. ' John 

saw, Cov. T.M. Gen. Bps. 

A* 



iTo. fb. 2rt)e ®^ospell of «S. ifWatijeto. 

shall nott live only by breeder But by eveiy worde that pro- 
ceadeth out off the mouth off God. 

Then the devyll tooke him vpp in to the holy cite/ and set 
hym on a pynacle of the temple/ and sayd vnto hym : yf thou 
be the sonne of God/ cast thysylfe doune. For hit ys wryt- 
ten/ he shall geve his angels charge over the/ and with there 
handes the shall stey the vpp/ that thou dashe not thy fote 
agaynst a stone. Jesus sayde to hym/ hit ys wrytten also : 
thou shalt not tempte thy lorde god. 

The devyll toke hym up agayne and ledde hym in to an ex- 
cedynge hye mountayne/ and shewed hym al the kyngdomes 
of the worlde/ and the ^ beauty of them/ and sayde vnto hym : 
all these will I geve the/ iff thou wilt faull doune and worship 
me. Then sayde Jesus vnto hym. ^^yoyd Satan. For it is 
written/ Thou shalt worshyp thy Lorde God/ and hym only 
shalt thou serve. 

Then the Dyvell left hym/ and lo/ the angels cam and mi- 
nistred vnto hym. 

When Jesus had herde that Jhon was taken/ he departed in 
to Galile/ and left Nazareth/ and went and dwelte in Caper- 
naum/ which is a cite apon the see/ in the coostes off Zabulon 
and Neptalim/ to ffulfill that whiche was spoken be Esay the 
prophet/ saynge : Beholde the londe of Zabulon and Nepta- 
lim/ the waye of the see beyonde Jordan/ Galile off the Gen- 
tvls/ the people whiche sat in dercknes/ sawe greate lyght : 
And to them which sate in the region and shadowe of deeth/ 
lyght is ^spronge. 

From thatt tyme Jesus began to preache/ and to say/ re- 
pent : for the kingdome of heven is at honde. 

As Jesus walked by the see off Galile/ he sawe two breth- 
ren : Simon which was called Peter/ and Andrew his brother/ 
castynge a neet into the see (for they were fisshers) and he 
sayde unto them : folowe me/ and I will make you fisshers of 
men. And they strayght waye lefte there nettes/ and folow- 
ed hym. 

And he went forthe from thence/ and sawe other twoo 
brethren/ James the sonne of Zebede/ and Jhon his brother in 
the shippe/ with Zebede their father mendynge their nettes/ 
and called them. And they ^ with out taryinge lefte the shyp 
and their father and folowe d hym. 

^ Glorie, All the Vers. ^ Get thee hence behinde me, Bps. 

^ Begone to shyne, Cov. T.M. Risen ap, Gen. "* Straightway, Cr. 

Tuv. Gen. Bps. 



And Jesus went aboute all Galile/ teachyng yn their sin- 
agogLies/ and preachynge the gospell of the kyngdome/ and 
healinge all manner of sicknes/ and all manner dyseases 
amonge the people. And hys ffame spreed abroode through 
oute all Siria. And they brought vnto hym all sicke people/ 
that were taken with divers diseases and gripinges/ and them 
that were possessed with devils/ and those which were luna- 
tyke/ and those that had the palsey/ And he healed them. 
And there folowed hym a greate nombre off people/ ^ from 
Galile/ and from the ten cities/ and from Jerusalem/ and from 
Jury/ and from the regions that lye beyonde Jordan. 

rj)r b. Ctinptcr. 

"VIZ HEN he sawe the people/ he went vp into a mountayne/ 
^ ~ and when he was set/ his disciples cam vnto hym/ and 
he openned his mought/ and taught them saynge : Blessed are 
the j)ovre in sprete : for theirs is the kyngdome off heven. 
Blessed are they that morne : for they shalbc comforted. 
Blessed are the meke : for they shall inheret the erth. Bless- 
ed are they which honger and thurst for rightewesnes : for they 
shalbe filled. Blessed are the mercifull : for they shall ob- 
teyne mercy. Blessed are the pure in herte : for they shall 
se God. Blessed are the ^maynteyners of peace : for they 
shalbe called the chyldren of God. Blessed are they which 
suffre pei'secucion for rightewesnes sake : for theirs ys the 
kingdorae off hevene. Blessed are ye when men shall revyle 
you/ and persecute you/ and shall falsly say all manner of 
yvell saynges agaynst you for my sake. Reioice and be glad/ 
for greate is youre rewarde in heven. For so persecuted they 
the prophets which were '^before youre dayes. 

Ye are the salt of the erthe. but and if the salt ^be once 
unsavory/ ^ what can be ^ salted ther with ? it is thenceforthe 
goode for nothynge/ but to be cast oute at the dores/ and that 
men treade it vnder fete. Ye are the light of the worlde. A 
cite that is set on an hill cannot be hid/ nether do men lyght 
a candell and put it vnder a busshell/ but on a candelsdck/ 
and it lighteth all them which are in the housse. Se that youre 
light so shyne before men/ that they maye se youre good 
workes/ and glorify youre father which is in heven. 

^ T. M. and Tav. omit — From Galile and from the ten cities. 
^ Peacemakers, All the Vers. ^ Before you, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Have 
lost his saltness [savour, Gen.], Cov. T.M. •* Wherewith sliall it be 
salted, Gen. Bps. ' Seasoned, Cr. 



JFo. b, Sttje eKospell of <S. ^atljeh). 

6 Ye shall not thinke that I am come to '''disanull the lawe/ 
or the prophets, no I am nott come to disanull them/ but to 
fulfyll them. For truely I saye unto you/ till heven and erthe 
perisshe/ one iott/ or one tytle of the lawe shall not scape/ tyll 
all be fulfilled. 

Whosoever breaketh one of these lest commaundmentes/ 
and shall teach men so/ he shalbe called the leest in the kyng- 
dome off heven. But w^hosoever shall observe and teache 
them/ that persone shalbe called ^ greate in the kyngdome off 
heven. 

For I saye vnto you/ except youre rightewesnes excede/ 
the rightevi^esnes off the scribes and pharisees/ ye cannot en- 
tre into the kyngdome off heven. 

Ye have herde howe it was sayd vnto them off the olde 
tyme. Thou shalt not kyll. Whosoever shall kyll/ shalbe 
^in daunger of iudgement. But I say vnto you/ whosoever 
his angre with hys brother/ ^^ shalbe ^ in daunger off iudge- 
ment. Whosoever shall saye unto hys brother racha/ shalbe 
^^ in daunger off a counsell. But whosoever shall saye ^^ unto 
his brother thou fole/ shalbe ^^ in daunger of hell fyre. Ther- 
fore when thou offerest thy gyfte att the altre/ and there re- 
membrest that thy brother hath eny thynge agaynst the : leve 
there thyne offrynge before the altre/ and go thy waye first 
and reconcile thy silfe to thy brother/ and then come and offre 
thygyfRe. 

Agre with thine adversary ^^at once/ whiles thou arte in the 
waye with hym/ lest thine adversary delivre the to the iudge/ 
and the iudge delivre the to the minister/ and then thou be cast 
in to preson. I say unto the verely : thou shalt not come out 
thence till thou have payed the vtmost farthing. 

Ye have herde howe yt was sayde to them off olde tyme/ 
Thou shalt nott committ advoutrie. But I say unto you/ that 
whosoever ^^ eyeth ^^ a wyfe/ lustynge affter her/ hathe com- 
mitted advoutrie with her alredy in his hert. 

Wherfore yf thy right eye ^^offende the/ plucke hym out 
and caste him from the. ^'^ Better hit is for the that one of thy 

« Think not, etc. Ml the Vers. ^ Destroy, All the Vers. ^ The 
greatest, Ccv. ^ Culpable of judgment. Gen, ^^ Cr. Gen. and 

Bps. add — unadvisedly. Tav. without a cause. " Worthy to be 

punished by or with, Gen. ^^ Gov. Gen. Bps. omit — unto his brother, 
13 Quickly, All the Vers. i* Looketh on. All the Vers. ^^ An- 

other man's wife, Cr. Awomnn, Gen. Bps. ^^ Hinder, Cr. Cause 
[vs. 30, make] thee to offend. Gen. ^^ For it is profitable for thee 
that one of thy members should perishe and not, etc. Bps. 



// 



©ije <*5ospell of <S. I^attjeto. €!). b. 

membres perisshe then that all thy body shuld be caste in 
to hell. Also yf thy right honde ^^ offend the/ cut hym off 
and caste hym from the. i'' Better hyt ys that one off thy 
membres perisshe/ then that all thy body shulde/ be caste in 
to hell. 

Hit ys sayd/ whosoever put awaye his wyfe/ let hym geve 
her a testymonyall of her devorcement. But I say vnto you : 
whosoever put awaye his wyfe (except hyt be for fornication) 
causeth her to breake matrimony. And whosoever mary- 
eth her that is divorsed/ breketh wedlocke. 

Agayne ye have herde howe it was sayd to them off olde 
tyme/ thou shalt not forswere thy silfe/ but shaltt performe 
i^thyne othe to God. But I say vnto you swere not at all: 
nether by heven for hyt ys goddes seate : nor yet by the 
erth/ ffor it ys hys fote stole : Nether by Jerusalem/ ffor hit 
ys the cite of the grete kynge : neither shalt thou sweare by 
thy heed/ because thou canst not make one heer whyte/ or 
blacke : But your communicacion shalbe/ ye/ ye : nay nay. 
For whatsoever is ^^ more than that/ cometh off yvell. 

Ye have herde howe it ys sayd/ an eye for an eye : a tothe 
for a tothe. But I saye vnto you/ that ye ^o^yithstond not 
wronge : But yf a man ^i geve the a blowe on thy right cheke/ 
toume to him the othre. And yff eny man will sue the at the 
lawe/ and take thy coote from the/ Lett hym have thy cloocke 
also. And whosoever wyll compell the to goo a myle/ goo 
wyth him twayne. Geve to him that axeth. and from him 
that wolde borowe tourne not awaye. 

Ye have herde howe it is sayde : thou shalt love thyne 
neighbour/ and hate thine enemy. But y saye vnto you/ love 
youre enemies. Blesse them that coursse you. Do good to 
them that hate you/ Praye ffor them which ^ doo you wronge/ 
and persecute you/ that ye may be the chyldren of youre 
hevenly father : ffor he maketh his sunne to aryse/ on the 
yvell/ and on the good/ and sendeth his reyne on the iuste 
and on the iniuste. For yf ye shall love them which love 
you : what rewarde shall ye have ? Doo not the publicans 
even so ? And if ye ^^ be frendly to youre brethren onli : 
what singuler thynge doo ye ? Doo nott the publicans lyke- 
wyse ? Ye shall therefore be perfecte/ even as youre heven- 
ly father is perfecte. 

^® Unto the Lorde those things thou swearest, Cr. ^^ Is added 
more, Cr. 20 Resist not evil, Cr. Gen. Bps. 21 gmite thee, 

Gen. 22 Hurte, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Make much of, Cr. Sa- 

lute, Bps. 



iTo. bf. 2r|)e ©ospell of S. if^atljeto. 



^yAKE hede to youre almes. That ye geve it not in the 
syght of men. to the intent that ye wolde be sene off 
them. Or els ye gett no rewarde off youre father in heven. 
Whensoever therefore thou gevest thine almes/ thou shalt not 
make a trompet to be blowne before the/ as the ypocrites do 
in the synagoges and in the stretes/ ffor to ^ be preysed off 
men/ Verily I say vnto you/ they have there rewarde. But 
w^hen thou doest thine almes/ let not thy lyfte honde knowe/ 
what thy righte hand doth/ that thyne almes may be secret/ 
and thy father which seith in secret shall rewarde the openly. 
And when thou prayest/ thou shalt nott be as the ypocrites 
are. For they ^ love to stond and praye in the synagogges 
and in corners of the stretes/ because they wolde be sene of 
men. Veriley I say vnto you/ they have there rewarde. But 
when thou prayest/ enter into thy ^ chambre/ and shutt thy 
dore to the/ and pray to thy father which ys in secrete : and 
thy father which seith in secret/ shall rewarde the openly. 

But when ye pray/ "* bable not moche/ as the gentyls do : 
for they thincke that they shalbe herde/ ffor there moche bab- 
lynges sake. Be ye not lyke them there fore. For youre 
father knoweth whereof ye have neade/ before ye axe off 
him. After this maner there fore pray ye. 

O oure father which art in heven/ halowed be thy name. 
Let thy kingdom come. Thy wyll be fulfilled/ as well in 
erth/ as hit ys in heven. Geve vs this daye oure dayly breade. 
And forgeve vs oure ^ treaspases/ even as we forgeve ^ them 
which treaspas vs. Leede vs not into temptation, but delyvre 
vs from yvell/ '' Amen. For and yfF ye shall foregeve other 
men there treaspases/ youre father in heven shal also forgeve 
you. but and ye wyll not forgeve men there trespases/ no 
more shall youre father forgeve your trespases. 

Moreover when ye faste/ ^ be not sad as the ypocrites are. 
For they disfigure there faces/ that hit myght ^ apere vnto 
men that they faste. Verely y say vnto you/ they have there 
rewarde. But thou/ when thou fastest/ annoynte thine heed/ 

^ Be esteemed, Bps. ^ Use, Cr. ^ Closet, Bps. * Use 

novayne repetitions. Gen. ° Dettes, Gen. Bps. ^ Our detters 

£ trespassers, T.M. Tav-I, T.M. Tav. Gen. Bps. ^ Ml the Vers, add 
e Doxology — For thine, etc. ^ Looke not sowre, G^n. Be not of an 
hcavie countenance, Bps. ^ Be sene of men how they fast, T.M. 



Ctje ®o»pell of S. fHatDeto. €:|). bf. 

and washe thy face/ that it appere nott vnto men howe that 
thou fastest : but vnto thy father which is in secrete, and thy 
father which seith in secret/ shall rewarde the openly. 

Gaddre not i^ treasure together on erth/ where rust and 
mothes corrupte/ and where theves breake through and steals. 
But gaddre ye ^^ treasure togedder in heven/ where nether 
rust/ nor mothes corupte. and wher theves nether breake up/ 
nor yet steale. For whearesoever youre treasure ys/ there 
are youre hertes also. 

The light off thy body is thyne eye. Wherefore if thyne 
eye be single/ all thy body ys full of light. But and if thyne 
eye be wycked/ then is all thy body full of dercknes. Where- 
fore yf the light that is in the be dercknes : howe greate ys 
tliat dercknes ? 

No man can serve two masters. For ^^ other he shall hate 
the one/ and love the other : or els he shall lene the one/ and 
despise the other. Ye can nott serve God and mammon. 
Therefore I saye vnto you/ be not careful! for youre lyfe/ 
what ye shall eate/ or what ye shall diyncke/ nor yet for 
youre boddy/ what i^rayment ye shall weare. Ys not the 
lyfe more worth then meate ? and the boddy ^^ more off value 
than rayment ? Behold the foules of the aier : for they sowe 
not/ neder reepe/ nor yet cary into the barnes/ and yett youre 
hevenly father fedeth them. Are ye not better than they ? 

Whiche of you (though he toke thought therefore) coulde put 
one cubit vnto his stature ? And why care ye then for ray- 
ment. i^Beholde the lyles off the felde/ howe thy growe/ 
^^ They labour nott nether spynn/ And yet for all that I sale 
vnto you that even Solomon in all his ^^ royalte/ was not aray- 
ed lyke unto one of these. Wherefore yf God so clothe the 
gi-asse/ ^^ which ys to daye in ihe felde and to morowe shalbe 
cast into the ^^ fournace : shall he not moche more do the 
same vnto you/ o ye of lytle fayth ? 

Therfore take no thought saynge : what shall we eate/ or 
what shall we dryncke/ or wherewith shall we be clothed 
(Aftre all these thynges seke the gentyls) For youre hevenly 
father knoweth that ye have neade off all these thynges. But 
rather seke ye fyrst the kyngdom of heven/ and the righte- 

'" Gen. and Bps. add — for yourselves. " i. e. either. ^^ Ye 

shall put on, Gen. Bps. ^^Than rayment, Gen. Bps. ^'^Learne 

of the lylies of the field howe they grow. Gen. Bps. ^^ They wee- 

rie not themselves with labour, etc. Bps. *^ Glorie, Gen. ^'' Of 

the fielde which though it stande to-day, etc. Cr. Bps. ^^ Oven, 

Gen. Bps. 



wesnes ther of/ and all these thynges shal be ministred vnto 
you. 

Care not therefore for the ^^ daye foloynge. For the daye 
foloynge shall care IFor yt sylfe. 20 Eche dayes trouble ys 
sufficient for the same silfe day. 

Ette bij. C|)a})ter. 

TUDGE not lest ye be iudged. 1 For as ye iudge so shall 
■*- ye be iudged. And with what mesur ye mete/ with the 
same shall ^ it be mesured to you agayne. Why seist thou 
a moote in thy brothers eye/ and percevest not the beame that 
ys in thyne awne eye. Or why sayest thou to thy brother : 
^sufFre me to plucke oute a moote oute off thyne eye/ and be- 
hold a beame is in thyne awne eye. Ypocrite/ first cast oute 
the beame oute of thyne awne eye/ and then shalte thou se 
clearly to plucke oute the moote oute off thy brothers eye. 

Geve not that which is holy to dogges/ nether caste ye 
youre pearles before swyne/ lest they treade them vnder their 
fete/ and ^the other tourne agayne and all to rent you. 

Axe and it shalbe geven you. Seke and ye shall fynd/ 
Knocke and it shalbe opened vnto you. For whosoever axeth 
receaveth/ and he that seketh fyndeth/ and to hym that knock- 
eth/ it shalbe opened, ys there eny man among you which 
5 wolde proffer his sonne a stone if he axed him breed ? or if 
he axed fysshe/ wolde he proffer hyme a serpent ? Yff ye 
then which are evyll/ cann geve to youre chyldren good gyftes: 
howe moche moore shall youre father which ys in heven/ 
geve good thynges ^ to them that axe off hym ? 

Therfore whatsoever ye wolde that men shulde do to you/ 
even so do ye to them. This ys the lawe and the prophettes. 

Enter in at the strayte gate : ffor wyde is Ihe gate/ and 
broade ys the waye that leadeth to destruccion : and many 
there be which goo yn there att. For strayte ys the gate/ and 
narowe is the waye which leadeth vnto lyfe : and feawe there 
be that fynde it. 

*3 Morow, Jill the Vers. ^^ For the day present hath ever enough 

of hys owne travayle, T. M. The day hath enough with his owne 
griefe, Gen. Sufficient unto the day is the travaile [evil, Bps.] ther- 
of, Cr. Bps. ^ Cr. adds — Condempne not and ye shall not be con- 

dempned. ^ Other men measure to you, Cr. ^ Holde, I will 

plucke, Cov. (Brother) suffer mee, I will plucke, Cr. Suffer me, I 
will cast out, Gen. Bps. ^ And turning agayne, all to rent you. 

Gen. Bps. ^ If hys sonne axed, etc., Jill the Vers. ^ If ye 

aske of him, Cr. 



#v 



SEije (Kos^tll of 5b. i^at|)ebj. (tij, bfff. 

Beware off falce prophettes/ which come to you in shepes 
clothynge/ but inwardly they are ravenynge wolves. Ye shall 
knowe them by their frutes. Do men gaddre grapes off 
thornes ? or figges off "^ bryres ? Even soo every good tree/ 
bryngethe forthe good frute. But a corrupte tree/ bryngethe 
forth evyll frute. A good tree cannott brynge forthe bad frute : 
nor yett a bad tree can brynge forthe good frute. Every tree 
that bryngethe not forthe good frute/ shalbe hewne doune/ and 
cast into the fyre. Wherfore by there frutes ye shall knowe 
them. Not all they thatt say vnto me/ Master/ Master/ shall 
enter into the kyngdome off heven : but he that fulfilleth my 
fathers will which ys in heven.^ Many will saye to me 
yn that daye/ Master/ Master/ have we nott in thy name pro- 
phesied ? And in thy name have we nott caste oute devyls ? 
And in thy name have we nott done many miracles ? And 
then will I ^ knowlege vnto them/ that I never knewe ^^ them. 
Departe from me/ ye workers of iniquite. 

Whosoever hearethe off me these saynges/ and doethe the 
same/ I wyll lyken hyme vnto a wyse man which byllt his 
housse on a rocke : and ^^aboundance off rayne descended/ 
and the fluddes cam/ and the wynddes blewe/ and bett vppon 
that same housse/ and it ^^was not over throwen/ because it 
was grounded on the rocke. And whosoever heareth of me 
these sainges/ and doth not the same/ shalbe lykened vnto a fo- 
lysh man/ which bilt his housse vpon the sonde/ and ^i abun- 
daunce of rayne descended/ and the fluddes cam/ and the 
wynddes blewe/ and beet vppon that housse/ and it ^^ was over 
tlirowen/ and great was the fall off it. 

And it cam to passe/ that when Jesus had ended these 
saynges/ the peple were astonnied at his doctryne. For he 
taught them as one havynge power/ and not a.s the scribes. 



"^X/^HEN Jesus was come downe from the mountayne/ moch 
^ people folowed him. And lo/ there cam a lepre/ and 
worsheped him saynge/ Master/ if thou wylt/ thou canst make 
me clene. He putt forthe his bond and touched him saynge : 
I will/ be clene/ and immediatly his leprosy v/as clensed. And 

'' Thistles. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Cr. adds — (He shall enter mto the 

kuagdome of heaven.) ^ Professe, Gen-. Confesse, 5p5. ^^ You, 
Cr. Gen. Bps. ^' The rayne fell, Gen. Bps. A shower of raine 

descended, Cr. 12 Ye\\ not— Fell, Ml the Vers. 
B 



JTo. bfff. mt ffiospell of S. i^attjeto. 

Jesus said vnto him. Se thou tell no man/ but go and shewe 
thysilf to the preste and offer the gyfte/ that Moses commaund- 
ed to be ofFred/ in witnes to them. 

When Jesus was entred in to Capernaum/ there cam vnto 
him a certayne Centurion/ besechyng him and saynge : ^ Mas- 
ter my servaunt lyeth sicke att home off the palsye/ and is 
grevously payned. And Jesus sayd vnto him. I will come 
and cure him. The Centurion answered and saide : Syr I am 
*not worthy that thou shuldest com vnder ^ the rofe of my 
housse/ but speake the worde only and my servaunt shalbe 
healed. For y also my selfe am a man ^ vndre power/ and 
have sowdeeres vndre me/ and y saye to one/ go/ and he go- 
eth : and to anothre/ come/ and he cometh : and to my ser- 
vaunt/ do this/ and he doeth it. When Jesus herde these 
saynges : he marveyled/ and said to them that folowed him : 
Verely y say vnto you/ I have not founde so great fayth : no/ 
not in Israeli. I say therfore vnto you/ that many shall come 
from the eest and weest/ and shall ^ rest with Abraham/ Ysaac 
and Jacob/ in the kyngdom of heven : and the children of the 
kingdom shalbe cast out in to the ^vtmoost dercknes/ there 
shalbe wepinge and gnasshing of tethe. Then Jesus said vnto 
tlie Centurion/ go thy waye/ and as thou hast believed so be 
it vnto the. And his servaunt was healed ^ that same houre. 
And Jesus went into Peters housse/ and saw his wy\'es mo- 
ther lyinge " sicke of a fevre/ and he thouched her hande/ and 
the fevre leeft her : and she arose/ and ministred vnto them. 

When the even was come they brought vnto him many that 
were possessed with devylles/ And he cast out the spirites 
with a word/ and healed all that were sicke/ to fulfill that 
whiche was spoken by Esay the prophet sainge : He toke on 
him oure infirmytes/ and bare oure sicknesses. 

When Jesus saw moche people about him/ he commaund- 
ed ^to go over the water. And there cam a scribe and said 
vnto liim : master/ I woll folowe the whythersumever thou 
goest. And Jesus said vnto him : the foxes have holes/ and 
the bryddes of the aier have nestes/ but he sonne of the man 
hath not where on to ^ leye his heede : Anothre that was one 
of hys disciples seyd vnto him : master suffre me fyrst/ to go 



1 Syr, Cov. Lorde, Bps. ^ My roofe, Ml the Vers. ^ Sub- 

jecte to the authorite of another, Cr. ** Sit downe, Gen. ^ Utter, 
M the Vers. ^ The selfe same, Cr. Bps. Th? selfe, T.M. ^ Cr. 
adds^in bed. ^ To depart unto the other side, Bps. Cr. adds — 
of the water. ^ Rest, Ml the Vers. 



" 



©tje ®ospeU of <S. ^att)cto. dtl). f^. 

and burye my father. But Jesus said vnto him : folowe me/ 
and let the deed burie their deed. 

And he entred in to a shyppe/ and his disciples folowed 
him/ And lo there arose a greate storme in the see/ in so 
moche/ that the shippe was ^^ hyd with waves/ and he was 
aslepe : And his disciples cam vnto him/ and awoke him/ 
sayinge : master/ save us/ we perishe. And he said vnto 
them : why are ye fearfuU/ o ye ^^ endevved with lytell faithe ? 
Then he arose/ and rebuked the wyndes and the see/ and 
there folowed a greate calme. And men marveyled and said : 
what 12 man is this/ that bothe wyndes and see obey him } 

And when he was come to the other syde/ in to the coun- 
tre off the gergesens/ there met him two possessed of devylls/ 
which cam out off the graves/ and were out off measure fearce/ 
so that no man myght go by that waye. And lo they cryed 
out saynge : O Jesu the sonne off God/ what have we to do 
with the ? art thou come hyther to torment vs before the tyme 
13 [be come] ? There was a good waye off from them a greate 
heerd of swyne fedinge. Then the devyls besought him 
saynge : if thou cast vs out/ suffre vs to go oure waye into the 
heerd of swyne. And he said vnto them : go youre wayes : 
Then went they out/ and departed into the heerd of swyne. 
And lo/ all the heerd of swyne ^^ was car}'ed with violence 
hedlinge into the see/ and perisshed in the water. Then ^^ the 
beerdmen fleed/ and went there ways into the cite/ and tolde 
every thinge/ and what had fortuned vnto them that were pos- 
sessed of the devyls. And lo/ all the cite cam out/ and met 
Jesus. And when they sawe him they besought him/ to de- 
part out off there costes. 



A 



ND he entred into the shippe : and passed over and cam 
into his awne cite. And lo/ they brought vnto him a man 
sicke off the palsey/ lyinge in his bed. And when Jesus 
sawe there faith/ he said to the secke off the palsey : sonne 
be off good chere/ thy sinnes are forge ven the. And loe/ 
eerteyne of the scribes said in them selves/ he blasphemeth. 
And when Jesus sawe there thoughtes/ he said : wherfore 
thinke ye evyll in jour herttes ? Whether ys esyer to saye/ 

1° Covered, All the Vers. ^^ Of little fayth, All the Vers. ^^ Man- 
er of man, Cr. Bps. ^ Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^^ Was caried 

hedlonge, Cr. '■ Was earied with violence from a steepe downe place, 
Gen. Hushed headlong, Bps. ^^ They that kept them, Cr. Bps. 



^0. tr, m^ ^fospell of .S. i^attjeb. 

thi sinnes ar forgeven the/ or to saye : arise and walke ? 
That ye may knowe/ that the sonne of man hathe power to 
forgeve synnes in erth/ then sayd he vnto the sicke of the 
palsey : aryse/ take vppe thi beed/ and go home to thyne 
housse. And he arose and departed to his housse. The 
people that sawe it/ marveylled and glorified God/ which had 
geven suche power to men. 

And as Jesus passed forth from thence/ he sawe a man sytt 
at the receyte off custume named Matheu/ and said to him : 
folowe me. And he arose and folowed him. And hit cam 
to passe/ thatt Jesus satt at meate in his housse. And lo/ 
many publicans and synners/ cam and satt downe also with 
Jesus/ and his disciples. 

When the pharyses had perceaved that/ they sayd vnto his 
disciples : Why eateth youre master with publicans and syn- 
ners ? When Jesus herde that/ he sayde vnto them : i The 
whole neade not the visicion/ but they thatt are sicke. Goo 
and leame/ what that meaneth: ^I have pleasure in mercy/ 
and not ^ in offerynge. For I am not come to call the right- 
ewes/ but the sinners to repentaunce. 

Then cam the disciples of Jhon to hym saynge/ why do we 
and the farises fast ^ ofte : but thy disciples fast not ? And 
Jesus sayde vnto them : Can the ^weddynge chyldren morne 
as longe as the bridegrom is with them ? The tyme will come 
when the brydgrome shalbe tacken awaye from them/ and 
and then shall they faste. Noo man ^ peceth an olde garment 
with a pece off newe cloothe. For then tacketh he away the 
pece agayne from the garment/ and the rent ys made worsse. 
Nether do men put newe wyne into olde vessels/ for then the 
vessels breake/ and the wyne runneth oute and the vessels per- 
ysshe. But they powre newe wyne into newe vessels/ and so 
are both ''' saved togedder. 

Whyls he thus spake vnto them/ Lo there cam a certayne 
ruler/ and worshipped hyme saynge : my doghter is deed all 
redy/ but com and lay thy honde on her/ and she shall live. 
And Jesus arose and folowed hym with hys disciples. And 
beholde/ a woman which was diseased with an issue of bloud 
xij yeres/ cam behynde hym and toched the hem off hys ves- 

^ They that be strong, Cr. ^ I will have mercy, Cr. Gen. I wil 

mercie, Bps. ^ Sacrifice, Cr. Gen. Bps. * For the most parte, 

Cr. ^ Bridegrome's children, Cr. Children of the bride [mariage, 
Gcw.] chamber, Gen. Bps. ^ Putteth a peece of newe cloth in an 
olde garment, Cr. Bps. '' Preserved, Gen. Bps. 



?ri)e (Sfospcll of S. i«atDeto. «|). fir. 

ture. For she sayd in her silfe : yfF I maye toche but even 
his vesture only/ I shalbe safe. Jesus tourned hym about/ and 
behelde her saynge : Doughter be off goode comforte/ thy 
fayth hath made the safe. And she was made whole even 
that same houre. 

And when Jesus cam into the ruelers housse and sawe the 
minstrels/ and the people ^wondiynge/ he sayde vnto them : 
Get you hence/ for the mayde is not deed/ but slepeth. And 
they leughe hym to scorne. As sone as the people were put 
forthe a dores/ he went in and toke her by the bond/ ^ and the 
mayde arose. And this was noysed through out all the 
londe. 

And as Jesus departed thence/ two blynde men folowed 
hym crying and sayng : O thou sonne of David/ have mercy 
on vs. And when he was coine into the housse/ the blynde 
cam to hym. And Jesus sayde vnto them : Beleve ye that I 
am able to do thys ? They sayde vnto hyme : ^^ ye master. 
Then touched he their eyes/ sayng : accordynge to youre 
faythe/ be it vnto you. Aiid their eyes wer opened. And 
he chaurged them sayng : Se that no man knowe of it. But 
they as sone as they were departed/ spreed abroade hys name 
through oute all the londe. 

As they went out/ beholde/ they brought to hym a domne 
man possessed of a devyll. And as sone as the devyll was 
cast oute/ the domne spake. And the people merv^eled/ sa- 
ynge : it never soo appered in Israhel. But the pharises sayde : 
he casteth oute devyls/ i^ by the power of the chefe devyll. 

And Jesus went about all the cites and tounes/ teachynge 
in their sinagogges and preachyng the ^'^ gospell off the kyng- 
dome. And healinge all manor sicknes and desease amonge 
the people. But when he sawe the people/ he hadd pite on 
them/ because they were ^^ pined awaye/ and scattered abroade 
even as shepe/ havynge no shepheerd. 

Then sayde he to hys disciples : the hervest is ^^ greate/ 
but the laborers ar feawe. Wherfore praye the harvest lorde/ 
to sende forthe labourers into hys harvest. 

^ Raginge, T.M. Cov. Making a noise. Gen. Bps. ^ Cr. adds — 
and sayd, Damsel arise, ^° Lorde, we beleve, Cr. " Through 

the prince of devils, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Gladde tydings, T. M. Cr. 

^^ Destitute, Cr. Bps. Dispersed, Gen. ^* Plenteous, Cr. Bps. 

B* 



Hit. %, 8:i)e eSfospell of S. ^atljctu. 



2r|)e j:. Ctijapter. 

A ND he called his xij disciples vnto him/ and gave them 
power over all vnclene sprites/ to cast them oute/ and to 
heale all maner of sicknesses/ and all maner off deseases. 

The names of the xij apostles are these. The fyrst/ Simon 
which ys called Peter : and Andrew his brother. James the 
Sonne of Zebede/ and Jhon his brother. Philip and Bartle- 
mew. Thomas and Mathew the publican. James the sonne 
of Alphe and Lebbeus/ otherwyse called Taddeus/ Simon off 
cane/ and Judas Iscarioth/ which also betrayed hym. 

These xij sent Jesus/ and commaunded them saynge : Goo 
nott into the ^ wayes thatt leade to the gentyls/ and into the 
cites off the Samaritans enter ye nott. But go rather to the 
loste shepe off the housse of israhel. go and preach sayng : 
that the kyngdome off heven ys at hande. Heale the sicke/ 
dense the lepers/ rayse the deed/ caste oute the devils. Fre- 
ly ye have receved/ frely geve agayne. Possess nott golde/ 
nor silver/ nor ^brasse/ yn youre ^gerdels/ nor yet scrip to- 
wardes your journey : Nether two cotes/ nether shues/ nor 
yet '* a rod. For the workman is worthy to have his meate. 
Into whatsoever cite or toune ye shall com/ enquyre who ys 
^ worthy yn it/ and there abyde till ye goo thence. 

And when ye come into an housse/ ^ grete the same. And 
yff the housse be ^worthy/ youre peace shall come apon the 
same. But yf it be not ^ worthy/ youre peace shall retourne 
to you agayne. And whosoever shall nott receave you/ nor 
will heare your preachynge/ when ye departe oute off that 
housse/ or that cite/ shake of the duste of youre fete. True- 
ly I say vnto you : it shalbe easier for the londe off Zodoma/ 
and Gomora/ in the daye off iudgement/ then for that cite. 

Lo I sende you forthe as shepe amonge wolves. Be ye 
therfore wyse as serpentes/ and innocent as doves. Beware 
off men/ ffor they shall deliver you vp to the counseils/ and 
shall scourge you in there sinagogges. And ye shall be 
brought '' to the heed ruelers and kynges for my sake/ in wit- 
nes to them and to the gentyls. 

But when they ^ put you up/ take no thought ho\^^e or what 
ye shall speake/ for yt shall be geven you/ even in that same 

» Way of the Gentiles, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Money, Gen. ^ Pur- 

ses, Cr. Bps. * A staffe, All the Vers. ^ Mete for you, Gov. 

* Salute, Ml tlie Vers. ' Before princes, Gov. To the governours, 
Gen. 8 Deliver, All the Vers. [So vs. 21, Cr. Bps.Ji 



Clje ffiosjjell of «S. if«at|)eto. ®|>. ip, 

houre/ what ye shall saye. For it is not ye that speke/ but 
the sprete of your father which speaketh in you. The broth- 
er shall betraye the brother to deeth/ and the father the sonne. 
And the chyldren shall aryse agynste their ^ fathers/ and mo- 
thers : and shall put them to deethe/ and ye shall be hated off 
all men/ ffor my name. But whosoever ^^ shall continew vn- 
to the ende/ shall be saved. 

When they persecute you in wone cite/ flye into another. 
I tell you for a treuth/ ye shal nott ^^ fynysshe all the cites of 
Lsrahel/ tyll the sonne of man be come. The disciple ys nott 
above hys master : Nor yet the servaunt above his lorde. It 
is ynough for the disciple to be as hys master ys/ and that the 
servaunt be as his lorde ys. Yf they have called the ^^ lorde 
off the housse beelzebub : howe moche more shall they call 
them of his householde so ? feare them nott there fore. 

There is no thinge ^^ so close/ that shall not be ^^ openned/ 
and no thinge so hyd that shall not be knovven. 

What I tell you in derckness/ that speake ye in light. And 
what ye heare in the eare that preache ye on ^^ the housse 
toppes. 

And feare ye nott them which kyll the body/ and be nott 
able to kyll the soule. But rather feare him/ which is able to 
destroye bothe soule and body in hell. Are nott two ^^spar- 
rowes soldo for a farthinge ? And ^^ none of them doth lyght 
on the grounde/ with out youre father. And now are all the 
heeres of youre heedes ^'^numbred. Feare ye not ther fore/ 
ye are off more value/ then many sparrowes. 

Who soever ther fore i^knowlegeth me before men/ him 
will I knowledge before my father in heven. But whosoever 
shall denye me before men/ him will I also denye before my 
father which ys in heven. 

Thynke not/ that y am come to sende peace in to the erth. 
I cam nott to send peace/ but a swearde. For y am come to 
set a man at varyaunce ageynst hys father/ and the doughter 
ageynst her mother/ and the doughterelawe ageinst her mo- 
therelawe : And a mannes fooes shalbe/ they of his owne 
housholde. 

He that lovith hys father/ or mother more then me/ is not 
^^ worthy of me. And he that loveth his sonne/ or doughter 

9 Parents, Gen. ^° Endureth, All the Vers. " Go through, 

Cr. Ende, Bps. ^^ Master, Gen. ^^ Covered — disclosed, Gen, 

" The houses, Bps. ^^ Little sparows, Cr. Bps. ^^ One of them 
shall not, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Told, Cov. ^^ Shall acknow- 

ledge, Tav. Shall confesse, Gen. Bps. »» Mete for, Cov. T.M. 



jFo, icf. Ct)c CKospell of S. |«latt)eto. 

more then me/ is not 20 mete for me. And he that taketh nott 
his crosse and foloweth me/ ys nott ^^ mete for me. He that 
21 fyndeth his lyfe/ shall lose it : and he that losith hys lyfe for 
my sake/ shall fynde it. 

He that receavith you/ receavith me : and he that receavith 
me/ receavith him that sent me. He that receavith a pro- 
phet in the name of a prophet/ shall receave a prophets re- 
warde. And he that receavith a righteous man in the name 
of a righteous man/ shall receave the reward of a righteous 
man. And whosoever shall geve vnto won of these lytle 
wonnes to drinke/ a cuppe of colde water only/ in the name 
of a disciple : ^I tel you of a trueth/ he shall not lose his re- 
warde. 

2Lt)e irf. <S:|)apter. 

A ND it cam to passe when Jesus had ^ ended his preceptes 
"^ vnto his disciples/ he departed thence/ to preache and 
teache in there cites. 

When Jhon beinge in preson herde the workes of Christ/ 
he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto him. Arte thou 
he that shall come : or shall we loke for another ? Jesus an- 
swered and sayde vnto them. Go and she we Jhon what ye 
have herde and sene. The blind se/ ^ the halt goo/ the lyp- 
pers ar clensed : The deef heare/ the ded are reysed vp 
ageine/ and 3 the gospell is preachede to the povre. And 
happy is he thatt is noott hurte by me. 

Even as they departed/ Jesus began to speake vnto the peo- 
ple of Jhon. What went ye for to se in the wyldernes ? went 
ye out to se a rede waveringe with the wynde ? oder what 
went ye out for to se ? went ye to se a man clothed in soofte 
rayment ? Beholde/ they that weare soofte clothing are in 
kynges bowses. Butt what went ye oute for to see ? went ye 
outt to se a prophet ? Ye I saye vnto you/ and ^ more then a 
prophet. For this is he off whom it is wrytten. Beholde/ I 
sonde my messenger before thy face/ which shall prepare thy 
waye before the. 

Verely y saye vnto you/ amonge ^ the chyldren off women 

«> Worthie of, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^i ^ill save, Gen. 22 Verely I 

say unto you, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Made an end of commanding his 

twelve disciples. All the Vers. ^ The lame [hault, Bps.'] walke, Cr. 
Bps. 3 -pjig poor receive [the glad tydings of, Cr.] the gospel, Cr. 
Gen. The glad tydings is preached to the poor, T. M. The poore have 
the gospel preached to them, Bps. * More excellent than, Bps. 

' Them which are borne [begotten, Gen.] of women, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



d. ^ 



a:|)c ©o.^pell of S. i^Watijeto. ^\. jrf. 

arose there not a gretter then Jhon baptist. Not with stond- 
inge he that ys lesse in the kyngdom off heven/ ys gretter then 
he. From the tyme of Jhon baptist hitherto/ the kyngdom of 
heven suffreth violence/ and ^ they that make vyolence pull it 
vnto them. For all the prophets/ and the lawe prophesyed 
unto tyme of Jhon. Also yf ye Avyll receave it/ thys ys He- 
lyas/ which shuld come. He that hath eares to heare/ let him 
here. 

But whearevnto shall y lyken this generacion ? it ys like 
vnto chyldren/ which syt in the markett/ and call vnto there 
felowes/ and saye : we have pyped vnto you/ and ye have 
not daunsed. We have morned vnto you/ and ye have not 
'''sorowd. For Jhon cam nether eatynge nor drinkinge/ and 
they saye he hath the dey)^ll. The sonne of man cam eat- 
ynge and drinkynge/ and they saye/ beholde a glutton/ and 
^ a drynker of wyne/ and a frend vnto publicans/ and synners. 
And wysdome is iustified off her chyldren. 

Then began he to vpbraid the cites/ in which most of his 
9 miracles were don/ because they ^^ did not repent. Wo be 
to the Chorasin. Wo be to the Betzaida : for if the ^ mira- 
cles which wer shewd in you had bene done in tiyre and si- 
don they had repented longe agon in sack cloth and asshes. 
Neverthelesse y say to you : it shall be esier for Tyre and 
Sidon at the daye of iudgement/ then for you. And thou Ca- 
pernaum which art lift vp vnto heven/ shalt be thrust doune 
to hell, ffor if the ^ miracles which have bene done in the/ 
had bene shewed in Zodom : they had remayned to this daye. 
Neverthelesse I say vnto you : it shall be easiar for ^^ Zodom 
in the daye of iudgment/ then for the. Then Jesus answered 
and sayd I prayse the o father lorde of heven and erth/ be- 
cause thou hast hyd these thynges from the wyse and prudent, 
and hast opened them vnto babes/ i^ even so father for so it 
pleased the. All thynges are geven vnto me of my father. 
And no man knoweth the sonne/ but the father, nether know- 
eth eny man the father/ save the sonne/ and he to whome the 
sonne will open hym. 

Come vnto me all ye that labour/ and ar laden/ and y will 

^ The violent [take it by force, Gen. plucke it unto them], Cr. Gen. 
Bps. TYiey that go to it with violence, plucke it unto them, T. M. 
'Lamented, Gen. ^ Unmeasurable drinker, etc. Cr. ^ Mighty 

[great; Gen.] workes. Gen. Bps. ''^Amended not, Cov. T.M. 

^^ Jill the Vers, add — the lande of. ^^ Verely Father, even so 

[Even so, O Father, for so, etc. Bps.] was it thy good pleasure, Cr. 
Bps. It is so, O Father, because thy good pleasure was such. Gen. 



iFo. xih 2r|)e ffiospell of S. I^atteto. 

ese you. Take my yoke on you and lerne of me for y am 
meke and loly in herte : and ye shall fynd ^^ese vnto youre 
soules. For my yoke is easy/ and my burden is light. 

5r|)e y:t], Ctijajter. 

TN that tyme went Jesus on the sabot day thorow the corn 
■*■ and his disciples wer anhongred/ and began to plucke the 
eares off coorne/ and to eate. When the pharises had sene 
that/ they sayde vnto him : Behold thy disciples do that which 
is not lawfull to do apon the saboth day. He sayde vnto them : 
Have ye nott reed whatt David did/ when he was an hounger- 
ed/ and they alsoo which were with him ? How he entred 
into the housse of God/ and ate the halowed loves/ whiche 
wer not lawfull ffor hym to ete/ nether ifor them which were 
with hym : but only for the prestes. Or have ye not reed in 
the la we/ howe that the prestes in the temple ^ breake the sab- 
oth daye and yet are blamelesse ? But I saye vnto you : that 
here is one greater then the temple. Wherfore if ye had wist 
what this saynge meneth : I ^ requyre mercy/ and not sacri- 
fice, ye wold never have condemned innocentes. For the 
Sonne off man is lorde even off the saboth daye. 

And he departed thence/ and went into their Sinagogge/ 
and beholde there was a man/ whiche had his hande dryed 
vp. And they axed hym saynge : Ys yt lawfull to heale apon 
the saboth daye ? because they myght acuse hym. And he 
sayde vnto them : ^ whyche ys he amonge you/ iff he had a 
shepe fallen into a pitt on the saboth daye/ that wolde not take 
hym and lyft hym out ? And howe moche ys a man better 
then a shepe ? Wherfore it ys lefull ^ to do a good dede on 
the saboth daye. Then sayde he to the man : stretch forth 
thy hand/ and he stretched it forthe/ and yt was ^ agayne 
made even as whole as the other. 

Then the faryses went forthe/ and toke counsell agaynst 
hym/ howe they myght destroye hym. When Jesus knewe 
that/ he departed thence/ and moche people folowed him/ and 
he healed them all and charged them/ that they shulde not 
make him knowne/ to fulfyll that which was spoken by Esay 
the prophet/ which sayeth : Beholde my ^ sonne/ whom I have 

^3 Rest, All the Vers. ^ Prophane, Bps. ^j ^jn j-^iu ^ave, 

Gen.] Bps. ^ Which of you woulde it be, T. M. Cr. What man 
shall there be of [among, Gen.] you, Gen. Bps. * To do wel, Gen. 
Bps. 5 Restored unto health, Cr. « Qhild, T. M. Cr. Bps. Ser- 
vant, Gm. 



fffje ffiospell of S. I^atteh). (th >rff. 

chosen/ my "^ derlinge/ in whom my soule hath had deUte. I 
wyll put my sprete on him/ and he shall shewe iudgement to 
the gentyls. He shall not stryve/ he shall not crye/ nether 
shall eny man heare hys voyce in the streetes/ a brosed rede/ 
shall he not breacke/ and ^ flaxe that begynneth to burne he 
shall not quenche/ tyll he sende forth iudgement vnto victory/ 
and in hys name shall the gentyls truste. 

Then was brought to hym/ won possessed with a devyll 
whych was both blynde and domne. and he healed him/ inso- 
much that he which was blynd and domne both spake and 
sawe. And all the people were amased/ and sayde : Ys not 
this the Sonne of david ? When the pharises herde that/ they 
sayde : ^ he dry veth the devyls no other wyse oute but by the 
helppe off belsebub the ^^ chefe of the devylls. 

But Jesus knewe their thoughtes and sayde to them. Every 
kyngdom divided with in it sylfe shalbe ^^ desolate. Nether 
shall eny cite or householde devyded agenst it sylfe/ contynue. 
So if satan cast out satan/ then ys he devyded agenst him 
sylfe. Howe shall then hys kyngdom endure ? Also yf y by 
the helppe of belzebub cast out devyls : by whose helppe do 
youre children cast them out ? therfore thei shalbe youre iudg- 
ges : But if I cast out the devyls by the sprete of God : then 
ys the kyngdom of God come on you ? 

Other howe can a man enter into a ^^ mighty mannes housse/ 
and 13 violently take awaye his godes : excepte he fyrst bynde 
the stronge man/ and then spoyle hys housse ? He thatt ys 
not with me ys agaynst me. And he that gaddereth not with 
me scattereth abrode. Wherefore I say vnto you all manor 
of synne and blasphemy shalbe forgeven vnto men/ but the 
blasphemy against the i"* holy goost/ shall not be forgeven vnto 
men. And whosoever speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne 
off man/ it shall be forgeven hym. but whosoever speaketh 
agaynst the holy goost/ yt shall not be fforgeven hym : no/ 
nether in this worlde/ nether in the worlde to come. 

Other make the tree good/ and his frute good also : or els 
make the tree evyll/ and his frute evyll also. For the tree ys 
knowen by hys frute. O generacion of vipers/ howe can ye 



7 Beloved. All the Vers. ^ Smoking flax, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^This 
fclowe driveth, etc. T. M. This man casteth the devils no other. etc. 
Gen. This (fclowe) doth cast out, B])s. ^^ Prince, Gen. Bps. 

" Brought to noug-ht [desolition, Bps.'] T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Strong, 
£11 the Vers. ^^ Spoyle his goods [jewels, Cr.} Cr. Gen. Bjjs, 

^•* Spirifce, Cr. Holyspirite, Bps. 



jTo. rfff- 2ri)e CSospell of S. i^at|)rto. 

1^ saye well/ when ye youre selves are evyll ? For of the 
aboundance of the hertz the mouthe speaketh. A good man 
oute of the good treasure of hys hertz bryngeth forthe good 
thynges. And an evyll man out off his evyll treasurez bryng- 
eth forth evyll thynges. But I say unto youz that of every 
ydell wordez that men shall have spoken : they shall geve a 
countes at the daye off iudgement. For by thy wordes thou 
shalt be iustifyed : and by thy w^ordes thou shalt be condem- 
ned. 

Then ^^ answered certayne off the scribes and off the phari- 
ses saynge : Masterz we i~ wolde fayne se a sygne of the. He 
answered them saynge : the evyll and advoutrous generacion 
seketh a signez but there shall no signe be geven to themz but 
the signe of the prophete ionas. for as ionas was thre days and 
thre nyghtes in the whales belly : soo shall the sonne of man 
be thre days and thre nyghtes in the hert of the erth. The 
men of ninivite shall rise at the day of iudgement with this na- 
cionz and condemne them. For they ^^ repented at the preach- 
ynge of Jonas, and beholdez a greater than Jonas ys here. 
The quene of the south shall ryse ^^ at the day of iudgement 
with this generacionz and shall condemne them : For she cam 
from the vtmost partes of the ^o worldez to heare the wisdom 
of Solomonz and beholde '^^ heare is a greater then Solomon. 

When the vnclene sprete is gone out of a manz he walketh 
throughout dry placesz seking reest and fyndeth none. Then 
he sayeth : I will retourne ageyne into my houssez from 
whence I cam oute. And when he is comez he fyndeth the 
housse empty and sweptez and garnisshed. Then he goeth 
his wayez and taketh seven spretes worse then hym sylfez and 
so entre they in and dwell there. And the ende of that man 
is worsse than the beginnyng. Even so shall it be to this 
2^ frowarde nacion. 

Whill he yet talked to the people : beholde hys moder and 
his brethren stode withoute the doresz desyring to speake with 
him. Then won said vnto him : beholde thy moder and thy 
brethren stond withoutz desiringe to speke with the. 

He answered and sayd to him that tolde hym : Who is my 
mother ? or who are my brethren ? And he stretched forth 
his bond ^^ over his diciples and sayd : behold my mother and 

'^ Speake good things. Or. Gen. Bps. ^^ Asked. Cr. ^^ Wiil 

see, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Did penance, Cov. Amended, T. M. Or. 

^'^ In [the, Cr. Bps.] judgment, Cr. Gen. B2}S. ^o Earth, Cen. Bps. 
21 In this place, Cr. Bps. 22 EvIll.T. M. Wicked, Gen. 23 Tq. 
ward, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



Etft ^ospell of S. i«ati)eto. €!). rill 

my brethren. For whosoever fulfilleth my fathers will whiche 
is in heven/ he is my brother/ my suster/ and my mother. 



8rt)e ^fij. ®l)apter. 

nPHE same daye went Jesus out off the housse/ and sat by 
the see syde/ and moch people ^ resorted vnto him/ so 
gretly that he went and sat in a shyppe/ and all the people 
stode on the shoore. And he spake many thynges to them in 
similitudes/ sayinge : Beholde/ the sower wentt forth to sowe/ 
And as he sowed/ some fell by the wayes syde/ and the fowlles 
cam/ and devoured it vppe. Some fell apon stony ^ grounde 
where it had not moche erth/ and a non it spronge vppe/ be- 
cause it had no depth off erth : and when the sun was vppe/ 
^hitt cauth heet/ and for lake off rotynge wyddred awaye. 
Some fell amonge thornes/ and the thornes arose and chooked 
it. Parte fell in good grunde/ and ^ broght forth good frute : 
some an hundred fold/ some ^ fifty fold/ some thyrty folde. 
Whosoever hath eares to heare/ let him heare. 

And hys disciples cam/ and sayde to him : Why speakest 
thou to them in parables ? he answered and sayde vnto them : 
Hit is geven vnto you to know the secrettes off the kyngdom 
of heven/ but to them it is not geven. For whosumever hath 
to him shall hit be geven : and he shall have aboundance. 
But whosoever hath not : from him shalbe takyn awaye even 
that same that he hath. Therefore speake y to them in simil- 
itudes. For though they se/ they se not : and hearinge they 
heare not : nether vnderstonde. And in them ys fulfylled the 
prophesy of Esay/ which prophesi sayth : ^ with youre eares 
ye shall heare and shall not vnderstonde/ and "^ with youre eyes 
ye shall se/ and shall not perceave. For this peoples hert ys 
wexed grosse. And their eares were dull of herynge/ and 
their eyes have they closed/ lest they shoulde se with their 
eyes/ and heare with their eares/ and shuld vnderstonde with 
their herts/ and ^ shulde tourne/ that y myght heale them. 

But blessed are youre eyes/ for they se/ and youre eares/ 
for they heare. Verely y say vnto you/ that many prophetes 
and perfaicte men have desired to se those thinges which ye 
se/ and have not sene them : and to heare those thinges which 

1 Were gathered together, Cr. Bps. ^ pieces, Cr. Bps. ^They 
were parched, Gen. ^ Gave, Coo. ^Sixiie,. ill the Vers. ^By 
hearing, Gen. "^ Seying, shall see, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Be convert- 
ed, Cr. Should [convert, Bjjs.] returne, Gen. 



ye heare/ and have not herde them. Heare ye therfore the 
similitude off the sower. When a man heareth the worde of 
the kingdom/ and vnderstondeth it not/ there cometh ^ the evyll 
man/ and catcheth awaye that which was sowne in i^ hys hert. 
And thys is he which was sowne by the waye syde. But he 
that 1^ was sowne in the stony grunde ys he/ which heareth the 
worde of God/ and ^^ anon with ioye receaveth itt/ yet hath he 
no rottes in himselfe/ And therefore he dureth but a season : 
for as sone as tribulation and persecucion aryseth because of 
the worde/ by and by he falleth. He ^^ that was sowne amonge 
thornes/ ys he that heareth the worde off God/ But the care of 
this worlde/ and the dissaytfulnes off ryches choke the worde/ 
and so ys he made vnfrutfull. He ^^ which is sowne in the 
good grounde/ ys he that heareth the worde and vnderstondeth 
it/ which also bereth frute/ and bringeth forth/ some an hun- 
dred folde/ some ^ fyfty folde/ and some thyrty folde. 

Another similitude put he forth/ vnto them saynge : The 
kyngdom off heven ys like vnto a man which sowed good 
seede in his felde. But whyll men slepte/ ther cam his foo/ 
and sowed tares amonge the wheate/ and went his waye : 
When the blade was spronge vp/ and had brought forth frute/ 
then appered the tares also. The sei-vauntes cam to the 
householder/ and sayde vnto him : ^^ Syr/ sowedest not thou 
good seed in thy i"* closse/ from whence then hath it tares ? 
He sayde to them/ the ^^ envious man hath done this. Then 
the servauntes sayde vnto hym : wylt thou then that we go 
and gader it ? and he sayde/ nay/ lest whyll ye ^^ go aboute 
to wede out the tares/ ^'^ ye plucke vppe also with them the 
wheate by the rottes : let bothe gi'owe to gether tyll harvest 
come/ and in time of harvest/ I wyll saye vnto my repers/ gad- 
ther ye fyrst the tares/ and bynd them in i® sheves to be brent : 
but gadther the wheete in to my barne. 

Another parable he putt forthe vnto them saynge. The 
kyngedom of heven ys lyke vnto a grayne of mustarde seede/ 
which a man taketh and soweth in his felde/ whych ys the 
leest of all seedes. But when it is growne/ it is the greatest 
amonge yerbes/ and is a tree : so that the bryddes ^^ of the 
aier come/ and ^^ bylde in the braunches of it. 

* That evil and catcheth, Bps. ^° In the waye syde. But he, 

etc. Tav, '^ That received seede into, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Incon- 

tinently, Gen, ^3 Master, Gen. '^ Fielde, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

16 Malitious, Bps. ^ Gather up, Cr. Bps. Go about to gather. Gen. 

17 Plucke up [roote up, Bps.] also the wheate with them, Cr. Gen. 
Bps. *^ Bundles, Bps, *^ Under the heaven, Cov. ^ Make 
their nests, Cr. Bps 



^7 



STDe CKospell of S. iWatfjeto. ^h pff- 

Anothere similitude sayde he to them. The kyngdome of 
heven ys lyke vnto leven which a woman toke and ^^ hyd in 
iij peckes off meele/ tyll all was levended. 

All these thynges spake Jesus vnto the people by simili- 
tudes/ and with oute similitudes spake he nothinge to them/ to 
fulfyll that which was spoken by the prophet sayinge : I wyll 
open my mouth in similitudes/ and wyll speake forth thinges 
whych have bene kepte secrete from the ^^ begynnynge off 
the worlde. 

Then sent Jesus the people awaye/ and cam to housse/ and 
hys disciples cam vnto hym/ saynge : declare vnto vs the simi- 
litude of the tares off the felde : Then answered he and sayde 
to them. He that soweth ihe good seed/ ys the sonne of man/ 
the felde ys the worlde. The chyldren off the kyngdom are 
the good seed. The evyll mans chyldren are the tares. But 
the enemy which soweth them/ is the devill. The harvest is 
the end of the worlde and the repers be the angels. For even 
as the tares are gaddred/ and brent in the fyre : so shall it be 
in the ende off this worlde. The sonne of man shall send 
forth his angels/ and they shall gadther out off his kyngdom 
all things that do hurte/ and all them which do iniquite/ and 
shall cast them into a fumes of fyre. There shall be way- 
lynge and gnasshyng off teth. Then shall the ^ iuste men 
shyne as bryght as the sun in the kyngdom of their father/ 
wosoever hath eares to heare/ let him heare. 

Agayne the kyngdom off heven is lyke unto treasure hidde 
in the felde/ the which a man founde and hidde it : and ffor 
ioy there of goeth and selleth all that he hath/ and byeth that 
felde. 

Agayne the kyngdom off heven is lyke vnto a ^^ marchaunt/ 
sekynge after good pearles/ which when he had found one 
^"^ precious pearle/ wentt and soldo all that he had/ and bought it. 

Agayne the kyngdome off heven is lyke vnto a neet cast 
into the see/ that gadereth off all kyndes off fysshes : which 
when it is full/ men drawe to londe/ and sitt and gadre the 
good in to their vessels and caste the bad awaye. So shall it 
be at the ende of the worlde. The angels shall come and 
sever the bad from the goode/ and shall caste them in to a 
furnes of fyre/ there shall be waylinge and gnasshynge of teth. 

Jesus sayde vnto them; have ye vnderstonde all these 

*° Mixed, Cov. ^i Foundation, Gen. Bps. 22 Righteous 

«hyne as the sonne, Cr. Bps. ^ Marchaunt man, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

** Pearle of great price, Gen. 



Sfo, ):b. S:j)e ©ospell of <S. f»att)eto. 

thynges : they sayde/ ye syr. Then sayde he vnto them : 
Therfore every sciybe which is ^ coninge vnto the kyngdom 
of heven/ is lyke an housholder/ vi^hich bryngeth forth/ out of 
his treasure/ thynges both newe and olde. 

And hyt cam to passe when Jesus had fynnesshed these 
similitudes that he departed thence/ and cam into his awne 
countre/ and taught in there synagogges/ in so moche that 
they were astunyed and sayde : whence cam all thys wysdon 
and 26 power vnto him ? is not thys the carpenters sonne ? is 
not hys mother called mary ? and hys brethren be called/ 
James and Joses and Symon and Judas ? and are not hys sys- 
ters all here with vs ? Whence hath he all these thynges ? 
And they wer hurte by him. Then Jesus sayde vnto them : 
^ there is no prophet without honoure/ save in hys awne coun- 
tre/ and 28 amonge his awne kynne. And he dyd not many 
myracles there/ for there vnbelefes sake. 

STlje ):ifif. €i)apter. 

TN that tyme Herod the tetrarcha herde off the fame of Jesu/ 
■^ and sayde vnto his servauntes : This is Jhon baptist : he is 
risen agayne from deeth/ and therfore ^ hys power ys so greate. 
For Herod toke Jhon and bounde hym/ and put hym in pre- 
son ffor Herodias sake/ hys brother phips wyfe. For Jhon 
sayde unto hym : hit ys not lawfull for the to have her. And 
when he wold have put hym to deeth/ he feared the people/ 
because they counted hym as a prophet. 

When Herodes birth daye was ^ come/ the doughter off He- 
rodias daunsed before them/ and pleased Herod. Wherfor he 
promysed with an oth/ that he wolde give her whatsoever she 
wolde axe. And she beinge informed of her mother before/ 
sayde geve me here John baptistes heed in a platter. And 
the kynge sorowed : neverthelesse for his othes sake/ and for 
their sakes which sate also att the table/ he comaunded yt to 
be geven her. And sent ^ and behedded Jhon in the pre- 
son/ and his heed was brought in a platter and geven to the 
damsell/ and she brought it to her mother. And his disciples 

25 Taught, ./3/Z the Vers. ^ejyfjghtie [great, Gen.] workes. Gen. 

Bps. ^ A prophete is no where lesse set by than at home and 
among his awne, Gov. ^ In his owne house, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

^ Are his deedes so mightie. Gov. Are suche miracles [greate workes, 
Gen.} wrought by him, T. M. Cr. Great workes do shewe forth 
themselves in him, Bps. ^ Kept, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Cr. and Bps. 
add — tormentours. 



^f 



5K!)e e&ospell of ^. f«att)eto. €:|). piiCf. 

cam and toke vp his body/ and buryed it. and went and tolde 
Jesus. 

When Jesus had herde that/ he departed thence by shippe 
into a desert place out of the way. And when the people had 
herde therof/ they Mowed him a fote out of there cites. And 
Jesus went forth and sawe moche people : and '* his herte dyde 
melte vppon them/ and he healed off them those that were 
sicke. When even ^was come/ his disciples cam to him 
saynge. This ys a deserte place/ and the ^ daye is spent/ 
let the people departe that they may go in to the tounes/ and 
bey them vytaylles. But Jesus sayde vnto them : They have 
no neade to go awaye : Geve ye them to ete. Then sayde 
they vnto him : we have here but .v. loves and two fysshes. 
He saide : bringe them hydther to me. And he comaunded 
the people to syt downe on the grasse And toke the .v. loves/ 
and the .ij. fysshes and ^ loked vp to heven and ^ blessed/ and 
brake and gave the loves to his disciples/ and the disciples gave 
them to the people. And they all ate/ and were suffised. And 
they gadered up of the ^ gobbetes thatt remained/ xij basketes 
full. They that ate were ^^ [in nombre] about v. M. men/ 
besyde women and chyldren. 

And strayghtway Jesus made his desciples enter into a 
shippe/ and to goo over before him/ i^ whill he sent the peple 
away. And as sone as he had sent the peple away/ he went 
vp into a mountayne alone to praye. And when nyght was 
come he was there hym sylf alone, and the shippe was in the 
middes of the see/ and was toost with waves/ for it was a con- 
trary wynde. In the fourthe watche of the night Jesus cam 
vnto them walkynge on the see : and when hys disciples sawe 
him walkynge on the see/ they were ^^ amazed/ sayinge : it 
is some spirite/ and cryed out for feare. And streyght waye 
Jesus spake vnto them saynge : be of good cheare/ it is y/ be 
not a frayed. 

Peter answered/ and sayde : master/ and thou be he/ bidde 
me come vnto the on the water, and he sayde come. And 
when Peter was come doune out of the shyppe/ he walked on 
the water/ to go to Jesus. But when he sawe a myghty winde/ 

* Had pity on them, Cov. Was moved with mercie [compassion, 
Gen.'] towards, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Drewe on, Cr. ^ Nyght 

falleth on, Cov. Houre is now [already, Gen.] past, Cr. Gen. Bps. 
' Lifte up hys eyes towards, etc. Cr. Bps. ^ Gave thanks, Cov. 

» Scrappes, Tav. Fragments, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^° Cr. Gen. Bps. — 

omit. ^^ Cr. and Bps. add — unto the other side. ^^ Afraid, Cov. 
Troubled, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



iTo. rW. ©lie CKosyell of S. i«at|)eto. 

he was afrayed. And as he began to synke/ he cryed say- 
inge : master ^^ save me. And immediately Jesus stretched 
forth his honde/ and caught him/ and sayde to hym : O thou 
of lytell fayth : wherfore diddest thou dout ? And as soone 
as they were come in to the shippe/ the winde ceassed. Then 
they that were in the shyppe cam and ^^ worshipped him/ 
sayinge : of a truth thou arte the sonne of God. And when 
they were come over/ they went in to the londe of genazareth. 
And when the men of that place had knowledge of him/ they 
sent ^^ out in to all that countre rounde about/ ^^ and brought 
vnto him all that were sicke/ and besought him/ that they 
myght touche the ^'^ border of hys i^ vesture only. And as 
many as touched hytt/ were made ^^ safe. 

nn HEN cam to Jesus : scrybes and pharises ifrom Jerusa- 
■^ lem/ sayinge : why do thy disciples transgresse the tradi- 
cions of the seniours ? for they wesshe not their bonds/ when 
they eate breed : He answered/ and sayde vnto them : why 
do ye also transgresse the comaundment of God/ thorowe youre 
tradicions ? for God commaunded/ sayinge : honoure thy fath- 
er and moder/ and he that ^speaketh evyll ageynst hys father 
or mother/ shall suffer deeth. But ye sale/ every man shall 
saie to his father or mother : ^ whatsoever thyng I offer/ that 
same doeth profyt the/ ^and so shal he not honoure hys father 
and mother. And thus have ye made/ that the comaundment 
of god is ^ without effecte/ through youre tradicions. Ypocrites 
wel prophesied off you/ Esay sayinge : This people draweth 
nie vnto me with there mouthes/ and honoureth me with their 
lippes/ yet their hert is farre from me : but in vaine thei wor- 
shippe me teachinge ^ doctrine/ which is nothing but mens 
precepts. 

'^ Helpe, Cov. '^^ Fell down before him, Cov. '^ Cr. adds — 
messengers. ^^ Cr. adds — the coast. ^' Hem, All the Vers. 

^s Garment. Gen. Bps. ^^ Perfectly whole, Bjjs. ^ Cr. adds — 

which were come. ^ Curseth, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Tiie 

thing that I should helpe thee withal is geyen unto God, Cov. That 
whyche thou desyrest of me to healpe thee with is geven to God, 
T. M. What gift soever should have come of me, the same is turned 
unto thy profit, Cr. By the gift that is offered by me, thou mayst 
have profit] thou shalt be helped, Bps.} Gen. Bps. "* By this it 

is come to passe that no man honoureth his father or mother any 
more, Cov. Though he honour not, etc. shall be free, Gen. * Of 

no authoritie, Gen. ^ The doctrynes and precepts of men, Cr. 



<J>^ 



Clje <!Kospell of S, |ttat!)eto. ©1). x\i. 

And he called the people vnto him/ and saide to them : 
heare and vnderstonde. That which goeth in to the mougth/ 
defyleth not a man : but that which commeth out of the 
mougth/ defyleth the man. 

Then cam his disciples/ and sayde vnto him : "^ perceavest 
thou/ howe that the pharyses are offended hearinge thys say- 
nge ? He answered/ and sayde/ all plantes which my hevenly 
father hath nott planted/ shalbe plucked vppe by the rotes. 
Lett them alone/ they be the blynde ledders of the blynde. 
If thee blynde leede the blynde/ boothe shall fall into the 
dyche. 

Then answered Peter and sayd to him : declare vnto vs 
thys parable. Then sayde Jesus : are ye yette with oute 
vnderstondinge ? perceave ye not/ that whatsoever goeth in at 
the mouth/ descendeth doune into the bely/ and ys cast out in 
to the draught ? Butt those thynges which procede out of the 
mought come from the herte/ and they dyffyle a man. For 
out of the herte come evyll thoughtes/ murder/ breakyng of 
wedlocke/ ^ whordom/ theefte/ falce witnesberynge/ blasphemy. 
These are the thynges which defyle a man. But to eate with 
unwesshen hondes/ defyleth nott a man. 

And Jesus went thence/ and departed in to the costes of 
tire and sidon. And beholde a woman which was a cananj^e 
cam out of the same coostes/ and cryed vnto him saynge : 
have mercy on me lorde the sonne of Dauid/ my doughter is 
^ pytiously vexed with a devyll. And he ^^ gave her never a 
worde to answer. Then cam to him his disciples/ and be- 
sought him sayinge : sonde her awaye/ for she ^^ foloeth vs 
cryinge. He answered/ and sayde : I am not sent/ but vnto 
the loost shepe of the housse of israhel. Then she cam and 
worshypped hym/ sayinge : ^^ master sucker me. He answer- 
ed and saide : it is not ^^ good/ to take the childrens breed/ 
and to cast it to ^^ whelpes. She answered and saide : it is 
truthe/ 1^ neverthelesse the i"* whelppes eate of the crommes/ 
which fall from there mastei*s table. Then Jesus answered 
and sayde vnto her. O woman greate ys thy fayth/ be hit to 
the/ even as thou desyrest. And her daughter was made 
whole even at that same tyme. 

' Knowest thou not, Cr. Bps. ^ Fornication, Gen. ^ Mis- 

erablye, Gen. ^° Answered hir not a worde [nothing at al, Cr.'\ 

Cr. Gen, Bps. ^» Cryeth after us, Cr. Gen. Bps. »2 Lorde, 

helpe me, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Meete, Cr. Bps. ^* Dogges, 

T. M. Cr. Gen. Little dogges, Bps, *» For, Cr. Bps. 



Then Jesus went awaye from thence/ and cam nye unto 
the see of galyle/ and went vppe in to a mountayne/ and sat 
doune there. And moche people came vnto hym havinge 
with them/ ^^ halt/ blinde/ ^^ domne/ maymed/ and other many : 
and cast them doune at Jesus fete. And he healed them/ in 
so moche that the people wondred/ to se the domne speake/ 
the maymed whole/ the halt to go/ and the blinde to se. and 
they gloryfyed the god of israhel. 

Jhesus called his disciples to him and saide : I have com- 
passion on the people/ because they have contynued with me 
nowe iij dayes/ and have nothinge to eate : and I wyll not let 
them departe fastinge/ leste they ^^perisshe in the waye. and 
his disciples sayd vnto him : whence shuld we get so moche 
breed in the wildernes/ as shulde sufFyse so great a multitude .'' 
And Jesus sayde vnto them : howe many loves have ye ? and 
they seyde : seven and a feawe fysshes. And he commaund- 
ed the people to syt doune on the grounde. And toke the 
seven loves/ and the fysshes and gave thankes/ and brake 
them/ and gave to hys disciples/ and his disciples gave them 
to the people. And they all ate/ and were suffysed. And 
they toke vp of the ^^ broken meate that was left vij basketes 
full. 20 They that ate were iiij M. men/ besyde women and 
chyldren. And he sent awaye the people/ and toke shyppe 
and cam in to the parties of Magdala. 

Stje rtf. d)ctptcT. 

nPHEN cam to him the pharises with the saduces also/ and 
■*■ dyd tempte hym/ desyringe that he wold shewe them 
some signe from heven. He answered and sayde vnto them : 
^ Att even ye saye/ ^ we shall have fayre wedder. and that 
because the skye ys reed : in the morninge/ ye saye/ to daye 
shalbe ^foule wedder/ and that because the skye is ^troubbel- 
ous and reed. O ye ypocrites ; ye can discerne the ^fassions 
of the skye : and can ye not discerne the sygnes of the tymes ? 
The ^ frowarde nacion/ and advoutrous/ seketh a sygne/ there 
shall nonother sygne be geven vnto them/ but the sygne off 
the prophet Jonas. So lefte he them and departed. 

^^ Lame. Cr. Bps. ^' Deaf, Cr. ^^ Miscarry, Cr. Faint, Gen. 
Bps. 19 Fragments, Gen. ' ^o And yet they, etc. T. M. Cr. Bps. 

^ When itbeginneth to draw toward, Cr. ^ Faire weather, Gen. 

2 A tempest, Gen. * Cloudye and read, T. M. Glowmyng read, 

Cr. Lo wring red, Gen. Bps. ^ Outward appearance, Cr. Bps, 

Face, Gen. ^ Wicked, Gen. 



<9V9 



01)0 (SJospell of ,S. iWatt)ciD. Ct). ):b(. 

And when his disciples were come to the other side of the 
water/ they had forgotten to take breed with them. Then 
Jesus sayd vnto them : Take hede and beware of the leven of 
the pharises/ and of the saduces. They thought amonge 
themselves sayinge : we have brought no breed with vs. 
When Jesus vnderstode that/ he sayd vnto them. O ye of 
lytell fayth/ why '^are youre mindes cumbred because ye 
have brought no breed ? Do ye not yet perceave/ nether re- 
member those V lovesse when there were v M. men/ and howe 
many baskettes toke ye vp ? Nether the vij loves/ when there 
were iv M. and howe many baskettes toke ye vppe ? ^ Why 
perceave ye not then/ that y spake not vnto you of breed/ 
when I sayde/ beware off the leven of the pharises and of the 
saduces ? Then vnderstode they/ howe that he bad not them 
beware of the leven of breed : butt of the doctryne of the 
pharises/ and of the saduces. 

When Jesus cam in to the coostes of ^ the cite which is called 
cesarea philippi/ he axed hys disciples sayinge : whom do men 
saye that I the sonne of man am ? They sayde/ some saye 
that thou arte Jhon baptist/ some Jeremias/ or won of the 
1^ prophetes. He seyde vnto them : but whom saye ye that 
I am : Symon Peter answered/ and sayde : Thou arte Crist 
the Sonne of the livynge god. And Jesus answered and sayde 
to him : happy arte thou Simon ^^ the sonne of Jonas/ for 
fleshe and bloude have nott opened vnto the that/ butt my 
father which is in heven. And I saye also vnto the/ that thou 
arte Peter. And apon this roocke I wyll bylde my congrega- 
cion. And the gates off hell shall nott ^^ prevayle a geynst it. 
And y wyll geve vnto the/ the keyes of the kyngdome of 
heven/ and whatsoever thou byndest vppon erth/ yt shalbe 
bounde in heven/ and whatsoever thou lowsest on erthe/ yt 
shall be lowsed in heven. 

Then he charged his disciples/ that they shulde tell no man/ 
that he was Jesus i^ Christ. From that tyme forth/ Jesus be- 
gan to shewe unto hys disciples/ howe that he must go vnto 
Jerusalem/ and suffer many thinges of the seniores/ and of 
the bye prestes/ and of the scribes/ and must be killed/ and 
ryse agayne the thirde daye. Peter toke him a side/ and be- 

''' Take ye thought [think you, Gen. Bps.] within yourselves, Cr. 
Gen. Bps. ^ How happeneth it [is it, Bps.l that ye do not under- 

stand, Cr. Bps. ^ Cesarea [which is called'] Philippi, Bps. ^° Cr. 
adds — the numb re of. " Bar Jona, Bps. ^^ Overcome, Gen. 

13 The Christ, Gen. 



jTo. rrbfff. mt (SKosjjell of S. ittat|)eto. 

gan to rebuke hym sayinge : master ^^ faver thy sylfe/ this 
shall not come vnto the. Then tourned he aboute/ and sayde 
vnto Peter : go after me Satan/ thou i^ offendest me/ because 
thou 16 perceavest nott i"^ godly thynges : but worldy thynges, 
Jesus then sayde to hys disciples. Yf eny man will folowe 
me/ leet hym forsayke hym sylfe/ and take hys crosse and 
folowe me. For who soever wyll save his lyfe/ shall loose 
yt. /And whosoever shall loose hys lyfe for my sake/ shall 
fynde yt. Whatt shall hit proffet a man/ yf he shulde wyn 
all the whoole worlde : ^^ so he loose hys owne soule .'' Or 
els what shall a man geve i^to redeme hys soule agayne with 
all ? For the sonne off man shall come in the glory of hys 
father/ with hys angels/ and then shall he rewarde every man 
accordynge to hys dedes. Verely I saye vnto you/ some 
there be a monge them that here stonde/ whych shall nott 
taste of deeth/ tyll they shall have sene the sonne of man 
come in his kyngdome. 

A ND after vj dayes Jhesus toke Peter and James and Jhon 
*^^ hys brother/ and brought them vppe into an bye moun- 
tayne ^ oute of the waye/ and was transfygured before them, 
and hys face dyd shyne as the sun/ and hys clothes were as 
whyte as the light. And beholde there apered vnto them 
Moses and Helyas talkinge with him. Then answered Peter/ 
and sade to Jesus: master ^here is good beinge for vs. Yff 
thou wylt/ leet vs make here iij tabernacles/ won for the/ and 
won for Moses/ and won for Helyas. Whyll he yet spake/ 
beholde a bright cloude shadowed them, and lo a voice out 
of the cloude sayde : This is my deare sonne/ in whom I de- 
lite/ heare hym. And when the disciples herde that/ they fell 
flatt on there faces/ and were soore afrayed. And Jesus cam 
and touched them/ and sayde : aryse and be not a frayed. 
Then lyfte they vppe their eyes/ and sawe no man/ but Jesus 
only. 

And as they cam doune from the mountayne/ he charged 
them sayinge : se that ye shewe thys vysion to no man/ tyll 
the sonne of man be rysen ageyne from deeth. And his dis- 

*4 Pitie, Gen. ^^ Hyndrest, Cov. Cr. ^« Savourest, T.M. Cr, 

Bps. Understandest, Gen. ^'' The thinges that be of God, but 

those that be of men, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ And yet sufFred harme in 

his soule, Cov. *^ For a recompense [ransome, Bps.] of, etc. Gen. 
Bps. * Aparte, Gen. ^ It is good for us to be here, Gen. Bps. 



ciples axed off him/ sayinge : Why then saye the scribes/ that 
Hehas must fyrst come ? Jesus answered/ and sayd vnto 
them : Helias 3 shall fyrst come/ and ^restore all thyngs. 
And I saye vnto you that helias ys come alredy/ and they 
knewe hym nott : butt have done vnto him whatsoever they 
^ lusted. In lyke wyse shall also the sonne of man suiFre of 
them. Then hys disciples perceaved that he spake vnto them 
of Jhon baptist. 

And when they were come to the people/ ther cam to hym 
a ceitayne man/ and kneled done to hym saynge ; Master 
have mercy on my sonne/ fFor he is ^franticke : and ys sore 
vexed. And oft tymes falleth into the fyre/ and oft into the 
water. And I brought hym to thy disciples/ and they coulde 
not heale him. Jesus answered and sayde : O generacion 
fay thles and croked : howe longe "^ shall I be with you ? howe 
longe '^ shall y suffre you : bryng hym bidder to me. And 
Jhesus rebuked the devyll/ and he cam out. And the child 
was healed even that same houre. 

Then came hys disciples secretly ^ and sayde : Why could 
not we cast him out ? Jesus sayd vnto them : Because oif 
your vnbelfe. For I say veryly unto you : yff ye had fayth 
as a grayne off musterd seed/ ye shulde saye vnto this moun- 
tayne/ remeve hence to yonder place/ and he shulde remeve. 
Nether shuld eny thynge be vnpossyble for you to do. but this 
kynde goeth not oute butt by pryer and fastynge. 

Whill they ^ passed the tyme in galile/ Jesus sayde vnto 
them : the sonne off man shalbe ^^ betrayed into the hondes of 
men/ and they shall kill hym and the thyrd daye he shall ryse 
agayne. And they sorowed greatly. 

When they were come to Capernaum : They that ^^ were 
wont to gadre ^^poll money/ cam to Peter and sayde : Doth 
youre master paye tribute ? He sayd : ye. And when he 
was come into the housse/ Jesus i^ spake fyrst to him/ sayng : 
What thynkest thou Simon ? of whome do the kynges off the 
erth take tribute/ or ^^ poll money ? of their chyldren/ or of 
straungers .'' Peter sayde vnto hym : of straungers. Then 
sayd Jesus vnto hym agane : Then are the chyldren fre. 

3 Indeed, Cov. Truly, Cr. Bps. Certainly, Gtn. * Bring to right 
again, Ccr. ^ Would^ Gen. ^ Lunaticke, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

7 Gen. add.s — nowe. ® Ml the Vers, add — to Jesus. ^ Were oc- 

cupied, Cov. Cr. Abode, Gen. Were conversant, ^p^. '•'Deliv- 
ered, Cov. Gen. '* Used to receive. Cr. Received, Gen. Bps. 
'* Tribute money, Cov. Cr. Bps. *^ Prevented hiin, Cov. Cr. Gen. 
Bps. 1^ Toll, Cr. Bps. 



Neverthelesse/ lest we shulde ofFende them : goo to the see 
and cast in ^^ thyne angle/ and take the fysshe that fyrst cometh 
vp : and when thou hast opened his mouthe/ thou shalt fynde 
a pece of ^^ twelve pens/ that take and paye for me and the. 

^I^HE same tyme the disciples cam vnto Jesus sayng : who 
is the greatest in the kyngdom of heven ? Jesus called a 
1 chylde vnto hym/ and set him in the middes of them/ and 
sayd : Verely I say vnto you : except ye ^ tourne/ and be- 
come as children/ ye cannot enter into the kyngdom off hev- 
en. whosoever therfore shall ^ submit him silfe as this chylde/ 
he is the greatest in the kyngdom of heven. And whosoever 
receaveth suche a chylde in my name/ receaveth me. But 
whosoever offend one of these lytell wons/ which beleve in 
me : yt were better for hym/ that a millstone were hanged 
aboute his necke/ and that he were drouned in the depth of 
the see. Wo be vnto the worlde because of ^evill occasions. 
Hit is necessary that '* evyll occasions be geven/ neverthelesse 
woo be to that man/ by whom "* evyll occasion commeth. 
Wherefore yff thy honde or thy fote ^ geve the an occasion of 
evyll : cut hym of and cast hym from the. Hyt is better for 
the to enter into lyfe halt or maymed/ rather then thou shuld- 
este havynge two hondes/ or two fete/ be cast into everlastyng 
fyre. And yf also thyne eye ofTende the/ plucke him oute 
and cast him from the. It is better for the to enter into lyfe 
with one eye/ then havyng two eyes to be cast into hell fyre. 
Se that ye despise not won of these litell wons For I saye 
vnto you/ thatt in heven their angels behold the face of my 
fader/ which ys in heven. Ye and the sonne of man is come 
to save that which is lost. Howe thinke ye .'' Yf a mau had 
an hondred shepe/ and one of them shuld goo astray/ will he 
not leve nynty and nyne ^ in the mountains/ and go and seke 
that won which is gone astray ? if it happen that he fynd him/ 
veryly I say vnto yon : he reioyseth more of that shepe/ then 
of the nynty and nyne which went not astray. Even so hit 
is nott the wyll of youre father in heven/ that won off this 
lytell wons shulde perishe. 

15 An hook, Bps. '^ Twentie, Ml the Vers. i Bps adds— lit- 

tie. [So too vvs. 3, 4, 5.] ^ Be converted, Gen. ^ Humble, ./5^i 
the Vers. * Sklaundcrs, Cov. OtFences — offence, T. M. Cr. Gen. 

5 OfFende, T.M. Bps. Hinder thee, Cr. Cause thee to of- 
^ And go into the mountaines, Gen. Bps. 



m^ ©ospell of S. iHat^eto. €!). );biff. 

Moreover yf thy brother trespas agenst the. Go and tell 
hyra his faute betwene hym and the alone. Yf he heare the/ 
thou hast wone thy brother : but yf he heare the not/ then 
take with the won or two/ that in the mouth of two or thre 
witnesses/ '''all sainges may stonde. Yf he heare not them/ 
tell hit vnto the congregacion : yf he heare not the congrega- 
cion/ take him as an hethen man/ and as a publican. Ver- 
ely I say vnto you/ Whatsoever ye bynde on erth/ shalbe 
bounde in heven. And whatsoever ye lose on erth/ shalbe 
losed in heven. 

Agayn I say vnto you that if two off you shall agre in erth 
in eny maner thinge whatsoever they shall desyre : hit shal 
be geven them of my fader which is in heven. For where 
two or thre are gadered togedder in my name/ there am I in 
the middes of them. 

Then cam Peter to hym/ and sayde : master/ how ofte shall 
my brother trespas ageynst me/ and I shall forgeve hym ? 
shall I forgeve hym seven tymes ? Jesus sayd vnto hym : I 
saye nott vnto the seven tymes : but seventy tymes seven tymes. 
Therefore is the kyngdom off heven lykened vnto a certayne 
6 kynge which wold take a countes of his servauntes/ and when 
he had begune to recken/ won was browghte vnto hym/ which 
ought him ten thousande ^talenttes : but when he had 
nought to paye/ the lorde commaunded him to be solde/ and 
his wyfe/ and his children : and all that he had/ and payment 
to be made. The servaunt fell doune and besought hym 
sainge : ^^ Syr geve me respyte/ and I wyll paye hit every 
whit. Then had the lorde pitie on the servaunt/ and lowsed 
him/ and forgave hym the dett. 

The same servaunt went out and founde wone off his fel- 
owes/ which ought hym an hundred pence. And leyed hondes 
on hym/ and toke hym by the throote/ sainge : paye that thou 
owest. And his felowe fell doune/ and besought hym/ saynge: 
have pacience with me/ and I will paye the all/ And he wollde 
not/ but went and cast hym into preson/ tyll he shulde paye 
the dett. When his other felowes sawe what was done/ they 
were very sory and cam and tolde vnto there lorde all that had 
happened. Then the lorde called him/ and sayde vnto hym. 

' Every word [matter, C] may be established [confirmed, G.], Cr. 
Gen. Bps. ° Man that was a king, Cr. Bps. ^ Pounds, Cov. 

*° Lorde [Syr, C] have patience with me, Cr, Bps. Master, appease 
thine anger toward me [so vs. 29], Gen, 



11 evyll servaunt/ y forgave the all that dett/ ^^ because thou 
praydest me : ^^ Was it not mete also/ that thou shuldest have 
had compassion on thy felow/ even as y had pitie on the ? 
and his lorde was wrooth/ and delyvered hym to the ^^ ioylers/ 
tyll he shulde paye all that was due to hym. So lyke wyse 
shall youre hevenly father do vnto you/ yf ye wyll not for- 
geve with youre herttes/ each won to his brother there treas- 
pases. 

8ri)e pp. €:|)aj)ter. 

A ND it folowed when Jesus had fynysshed those sayinges/ 
-'^ he gat hym from Galile/ and cam into the coostes of 
iewry beyonde Jordan/ and moche people folowed hym/ and 
he healed them theare. Then cam vnto hym the pharises to 
tempte hym/ and sayde to hym : Ys hit lawfull for a man to 

1 put a waye his wyfe for ^ all manner off causes ? He an- 
swered/ and sayde vnto them Have ye not redde howe that 
he which made man at the begynnynge/ made them man and 
woman ? and saide for thys ^ thynge/ shall a man leve father 
and mother/ and "* cleve vnto his wyfe/ and they twane shalbe 
won flese. Wherfore nowe are they not twayne/ but won 
fleshe. Let no man therfore put asunder/ that which god 
hath cuppled togedder. Then sayde they to hym : why did 
Moses commaunde to geve vnto her a ^ testimoniall of divorse- 
ment and to put her awaye ? He saide vnto them : Moses 
because of the hardnes of youre hertes suffred you to put 
awaye youre wyfes : But from the begynnynge hit was nott 
so. I saye therefore vnto you/ whosoever putteth awaye his 
wyfe (except hit be for fornicacion) and maryeth another/ 
breaketh wedlocke/ and whosoever marieth her which is di- 
vorsed/ doeth commyt advoutry. 

Then spake his disciples to hym : yff the matter be so be- 
twene man and wyfe/ then is it not good to mary. He sayde 
vnto them : all men can not ^ awaye with that saynge : but 
they to whom it is geven. There are chaste/ which were so 
borne out of the mothers belly. And there are "^ chaste/ which 
be made of men. And there be chaste/ which have made 

11 Thou ungratious, Cr. Bps. ^^ When, Cr. Bps. " shuld- 

est not thou, etc. Cr. Bps. Oughtest not thou, etc. Gen. ^* Tor- 

mentours, Bps. ^ Make a divorcement with, etc. Cr. ^ Eve 

rie fault. Gen. ^ Cause, Cr. Gen. Bps. ■* Be knit, Bps. 

s Bill, Gen. Writing, Bps. ^ Comprehende, Cov. Cr. Receive, 

Gen. Bps. ' Gelded, Cov. 



HI 



them selves chaste for the kyngdom off hevens sake. He that 
can 6 take it lett hym ^ take it. 

Then were brought to hym yonge chyldren/ that he shulde 
put his hondes on them and praye And his disciples rebuked 
them. Jesus sayde vnto them : sufFre the chyldren/ and for- 
bid them not to come to me/ ffor ^ vnto suche belongeth the 
kingdom off heven. And when he had put his hondes on 
them/ he departed thence. And beholde won cam/ and sayde 
vnto hym : good master/ what good thinge shall I do/ that f 
maye have eternal lyfe ? He sayde vnto him : why callest 
thou me good ? there is none good but won/ and that his God, 
But and thou wilt entre in to lyfe/ kepe the commaundmentes. 
He sayde : Which ? And Jesus sayde : thou shalt ^ not kyll. 
thou shalt not breake wedloocke. Thou shalt not steale : thou 
shalt nott beare falce witnes. honoure thy father and mother, 
and thou shalt love thyne neghbour as thy sylfe : the yonge 
man sayde vnto him : I have ^^ observed all these thinges from 
my youth/ what i^ have y more to do ? Jesus sayde vnto 
him : yf thou wilt be perfecte/ goo and sell ^^that thou hast/ 
and geve it to the povre/ and thou shalt have treasure in hev- 
en/ and come and folowe me. When the yonge man herde 
that sayinge/ he went awaye ^^ morninge. For he had greate 



Jesus sayde then vnto his disciples : Verely I say vnto you/ 
*'* a ryche man shall with difficulte enter into the kyngdom of 
heven. And moreover I say vnto you : it is easier for a cam- 
ell to go through the eye of a nedle/ then for a ryche man to 
enter into the kyngdome ^^of heven. When his disciples 
herde that/ they were excedingly amased/ sayinge : who then 
can be saved ? Jesus behelde them/ and saide vnto them : 
with men this is vnpossyble/ but with God all thinges are pos- 
syble. 

Then answered Peter/ and saide to him : Beholde we have 
forsaken all/ and have folowed the : what shall we have ther- 
fore ? Jesus sayde vnto them : verely I saye to you/ thatt 
*^ ye which have folowed me in the seconde generacion (when 

^ Of such is, T. M. Cr. Gen. ^ Not commit manslauter, Cr. Do 
no murder, Bps. ^'^ Kept, Cr. Bps. " Lacke I yet, All the 

Vers. ^^ Thy substance, Bps. " Sory, Cr. Bps. Sorrowful, 

Gen.. ** It is harde for a riche man [the ryche, C] to etc. T. M. 

Cr. That a riche man shall hardly, etc. Ge7i. Bps. ^^ Of God, 

^11 the Vers. ^^ When the son of man shall sit, etc. ye that have 

folowed me in the regeneration [the new birth, Cov., the second gen- 
eration, T. M.] shall syt, etc. Ml the Vers. 



the Sonne off man shall syt in the seate of his maieste) shall 
syt also vppon xij seates/ and iudge the xij trybes off Israhel. 
And whosoever forsaketh housse/ or brethren/ or systers/ other 
father/ or mother/ or wyfe/ or chyldren/ or ^^ lyvelod/ for my 
names sake/ the same shall receve an hundred folde/ and 
shall inheret everlastynge lyfe. Many that are fyrste shalbe 
laste/ and the laste shalbe ffyrste. 

STije )*p. <8:t)apter. 

Xj^OR the kyngdom of heven ys lyke vnto ^ an housseholder/ 
■■- which went out ^ erly in the morninge to hyre labourers into 
hys vynyarde. And ^ he agrede with the labourers for a peny 
a daye and sent them into his vynyarde. And he went out 
about the thyrde houre/ and sawe other stondyng ydell in the 
market place and sayd vnto them go ye also into my vyn- 
yarde/ and whatsoever is right/ 1 will geve you. and they went 
there way. Agayne he went out aboute the sixte and nynthe 
houre/ and dyd lyke wyse. And he went out aboute the elev- 
enthe houre and founde other stondynge ydell ? And sayd© 
vnto them : Why stonde ye here all the daye ydell ? They 
sayde vnto hym : because no man hath hyred vs. He sayde 
to them : goo ye alsoo into my vynyarde/ and whatsoever 
shalbe right/ that shall ye receave. 

When even was come the ^ lorde of the vyneyarde sayde 
vnto hys steward : call the labourers/ and geve them there 
hyre/ begynnyng at the laste/ tyll thou come to the fyrste. 
And ^ they whyche were hyred aboute the eleventhe houre/ 
cam and receaved every man a peny. Then cam the fyrst/ 
supposyng that they shulde receave mooare/ and they like 
wyse receaved every man a peny. And when they had re- 
ceaved it/ they grudged agaynst the ^ good man of the housse 
sayng : these laste have wroght but one houre/ and thou hast 
made them equall vnto vs which have borne the burthen and 
heet of the daye. 

He answered to one of them saynge : frende I do the no 
wronnge. dyddeste thou not agre withe me for a penny ? 
Take "^ that which is thy duty/ and goo thy waye. I will geve 

^7 Landes, Ml the Vers. ^ Cr. Bps. add — a man that is. ^ ^t 
the dawning^ of the daye, Gen. ^ And when the agreement was 

made, etc. he sent, etc. Cr. "* Master, Gen. ^ And when they 

dyd come, that came [were hyred, B.'\ about the eleventh, etc. Cr. 
Bps. ^ Householder, Cov. Master, Genu. ' That thyne iSj 

Cov. Cr. Bps. That which is thine owne, Gen. 



vnto this laste/ ^as moche as to the. ^ Ys yt not lawfull ffor 
me to do ^^ as me listeth with ^^ myne awne. Ys thyne eye 
evyll because I am good ? Soo the laste shalbe fyrste/ and the 
fyrste shalbe laste. For many are called and feawe be cho- 
sen. 

And Jesus ascended to Jerusalem/ and toke the xij disciples 
aparte in the waye/ and sayde to them : Loo we goo vp to 
Jerusalem/ and the sonne off man shalbe betrayed vnto the 
chef prestes/ and vnto the scrybes/ and they shall condemne 
hym to deeth/ and shall delivre hym to the gentils/ to be 
mocked/ to be scourged/ and to be crucified, and the thyrd 
day he shall ryse agayne. 

Then cam to hym the mother off Zebedes children with her 
sonnes worshyppynge him/ and desyrynge a certayne thynge 
off hym. He sayde vnto her : What wylt thou have/ She 
sayde vnto hym : Graunte that these my two sonnes maye sitt/ 
one on thy right bond/ and the other on thy lifte honde in thy 
kyngdom. 

Jesus answered and sayd : Ye wot not whatt ye axe. Are 
ye able to drynke off the cuppe that y shall drinke of. And 
to be baptised with the baptism that y shalbe baptised with/ 
They answered to him : ^^ That we are. He sayd vnto them : 
Ye shall ^^ drynke of my cupe/ and shalbe baptised with the 
baptim that y shall be baptysed with : But to syt on my right 
bond/ and on my lyft bond/ is not myne to geve : but ^"* to 
them for whom it is prepared of my father. 

And when the ten herde this/ they desdayned att the two 
brethren. But Jesus called them vnto hym/ and saide : Ye 
knowe/ that the ^^ lordes of the gentyls have dominacion over 
them/ And they that are greate/ exercise power over them. 
It shall not be so amonge you : But whosoever wyll be greate 
among you/ let hym be youre minister/ and whosoever will 
be chefe/ let him be youre servaunt. Even as the sonne off 
man cam/ not to be ministered vnto/ but to minister : and to 
geve his lyfe i^ for the redempcion off many. 

And as they departed from Hierico/ moche people folowed 
hym. And beholde two blynde men S5rttinge by the waye 
side/ when they herde/ that Jesus passed by cryed sayinge : 

^ Even as unto thee, Cr. Bps. ® Or have I not power to do, etc.. 
Cov. ^° That I wil, Gen. Bps. " Myne owne goodes, Cr.. 

^^ Yee, that we maye, Cov. We are, Cr. We are able, Gen. Bps. 
" Drinke indeed, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Cr^ adds — It shall chaunce 

Gen. — It shall be given. ^^ Princes of the nations [Gentiles, B.] 

Cr. Bps. ^® A ransom for, Gen. Bps. 
D* 



fio, rPh 2Lf)e Cffosjjell of S. ifWat!)eto. 

Master the sonne off David have mercy on vs. And the peo- 
ple rebuked them/ because they shulde holde there peace : 
But they cryed the moare/ sayinge : have mercy on vs mas- 
ter which arte the sonne off David. Then Jesus stode styll/ 
and called them/ and sayde : what will ye that y shall do to 
you ? They said vnto hym : Master/ that oure eyes maye be 
opened. Jesus i^ pitied them/ and touched there eyes. And 
immediately theire eyes receved syght : And they folowed 
hym. 

Bf)t v)^!- <Kl)apter. 

"V\7HEN they drewe nye vnto Jerusalem/ and were come 
to Betphage/ vnto mounte olivete/ then sent Jesus two 
off his disciples/ sayinge to them : Go in to the toune that 
lyeth over agaynste you/ and anon ye shall fynde an asse 
bounde/ and her colte with her/ lose them and bringe them 
vnto me. And if eny man saye ought vnto you/ saye ye that 
1 youre master hath neade off them/ and streyght waye he 
will let them go. All this was done/ to fulfyll that which was 
spoken by the prophet/ sayinge : Tell ye the doughter of Si- 
on : beholde thy kinge cometh vnto the meke/ sittinge vppon 
an asse and a colte/ the foole off an asse vsed to the yooke. 
The disciples, went/ and did as Jesus commaunded them/ and 
brought the asse and the colte/ and put on them there clothes/ 
and set him there on. Many of the people spreed theire gar- 
mentes in the waye. other cut doune braunches from the trees/ 
and strawed them in the waye. Moreover the people that 
went before/ and they also that cam after cried sayinge : ho- 
sianna to the sonne of David. Blessed be he that commeth 
in the name of the lorde/ hosianna in the hyest. 

And when he was come in to Jerusalem/ all the cite was 
moved/ sayinge : who ys thys ? And the people sayde : thys 
ys Jesus the prophet of nazareth a cite of galile. And Jesus 
went in to the temple of God/ and caste out all them that 
bought and soldo in the temple/ and overthrew the tables of 
the mony chaungers/ and the seates of them that soldo doves. 
And saide to them : it is written/ mine housse shalbe called 
the housse off prayer/ butt ye have made it a denn of theves. 
And the blinde and the halt cam to hym in the temple/ and he 
healed them. 

When the chefe prestos and scribes sawe/ the ^ marveylles 

'^ Had compassion on, T. M. Moved with compassion, touched, etc. 
Gen. 1 The Lorde, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 2 Wonders, Cr. Bps. 



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2ri)e ffiospell of «S. if^ati)eto. ©I). ):):[. 

thatt he dyd/ And the chyldren cryinge in the temple and 
sayinge/ hosianna to the sonne of David/ they desdayned/ and 
sayde vnto hym : hearest thou what these saye ? Jesus sayde 
vnto them : ^ have ye never redde off the mouth of babes and 
suckeUnges thou hast ^ ordeyned prayse ? And he left them/ 
and went out of the cite vnto bethani/ and ^ passed the tyme 
there. 

In the mornynge as he returned into the cite ageyne/ he 
hungred/ and spyed a fygge tree in the way/ and cam to it/ 
and founde nothynge there on/ but leves only/ and said to it/ 
never frute growe on the hence forwardes. And anon the 
fygge tree wyddered awaye. And when his disciples sawe 
it/ they marvelled sayinge : How sone is the fygge tree wyd- 
dered awaye ? Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto them : Ver- 
ely I say vnto you/ yff ye shall have fayth/ and shall not dout/ 
ye shall nott only do that which ^ y have done to the fygge 
tree : but also yf ye shall saye vnto this mountayne/ "'' take thy 
silfe awaye/ and caste thy silfe in to the see/ it shalbe done. 
And whatsoever thinge ye shall axe in youre prayers (if ye 
beleve) ye shall receave hit. 

And when he was come into the temple/ the chefe prestes 
and the seniores of the people cam vnto him as he was teach- 
inge/ and sayde : by what auctorite doest thou these thinges ? 
and who gave the this power ? Jesus answered/ and sayde 
vnto them : I also wyll axe ^ of you a certayne question/ 
which if ye ^ asoyle me/ y in lyke wyse wyll tell you by what 
auctorite I do these thinges. Whence was the baptism of 
Jhon ? from heven/ or of men ? And they thought in them- 
selves/ sayinge : yf we shall saye/ from heven/ he wyll saye 
vnto vs : why dyd ye not then beleve hym : but and iff we 
shall saye of men then feare we the people. For all men 
helde Jhon as a prophet. And they answered Jesus/ and 
sayde : we cannot tell. He lyke wyse sayde vnto them : ne- 
ther tell I you by what auctorite y do these thinges : ^^ What 
saye ye to thys ? a certayne man had ij sonnes/ and cam ^^ to 
the elder sayinge : go/ and worke to day in my vyneyarde. 
He answered and sayd/ I wyll not : but afterwarde repented 

3 Why not ; have ye, etc. Cr. Yea, read ye never, Ge7i. * Made 
perfit the praise, Gen. ^ There abode over night, Cov. Had his 

ahydyng there, T. M. Cr. Lodged there, Gen. Bps. ^ Is happen- 
ed unto, Cr. "^ Avoyde, Cov Remove, Cr. Be thou removed. Bps. 
8 A worde of you, Cov. Of you, a certaine thynge, Cr. Gen. You, 
one question, Bps. ^ Tell me, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ But Vv^hat 

thinke ye. Gen. Bps. ^^ The first, Cr. Bps. 



ifo. n^i]. S!)e ffiospell of S. i^atljeto. 

and went. Then cam he to the seconde/ and sayde lykewyse/ 
and he answered and sayde : I wyll syr : yet went he not. 
Whedder of these ij fulfylled there fathers wyll ? and they 
sayde vnto hym : the fyrst. Jesus sayde unto them : verely 
I saye vnto you/ that the pubUcans and the harlotes shal come 
into the kyngdome off God before you. For Jhon cam vnto 
you/ 12 in the way of rightewesnes/ and ye beleved hym not. 
but the pubUcans and the ^^ whoores beleved hym. But ye 
(though ye sawe it) yet were not moved i^with repentaunce/ 
that ye myght afterwarde have beleved hym. 

Herken another similitude. There was a certayne ^^ hous- 
holder whych set a vj^neyarde/ and hedged it rounde about/ 
and made a wynpresse in it/ and bilt a tower/ and lett it out 
to husbandmen/ and went into a straunge countre. And when 
the tyme of the frute drew near/ he sent his servauntes to the 
husbandmen/ to receave the frutes of it/ and the husbandmen 
caught his servauntes/ and bet won/ kylled another/ and sto- 
ned another. Againe he sent other servauntes moo then the 
fyrst/ and they ^^ served them lyke wyse. But last of all/ he 
sent vnto them hys awne Sonne/ sayinge : they wyll ^^ feare 
my Sonne. When the husbandmen saw his sonne/ they sayde 
amonge themselves : Thys ys the heyre/ come on lett us kyll 
hym/ and lett vs i^ take hys inherytaunce to oure selves. And 
they caught hym and thrust him out of the vyneyarde/ and 
shlewe him. When the lorde of the vyneyarde commeth. 
what wyll he do with those husbandmen ? They sayde vnto 
hym : i^ ^^ ^[\\ 20 gyyll destroye those 21 evyll persons/ and 
wyll lett out his vyneyarde vnto other husbandmen/ whych 
shall delyver hym his frute ^ att tymes convenient. 

Jesus saide vnto them : dyd ye never reede in the scrip- 
tures ? the same stone which the bylders ^^ refused/ is set in 
the princypall parte of the corner, this was the lordes doinge/ 
and it is mervelous in oure eyes. Therefore saye I vnto you 
the kingdome of god shalbe taken from you/ and shalbe geven 
to 24 the gentyles which shall brynge forth the frutes oif it. 

^2 And taught you the right way, Cov. '^ Harlots, Ml the Vers. 

** With repentance afterwarde, that ye myght. etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. 
'* Man, an householder, Cr. Bps. ^^ Dyd unto them, Cr. Gen. Bps. 
^' Stonde in awe of, Cov. Cr. Bps. Reverence, Gen. ^^ Enjoy 

[sease upon, B.] his inheritance, Cr. Bps. ^^ Forasmuch as they 

be evyll, he will cruelly destroy them, Cr. ^° Cruellye, Cov. T.M. 
Gen. Miserably, Bps. ^^ Wicked men, Gen. Bps. ^^ In due 

season, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Disallowed, £p5. ^ A nation, Cr, 

Gen. Bps. 



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me ®^ospell of S. if^at|)eto. €!). r^r 

And whosoever shall fall on thys stone/ shalbe alto broken.^ 
And whomsoever thys stone shall fall oppon/ ^6 he shall grynd 
him to powder. And when the chefe ^restes and pharyses 
hearde his similitudes they perceaved that he spake of them. 
And they went about to laye hondes on hym/ but they feared 
the people/ because they counted hym as a prophet. ^7 ^^d 
Jesus answered and spake vnto them agayne/ in similitudes/ 
sayinge. 

n^HE kyngdome of heven is lyke unto ^a certayne kinge/ 
-^ which 2 maryed his sonne/ and sent forth his servauntes/ 
to call them that were byd to the weddinge/ and they wolde 
nott come. Agayne he sentt forth other servauntes/ sayinge : 
tell them which are bydden : Lo I have prepared my dynner/ 
myne oxen and my fatlinges are kylled/ and all thinges are 
redy/ come vnto the mariage. They made light of it/ and 
went their wayes : won to his ferme place/ another about his 
merchandyse/ the remnaunt toke his servauntes and entreated 
them ^vngoodly and slewe them. When the kinge herde 
that/ he was wroth/ and sent forth his ^warryers anddistroyed 
those murtheres/ and brent vppe theire cite. 

Then sayde he to hys servaunts : ^ The weddinge was 
prepared : butt ^ they which were bydden thereto/ were not 
worthy. Go ye therefore out in to the hye wayes/ and as 
many as ye fynde/ byd them to the mariage. The servauntes 
went out into the ^ wayes/ and gaddered togedder as many as 
they coulde fynde/ booth good and bad/ and ^ the weddinge 
was furnysshed with gestes. The kinge cam in/ to viset hys 
gestes/ and spyed there a man which had not on a weddinge 
garment/ and sayde vnto hym : frende/ how camyst thou m 
hydder/ and hast not on a weddyng garment ? and he was 
even spechlesse. Then sayde the kynge to hys ministers : 
take and bynde hym hande and fote/ and caste hym into vtter 
dercknes/ there shalbe wepinge and gnaasinge of teth. For 
many are called and feawe be chosen. 

^ Cr. and Bps. q,dd — in peeces. ^ It shall all to grinde him, Cr. 
Bps. ^ And Jesus, etc. — T. M. Gen, Bps. connect this vs. with 

eh. xxij. ^ A man that was a king, Cr. Bps. ' Made a mar- 

riage for, Cr. Bps, ^ Shamefully, Cov. Cr. Sharpely, Gen. Spite- 
fully, 5j95. -* Men of warre, Cr. Armies, Bps. ^ The mar- 
riage indeed is, etc. Cr. Bps. ^ The gestes, Cov. ^ Hye waies, 
T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps, ^ The tables were all full, Cov, 



Sfo. ):):fb. Sl)e ©fosjjell of <S. i^attieh). 

Then went the farises and toke counsell/ howe they myght 
tangle him in his wordes. And sent vnto him there disciples 
with ^ herodes servauntes sayinge : master we knowe that thou 
BJte true/ and that thou teachest the waye of god trueli/ nether 
carest for eny man/ for thou ^^consydrest nott mennes estate. 
Tell vs therefore : howe thinkeste thou ? is it lawfuU to geve 
tribute vnto ^^ Cesar/ or not ? Jesus perceaved there ^^ wyly- 
nes/ and sayde : Why tempte ye me ye ypocrytes ? ^^ lett me 
se the tribute money. And they toke hym a peny. And he 
sayde vnto them : whose ys this ymage and superscripcion ? 
They sayde vnto hym : Cesars. Then sayde he vnto them : 
Geve therefore to Cesar/ that which is cesars ; and geve unto 
god/ that which is goddes. When they herde that they mar- 
velled/ and lefte hym and went there waye. 

The same daye the saduces cam vnto hym (whych ^^ saye 
that there is no resurreccion) and they axed hym saynge : 
Master/ Moses bade/ if a man dye havinge no children/ that 
the brother Mary his wyfe/ and reyse vppe seed vnto his 
brother. There were with vs seven brethren/ the fyrst Mar- 
led and dyed with out ysshewe/ and lefte hys wyfe vnto hys 
brother. Lyke wyse the seconde and the thryd/ vnto the 
seventhe. Laste of all the woman dyed also. Nowe in the 
resurreccion whose wyfe shall she be of the vij ? for all had 
her. Jesus answered and sayde vnto them : i^ye are deceav- 
ed/ 16 and knowe not what the scripture meaneth/ nor ^"^ yett 
the vertue of god. For in the resurreccion they nether ^^ Mary 
nor are Maryed : but are as the angels i^ [of god] in heven. 

As touchynge the resurreccion off the deed : have ye nott 
redde what ys sayde vntq you off god/ which sayeth I am 
Abrahams God/ and Ysaaks God/ and the God of Jacob ? 
20 God ys nott the god of the deed : but of the ly vinge. And 
when the people herde that/ they were astonyed at hys doc- 
trine. 

When the pharises had herde/ howe that he had ^i put the 
saduces to silence/ they drewe togedder/ and won of them 
whych was ^a doctour off lawe axed him a question tempt- 

^ The Herodians, Gen. Bps. ^" Regardest not the outwarde ap- 

pearance of men, Cov. Cr. Dost not respect mens persons, Gen. Bps. 
" The Emperoure, Cov. [So vs. 21.] ^^ Wickedness, All the 

Vers. 13 Shewe me, Cr. Gen. Bps, ^^ Hold, Cov. ^^ Ye 

do erre, Cr. Bps. ^^ Not knowing the Scriptures, Cr. Gen. 

" The power, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Marry wives nor wives 

are bestowed in marriage, Gen. *^ T. M. Cr. omit. ^^ Yet it 

not God a God, etc. Cov. '^ Stopped the mouth of the Saddu* 

cees, Cov. ^2 ^ scribe, Cov. A lawyer, Bps. 



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me ^osjjell of S. iHattieto. <B:|). ntq, 

inge him and sayinge : Master whych is the grett commaund- 
ment in the lawe ? Jesus sayde vnto him : thou shalt love 
thy lorde god with all thyne herte/ wyth all thy soule/ and 
with all thy mynde. This is the ^ fyrst and ^'^ that grett com- 
maundment. And ^5 there ys another lyke vnto thys. Thou 
shalt love thyne neghbour as thy selfe. In these two com- 
maundments/ hange all the lawe and the prophetts. 

Whyll the pharises were gaddered togedder/ Jesus axed 
them saynge/ what thinke ye of Christ ? whose sonne is he ? 
they sayde vnto hym : the sonne of david. He sayde vnto 
them : howe then doeth david in spirite call him lorde/ saynge ? 
The lorde sayde to my lorde/ sytt on my ryght honde : tyll I 
make thyne ennemyes thy fote stole, yf david call hym 
lorde : howe is he then his sonne ? And none of them coulde 
answere him ^ ageyne one worde. Nether durste eny man 
from that daye forth axe hym eny moo questions. 

me jrpfff. <H:!)apter. 

'^PHEN spake Jesus to the people/ and to hys disciples/ 
■*- saynge : The scrybs and the pharises sitt in moses seate/ 
whatsoever they byd you observe/ that observe and do : but 
after their workes do not : for they saye/ and do not/ Ye and 
they bynde hevy burthens and greveous to be borne/ and ley 
them on mennes shulders : but they them sylfe wyl not ^ move 
them with one fynger. All there workes they do/ ^ for to be 
sene of men. They ^ sett abroade there philateris/ and ^ make 
large borders on there garmenttes/ and love to sytt vppermooste 
at feastes/ and ^to have the chefe seates in the ^synagogges/ 
and gretynges in the marketes and to be called of men Rabi. 
But ^ ye shall nott sufFre youre selves to be called rabi/ for 
one ^ ys youre master/ that is to wytt Christ, and all ye are 
brethren. And call ye no man youre father on the erth/ for 
one is youre father/ ^ and he is in heven. be ye not called 
masters/ for one ys youre master/ I'^and he is Christe. He 
that is greateste amonge you/ shalbe youre servaunte. But 

23 Principal, Co?J. ^ Greatest, Cr. ^' The second is, etc. 

Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Any thing, Cr. ^ Heave at them, T. M. Or. 

2 For the intent that they, etc. Cr. ^ Make broad. Gen. Bps. 

* Make long the fringes, Gen. Enlarge the hemmes, Bps. = To sit 
in the chefe place of counsels, Cr. ^ Assemblies, Gen. ' But 

be ye not called, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Is your doctor, to wit, 

Christ, Gen. ^ Which is, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Even, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. [So Cr. Bps. vs. 8.] 



whosoever exalteth hym silfe/ shalbe brought lowe. And he 
that submitteth him silfe/ shalbe exalted. 

Wo be vnto you scribs and pharises ^^ dissemblers/ for ye 
sheet vp the kyngdom of heven before men : ye youre selves 
goo nott in/ nether suffre ye them that come to enter in. 

Wo be vnto you scribes and pharises/ ^^for ye devours 
widdowes houses/ and that vnder a ^^ coloure of praying longe 
prayers/ wherfore ye shall i^receave greater damnacion. 

Wo be vnto you scribes and pharises ypocrites/ for ye com- 
passe see and londe/ to ^^ brynge one in to youre belefe : And 
when 16 ye have brought him ye make hym two folde more 
the chylde off hell/ then ye youre selves are. 

Wo be vnto you blynd gides/ for ye saye ; whosoever 
sweare by the temple/ yt ys nothinge : but whosoever sweare 
by the golde of the temple/ he i''' is detter. ye foles and blinde : 
whether is greater/ the golde/ or the temple that sanctifyeth 
the golde. And whosoever sweareth by the aulter it is noth- 
inge : but whosoever sweareth by the ^^ offeringe that lyeth 
on the aultre ys detter. ye foles and blinde : whether is 
greater the offeringe/ or the aultre whych sanctifyeth the off- 
eringe ? whosoever therfore sweareth be the aultre/ sweareth 
hi it/ and by all that there on is. And whosoever sweareth 
by the temple sweareth by it/ and by hym that dwelleth there 
in. And he that sweareth by heven/ sweareth by the seate of 
god/ and by hym that sytteth thereon. 

Wo be to you scrybes and pharises desemblers/ for ye 
tythe mynt/ annys/ and common/ and leave the waygthtyer 
mattres of the lawe i^ [ondone] : iudgement/ mercy/ and 
20 fayth : these ought ye to have done/ and not to have lefte 
the othre ondone. Ye blinde gides/ which strayne out a gnat/ 
and swalowe a cammyll. 

Wo be to you scrybes/ and pharises ypocrites/ for ye make 
clone the vtter side off the cuppe/ and off the platter/ but with 
in they are full of 21 brybery and excesse. Thou blynde phar- 
ise/ clense fyrst/ that which is within the cuppe and the plat- 
ter/ that the outsyde maye also be clone. 

Wo be to you scrybes/ and pharises ypocrites/ for ye are 

11 Hypocrites, Jill the Vers. [So, rs. 23.] ^KmUhTv^^i^^d 

— Hypocrites. ^^ Pretence, Cr. Bps. ^^ Be the sorer pun- 

yshed, Cr. ^^ To make one proselyte [one of your profession, 

G.] Gov. Cr. Gen. Bps. *^ Become one, Cov. Cr. Bps. Made, Gen. 
17 OfFendeth, T. M. Gen. Is giltie, Cr. [So too vs. 18.] 1^ Gifl, 

Cr. Gen. Bps. [So, vs. 19.] ^^ Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. 20 YiAqX- 

itie, Gen. ^^ Robbery, Cov. 



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2ri)e ffifospell of S. i^at^eb). €i). icviiif. 

lyke vnto paynted 22tombes which appere beautyfull out- 
wardes : but are with in full off deed mens bones and of all 
fylthynes. So are ye/ for outwardes ye appere rightous vnto 
men/ when with in ye are full of ^ dissimulacion and iniquite. 

Wo be vnto you scrybes and pharises ypocrites/ ffor ye 
bilde the tombes off the prophetts/ and garnisshe the sepul- 
chres off 24 iuste men/ and saye : Yf we had bene in ^ oure 
fathers tyme/ we wolde not have bene partners with them in 
the bloud of the prophetes. So are ye witnesses vnto youre 
selves/ that ye are the children of them/ which killed the 
prophetes. Fulfyll ye lyke wyse the measure of youre fath- 
ers . 26 ye serpents and generacion of vipers/ howe shall ye 
scape the dampnacion of hell ? 

Wherfore beholde y sende vnto you prophetes/ wyse men/ 
and scrybes/ and off them some shall ye kyll and crucifie/ and 
some shall ye scourge in youre synagogges/ and persecute 
from cite to cite/ thatt all righteous bloud may fall on you/ 
which was sheed apon the erth/ from the ' bloud of rightous 
Abell/ vnto the bloud of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias/ 
whom ye slewe betwene the temple and the altre : Verely y 
say vnto you/ all these thinges shall light apon this genera- 
cion. Hierusalem Hierusalem which kylleth prophetes/ and 
stonest them which are sent to the : howe often wolde I have 
gaddered thy children to gedder/ as the henne gaddereth her 
chickens vnder her ^vynges ? but ye wolde not ? beholde youre 
2"'' habitacion shalbe lefte vnto you desolate. For y saye vnto 
you/ ye shall ^Snot se me hence forth/ tyll that ye saye: 
blessed ys he that commeth in the name off the lorde. 

K^t jrvfifj (Kl)n4jtev, 

A ND Jesus went out and departed from the temple : and 
-^^^ his disciples cam to hym/ for to shewe hym the byldinge 
of the temple. Jesus sayde vnto them : se ye not all these 
thinges ? verely y saye vnto you/ There shall not be here 
leeft ^ one stone vppon another/ that shall not be ^ destroyed. 
And as he sat vppon the mount Olivete/ his disciples cam vn- 
to hym secretly sayinge : Tell vs/ when this shalbe ? and what 

22 Sepulchres, Cr. Bps. ^ Hypocrisie, T. M. Gen. Bps. Fayned- 
nesse, Cr. ^ Righteous, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ The dayes 

of our fathers, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Ye serpentes, ye generation, 
etc. Cr. Bps. O serpentes, the generation, etc. Gen. ^ House, 

Cr. Bps. 23 By jjQ meanes see me, Bps. * A stone upon a 

stone, Gen. ^ Cast downe, T. M. Gen. 

E 



signe shalbe of thy comminge/ and of the ende of the worlde ? 
and Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto them : Take hede/ that 
no man desceave you/ for many shall come in my name sa- 
inge : y am Christ/ and shall deceave many. 

3 Ye shall heare of warres/ and of the ^ noyse of warres/ but 
se that ye be not troubled/ for all these thinges muste come to 
passe/ but the ende is not yet. For nacion shall ryse ageynste 
nacion/ and realme ageynste realme : and there shalbe pesti- 
lence/ and ^honger/ and erthquakes ^in all quarters. All 
these are the beginynnge off sorowes. 

Then shall they '^ put you to trouble/ and shall kyll you/ 
and ye shalbe hated off all nacions fFor my names sake : and 
then shall many fall/ and shall betraye won another/ and shall 
hate won the other/ and many falce prophetes shall aryse/ 
and shall deceave many : and because iniquite shall ^ have the 
vpper hande/ the love of many shall ^ abate. But he that en- 
dureth to the ende shalbe safe. And this Gospell off the 
kyngdom shalbe preached in all the worlde/ for a witnes vnto 
all nacions/ and then shall the ende come. 

When ye then shall se the abominacion ^^and desolacion 
(spoken of by Daniell the prophet) stonde in the holy place : 
whosoever redeth it/ i^ let hym vnderstonde it. Then let 
them which be in iury flye into the mountaynes. And lett 
hym whych is on the housse toppe/ not come doune to take 
enytinge out of his housse. Nether let hym which is in the 
felde/ returne backe to fetche his clothes. Wo ^^ be in those 
dayes to them that are with chylde/ and to them that geve 
sucke. Butt praye thatt youre flyght be not in the winther/ 
nether on the saboth daye. For then shall be greate tribula- 
cion/ suche as was not from the beginynge off the worlde to 
this tyme/ ner shalbe. Ye and except those dayes shulde be 
shortened/ shulde no flesshe be saved : Butt for the ^^ chosens 
sake those dayes shalbe shortened. 

Then yff eny man shall saye vnto you : lo/ here is Christ/ 
or there ^"^ [ is Christ ] : beleve it not : fFor there shall aryse 
falce christes/ and falce prophetes/ and shall ^^geve greate 

3 Bps. inserts — It will come to passe that ye, etc. * Fame, T.M. 
Tydinges, C?'. Rumours, Gen. Bps. » Famine, Gen. Bps. ®Here 
and there, Ccv. T.M. In all places, Cr. In divers places. Gen. In 
certaine places, Bps. ' Deliver you up to be afflicted, Gen. ^ Be 
increased. Gen. Abounde, Bps. ^ Waxe cold. Gen. Bps. 

1° That betokeneth desolation, T. M. Desolation, Cr. Gen. Bps. 
" Marke it wel, Cov. ^^ Shal be, Cr. Gen. Bps. *' Elects, Gen. 
[So vs. 31.] ^* Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^^ Do [shewe, Cr.} great 

miracles, T. M. Cr. 



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m^ ©ospell of S. IWatDeto. ©Ij. nm- 

signes and wonders. ^^ So greatly that yff it were possible/ 
1' even the chosen shulde be brought into erroure. Take hede 
I have tolde you before. Yff they shall saye vnto you : lo/ 
he is in the desert/ go not forth : yff they saye : lo/ he is in 
the secret places/ beleve nott. For as the lightnynge cometh 
out off the eest/ and shyneth unto the weest : so shall the 
commynge off the sonne of man be. For wheresoever ^^ a 
deed body is/ even thyther wyll the egles ^^ resorte. 

Immediately after the tribulacions off those dayes/ shall the 
sun be derkeneth : and the mone shall not geve her light/ and 
the starres shall fall from heven/ and the powers of heven 
shall move And then shall appere the sygne of the sonne off 
man in heven. And then shall all the kynreddes of the erth 
morne/ and they shall se the sonne of man come in the cloudes 
of heven with power and greate maieste : and he shall sonde 
his angelles with the great ^^ voyce of a tromp/ and they shall 
gadder togedther his chosen from the fower wyndes : 21 and 
from the one ende off ^^ the worlde to the other. 

Learne a similitude of the fygge tree : when his braunches 
are yet tender/ and ^ his leves spronge/ ye knowe that som- 
mer is nye. So lyke wyse when ye se all these thynges/ be 
ye sure that it is neare even at the dores. Verely I saye vnto 
you/ thatt this generacion shall not passe/ tyll all be fulfylled. 
Heven and erth shall ^^ perisshe : but my wordes shall ^ abyde. 
But of that daye and houre knowith no man/ no not the angels 
of heven but my father only. 

As the tyme of Noe was/ so lyke wyse shall the commynge 
of the sonne off man be. For as in the dayes before the floud : 
they dyd eate and drynke/ mary/ and were maried/ even vnto 
the daye that Noe entred in to the ^ shyppe/ and knewe of 
nothynge tyll the floud cam and toke them all awaye. So 
shall also the commynge off the sonne off man be. Then two 
shalbe in the feldes/ the one shalbe receaved/ and the other 
shalbe ^"^ refused, two shalbe gryndinge at the myll : the one 
shalbe receaved/ and the other shalbe ^8 refused. ^9 

^^ Insomuch that, Cr. Bps. So that, Gen. i7 Xhe very elect 

shall be deceived, T. M. Cr. [Gen. Bps. similar.] ^^ A deade car- 

kasse, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Be gathered together, Cr. Bps. 

^ Sounde, Gen. Bps. 21 Eyen from the hyghest partes of heaven 

untyil the endes thereof, Cr. ^^ Heaven, Cov. Gen. Bps. ^ It 

bringeth forth leaves, Gen. ^ Passe away [Passe, Cr.] Gen. Bps. 
^ Not [in no wise, B.] passe away. Gen. Bps. ^ Arke, Gen. Bps. 
«7 Regarded not, Cov. ^ Left alone, Bps. ^ Cov. Cr. add 

— Two in a bed : the one receaved and the other refused. 



iTo. rv'oth m^ ©fospell of <S. |«atfieto. 

Wake therefore/ because ye knowe nott what houre youre 
master wyll come. Off this be sure/ that 5^ the good man off 
the housse knewe what houre the thefe wolde come : he wold 
suerly watche/ and not suffre his housse to be ^^ broke vppe. 
Therfore be ye also redy/ for ^i what houre ye tinke leest on/ 
in the same shall the sonne of man come, who is a faythfull 
servaunte and wyse/ whom his master hath made ruler over 
his housholde/ ffor to geve them meate ^^in season conven- 
ient ? happy is that servaunt whom hys master (when he 
cometh) shall finde so doinge. Verely y sale vnto you/ he 
shall make him ruler over all his goodes. but and yif the evyll 
servaunte shall saye in his herte/ my master wyll ^3 differ his 
commynge/ and begynn to smyte his felowes : ye and to eate 
and to drynke with the dronken : that servauntes master wyll 
come in a daye when he loketh not for hym : and in an houre 
that he is not ware of/ and wyll ^4 devyd hym/ and geve hym 
his 35rewarde with ypocrites. There shalbe wepinge and 
gnasshinge of tethe. 

Srtje XV^, Ci)a})ter, 

''T^HEN the kyngdom of heven shalbe likened vnto x virgins/ 
-^ which toke their lampes/ and went to mete the bryd- 
grom : 1 fyve of them were folysshe/ and fyve were wyse. the 
foles toke their lampes/ but toke none oyle with them, but the 
wyse toke oyle with them in their vysselles with their lampes 
also, whyll the brydgrome taryed/ all slombred and slepte. 
And even at mydnyght/ there was a crye made : beholde the 
brydgrome cometh/ goo and mete hym. Then all those vir- 
gins arose/ and ^ prepared their lampes. And the folysshe 
sayde to the wyse : geve us of youre oyle/ for oure lampes 
3 goo oute ? but the wyse answered/ sayinge : not so/ lest 
there be not ynought for vs and you/ but goo rather to them 
that sell/ and by for youre selves. ^ In conclusion whyll they 
went to bye/ the brydgrom cam ; and they that were redy/ 
went in with hym to the ^weddinge/ and the ^gate was shett 
vppe : Afterwardes cam also the other virgins/ sayinge : mas- 

3® Digged through, Gen. ^^ In the houre that ye thynke [he 

wold not, T. M.] not, Cr. T. M. Gen. Bps. ^^ In season, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. ^^ Be long a comming, Cr. Bps. ^ Hewe hym in pa- 

ces, Cov. Cr. Bps. Cut him off, Gen. ^ Portion, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

^ Cr. adds — and the bryd. ^ Trimmed, Gen. - ^^j-ggonout, 

Cr. Bps. Are out, Gen. ^ And while they went, etc. ^11 the. 

Vers. 5 Maryage, Cr. Bps. ^Doore, Bps. 



':>* 



®i)e ffiospell of S. |Eat|)eto. ©!), n^» 

ter master/ open to vs. but he answered/ and sayde : verely I 
saye vnto you : y knowe you not. "^ loke that ye watche there- 
fore/ for ye knowe nether the daye nor yet the houre/ when 
the Sonne of man shall come. 

^ Lykwyse as a certayne man redy to take his iorney to a 
straunge countre/ called hys servauntes to hym/ and delyver- 
ed to them hys goodes. And vnto won he gave v. talentes/ 
to another ij. and to another one : to every man after his abil- 
ite/ and streyght waye ^ departed. Then he thatt hadde re- 
ceaved the fyve talentes/ went and i^ bestowed them, and 
^1 wane other fyve. Lykwyse he that receaved ij. gayned 
other ij. but he that receaved one/ went and digged ^^ a pitt in 
the erth and hyd his masters money. After a longe season 
the lorde of those servauntes cam/ and reckoned with them. 
Then cam he that had receaved fyve talentes and brought 
other fyve sayinge : ^^ master/ thou deliveredes vnto me fyve 
talentes/ lo I have gayned with them fyve moo. His master 
saide vnto him : well good servaunt and faythful/ Thou hast 
bene faythfull i^ in lytell/ I will make the ruler over moche/ 
entre in into thy masters ioye. Also he that receaved ij tal- 
entes cam/ and sayde : master/ thou delyveredes unto me ij 
talentes/ lo I have wone ij other with them, his master saide 
vnto hym/ well good seiTaunt and faythfull thou hast bene 
faythfull in litell/ I woll make the ruler over moche/ go in into 
thy masters ioye. 

He which had receaved the one talent cam also/ and said : 
master/ ^^ I considered that thou wast an harde man/ which 
repest where thou sowedst not/ and gadderest where thou 
strawedst not/ and was affrayde/ and went and hyd thy talent 
in the erth : lo/ thou hast ^^ thyn awne. his master answered/ 
and sayde vnto hym : evyll servaunt and slewthfull/ i'^ thou 
knewest that I repe where I sowed nott/ and gaddre where I 
strawed nott : thou oughtest therefore to have had my money 
to the IS chaungers/ and then at my commynge shulde I have 
receaved ^^ my money with vauntage. Take therefore the 

7 Watch therefore, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ For [the kingdom of 

hcavenl is as a man, that going into, etc. Gen. ^ Went from home, 
Geji. Tooke his journey, Bps. ^° Occupied with the same, Gov. 

Cr. Gen. Bps. " Gained, Gen. Made them, 5//5. ^^j^ the 

earth, Cr. Gen. Bps. i3 Syr, Cr. Lorde, Bps. [So, vs. 22.] 

^•* Over fewe thinges — many things, Cr- Gen. Bps. [So, vs. 23.] 
*^ I knewe thee, etc. Cr. Bps. ^^That thine is, Cr. Bps. 

^' Knewest thou, Cov. ^^ Exchaungers, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Myne 
owne, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

E* 



iFo, rV^tt]. S^fje 6fospell of S. JWati)em. 

talent from hym/ and geve hit vnfo him which hath x talentes. 
for vnto every man that hath shalbe geven/ and he shall have 
aboundance. And from hym that hath not/ shalbe taken 
awaye/ even that he hath. And cast that vnprophetable ser- 
vaunt into vtter dercknes/ there shalbe ^^ wepynge/ and gnassh- 
inge of theth. 

When the sonne of man shall come in hys maiestie/ and all 
hys holy angelles with him/ then shall he sytt vppon the seate 
of his maiestie/ and before hym shalbe gaddred all nacions. 
And he shall sever them won from another/ as a shepherde 

21 putteth asunder the shepe from the gootes. And he shall 
sett the shepe on his right honde/ and the gotes on his lyfte 
honde. Then shall the kynge saye to them on his right honde : 
Come ^ye blessed children of my father/ inheret ye the 
kyngdome prepared for you from the ^3 beginninge of the 
worlde. for I was anhongred/ and ye gave me meate. I 
thursted/ and ye gave me drinke. I was ^^ herbroulesse/ 
and ye ^ lodged me. I was naked and ye clothed me : I was 
sicke and ye visited me. I was in preson and ye cam vnto me. 

Then shall the ^^ iuste answere hym say inge : master/ when/ 
sawe we the anhongred/ an feed the ? or a thurst/ and gave 
the drynke ? when sawe we the herbroulesse/ and lodged the ? 
or naked and clothed the ? or when sawe we the sicke/ or in 
preson and cam vnto the ? And the kynge shall answere/ and 
saye vnto them : verely I saye unto you : in as moche as ye 
have done it vnto won of the leest of these my brethren : ye 
have done it to me. 

Then shall the kynge saye vnto them that shalbe on the 
lyfRe hande : departe from me ye coursed into everlastinge 
fire/ which is prepared for the devyll and hys angels. For I 
was an hungred/ and ye gave me no meate. I thursted/ and 
ye gave me no drynke. I was herbroulesse/ and ye lodged 
me nott. I was naked/ and ye clothed me nott. I was sycke 
and in preson/ and ye visited me not. 

Then shall they also answere hym sayinge : master when 
sawe we the anhungred/ or a thurst/ or herbroulesse/ or na- 
ked/ or sicke/ or in preson/ and have not ministred vnto the ? 
then shall he answere them/ and saye : Verily I say vnto you/ 
in as moche as ye dyd it nott to won off the leest of these/ ye 

^ Wayling, Cov. ^i Divideth, T. M. Cr. Bps. Separateth, Gen. 

22 Ye blessed, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Foundation, Gen. Bps. ^ A 
stranger, Gen. Bps. [So, vvs. 38, 43, 44.] ^ Took me in, Cr. Gen. 
Bps. [So, vvs. 38, 43.] 26 Righteous, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



^ / 



dyd it nott to me. And these shall go into everlastinge payne : 
And the rightous into lyfe eternall. 

Wqz %x\i\, €i)apter. 

A ND hit folowed : when Jesus had fynisshed all these say- 
^-^ inges/ he sayd vnto his disciples : ye knowe that after .ij. 
dayes shalbe ester/ and the sonne of man shalbe delyvered 
for to be crucified. 

Then assembled togedder the chefe prestes and scrybes and 
seniours of the people in to the palice off the hye preste/ which 
was called Cayphas : and heelde a counsell/ ho we they mygt 
take Jesus by suttelte/ and kyll him : butt they sayd/ not on 
the 1 holy daye/ lest ^eny trouble aryse amonge the people. 

When Jesus was in bethany/ in the housse of Symon the 
lypper/ then cam vnto him a woman/ which had ^ an alablas- 
ter boxe of '* precious oyntment/ and powred it on his heed as 
he sate att the bourde. when his disciples saw that/ they had 
indignacion sayinge : ^ what neded this wast ? This oynt- 
ment myght have been ^well soldo/ and geven to the povre. 
When Jesus vnderstood that/ he sayde vnto them : why trou- 
ble ye the woman ? she hath wroght a good worke apon me. 
for ye shall have the ^ poore folke alwayes with you/ Butt me 
shall ye not have all wayes. And in that she caste d this 
oyntment on my body/ she dyd hit to buiy me with all. Ver- 
ely I saye vnto you/ wheresoever this gospell shalbe preached 
throughoute all the worlde/ there shall also thys thatt she hath 
done/ be tolde for a memoriall of her. 

Then won of the twelve called Judas iscarioth went vnto 
the chefe prestes/ and sayd : whatt wyll ye geve me/ and I 
wyll delyver hym vnto you? And they ^apoynted vnto hym 
thyrty peces of sylver. And from that tyme he sought opor- 
tunite to betray e hym. 

The fyrst day of vnlevended breed the disciples cam to Je- 
sus sayinge vnto hym : where wylt thou that we prepare for 
the to eate the ester lambe ? And he said . Go into the cite/ 
vnto souche a man/ and saye to hym/ the master sayeth/ my 
tyme ^ ys almoste come/ 1 will kepe myne ester att thy housse 
with my disciples. And the disciples dyd as Jesus had 
apoynted them/ and made redy the ester lambe. 

^ Feast daye, Gen. Bps. ^ Any Uproar, Gen. Bps. ^ A boxe, 

Cov. Gen. ^ Very costly, Gen. ^ Whereto serveth, Gov. Cr. 

To what purpose is, Bps. ® Solde for much. Gen. Bps. ^ The 

poore, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Offered, Cov. ^ Is at hand, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



When the even was come/ he sate doune with the xij. and 
as they dyd eate/ he sayde : Verely I sale vnto you/ that won 
of you shall betraye me. And they were excedinge sorofull/ 
and began every man to saye vnto hym : ys hit I master ? 
he answered and sayde : he that depeth his honde with me in 
the disshe/ shall betray me. The sonne of man goeth as yt is 
wrytten of him : but wo be to that man/ by whom the sonne 
of man shalbe betrayed. It had bene good for that mann/ yff 
he had never bene borne. 

Then Judas which betrayed him/ answered and sayde : Ys 
yt I master ? He sayde vnto hym : thou haste saide. As 
they ate/ Jesus toke breed/ and gave thankes/ brake it/ and 
gave it to his disciples/ and sayde : Take/ eate/ thys ys my 
body. And toke the cuppe/ and ^^ gave thankes/ and gave it 
them/ sayinge : drinke ^^ of it every won. This ys my bloudde 
of the newe testament/ which shalbe shedde for many/ for the 
^2 forgevenes of synnes. I saye vnto you : I wyll not drynke 
hence foorth of this frute of the vyne tree/ vntyll that daye/ 
when I shall drynke it newe with you in my faders kyngdom. 

And when they had i^gayd grace/ they went out into 
mounte olyvete. Then sayd Jesus vnto them/ all ye shall 
fall this nyght because of me. For yt ys wrytten : I wyll 
smyte the shepherde/ and the shepe of the flocke shalbe scat- 
tered abroode. But after I am rysen agayne/ I wyll goo be- 
fore you into galile. Peter answered/ and sayde vnto him : 
though all men shulde be hurte by the/ yet wyll not I be 
hurte. Jesus sayde vnto hym : verely I saye vnto the/ that 
thys same night before the cocke crowe/ thou shalt deny me 
thryse. Peter sayde vnto hym : Yff I shulde dye with the/ 
yet wyll I not denye the. lyke wyse also sayde all the disci- 
ples. 

Then went Jesus with them in to ^^ a place/ which ys call- 
ed gethsemane/ and sayed vnto hys disciples : sitt ye here 
whyll I go and praye yonder. And he toke with hym Peter 
and the two sonnes of zebede/ and began to wexe sorofull and 
to be 1^ in an agony. Then sayd Jesus vnto them : my soule 
is hevy even vnto the deeth : Tary ye here and watche with 
me. And he went away a lytell ^^aparte/ and fell flatt on hys 
face/ and prayed sayinge : O my father/ yf it be possyble/ 

10 Thanked, Cr. T. M. ^^ Ye all of it, Cr. Gen. Bps. 12 Rp. 

mission. Ml the Vers. ^^ Sung a Psalme, Gen. Prayed (God) Bps. 
** Unto a farme place, etc. Cr. ^^ Heavye, Cr. Bps. Grievous- 

ly troubled, Geii. ^^ Farther, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



» 7 



lett this cuppe passe from me. neverthelesse/ not as I wyll/ 
butt as thou wylt. And he cam vnto hys disciples/ and founde 
them aslepe/ and sayde to Peter : what/ coulde ye not watch 
with me one houre ? watche and praye/ that ye ^"^ fall not in- 
to temptacion. The spirite ys ^^ willynge/ but the flesshe is 
weeke. 

He went agayne ons moare/ and pryed/ sayinge : O my 
father/ yf this cuppe can nott passe awaye from me/ but that 
I drynke of it/ thy will be fulfylled. And he cam/ and founde 
tliem aslepe agayne. For there eyes were hevy. And he 
lefFte them and went agayne and prayed the thrid tyme say- 
inge the same wordes. Then cam he to hys disciples and 
sayd vnto them : ^^ Slope hence forth/ and take youre reest. 
Take hede the houre is at honde/ and the sonne of man shal 
be betrayed in to the hondes of synners. Ryse/ lett vs be 
goinge/ he is at honde that shall betraye me. 

Whyll he yet spake/ lo/ Judas won of the twelve cam/ and 
with him a greate multitude with sweardes and staves/ whych 
were sent from the chefe prestes and seniours of the people. 
He that betrayed hym/ gave them a token/ sayinge : whom- 
soever I kysse/ that same is he/ ^^ ley hondes on him. And 
forth withall he cam to Jesus/ and sayde : ^^ hayll master. 
And kyssed hym. And Jesus sayde vnto him : frende/ wher- 
fore arte thou come .'* Then cam they and layed hondes on 
Jesus and toke him : 

And beholde/. won of them which were with Jesus/ stretch- 
ed oute his honde and drue his swearde/ and stroke a ser- 
vaunt of the hye preste/ and smote of his eare. Then sayde 
Jesus vnto hym : putt vppe thy swearde in to his sheathe. 
For all they that 22 ley hond on the swearde/ shall perysshe 
with the swearde. Other thynkest thou that I can not praye 
my father/ ^Sand he shall ^'^geve me moo thenxij. legions of 
angelles ? howe then shall the scriptures be fulfylled/ for so 
muste it be. 

The same tyme sayd Jesus to the multitude : ye be come 
out as it were vnto a ^^ thefe/ with sweardes and staves for to 
take me : dayly I sate amonge you teachinge in the temple/ 
and ye toke me not. All this was done that the scriptures off 

17 Enter, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Readye, T. M. Gen. ^^ Slepe on 

no we. Cr. 20 fjolde hym fast, Cr. Bps. ^i Qq^ gave thee, 

Master, Gen. 22 T^^i^Q^ Cr. Gen. Bps. 23 Tq ge^d me, Cov. 

^■* Geve me (even nowe), Cr. Cause to stand by me, Bps. ^^ Mur- 
therer, Cov. 



Sfo, nP 2i:j)e ffiospell of &. |»ati)elB. 

the prophettes myght be fulfilled. Then all his disciples for- 
soke him and fleed. And they toke Jesus and leed hym to 
Cayphas the hye preeste/ where the scrybes and the senyours 
were assembled. Peter folowed hym a farre of/ vnto the hye 
prestes ^ place. And went in/ and sate with the servauntes 
to se the ende. 

The chefe prestes/ and the seniours/ and all the counsell/ 
sought false witnes ageinste Jesus/ for to put him to deeth/ 
and they founde none. ^"^ in so moche that when many false 
wytnesses cam yet founde they none. At the last cam two 
false wytnesses/ and sayd : This ^ felowe saide : I can^^ dis- 
troye the temple of God/ and bylde the same in iij dayes. 

And the chefe preste arose/ and sayde to hym : answerest 
thou ^Onothinge ? ^i howeis it that these beare witnes ageynst 
the ? butt Jesus helde hys peace : And the chefe preeste an- 
swered/ and said to hym : I charge the ^2 in the name off the 
lyvinge god/ that thou tell vs whether thou be christ the sonne 
of god : Jesus sayd to hym : thou haste sayd. Neverthelesse 
I saye vnto you/ here after shall ye se the sonne of man S3rtt- 
inge on the right honde of power/ and come in the clowddes 
of 33 the skye. 

Then the hye preste rent his clothes sayinge ? He hath 
blasphemed : what nede we off eny moo witnesses ? Lo/ 
nowe have ye herde his blasphemy : what thincke ye ? They 
answered and sayd : he is 34 worthy to dye. Then spat they 
in hys face/ and 35bett him with there fistes. And other 
smote him with the palme of there hondes on the face/ sa- 
ynge : 36 tell vs/ thou Christ/ who ys he that smote the ? 

Peter sate without in the palice/ and a damsell came to hym 
saynge : Thou also waste with Jesus of galile : he denyed 
before them all sayinge : I woot not what thou sayst. When 
he was goone out into the poorche/ another wenche sawe hym 
and sayd vnto them that were there/ Thys felowe was also 
with Jesus of nazareth. And agayne he denyed 37 with an 
oothe/ and sayde : I knowe nott the man. And after a whyle 
cam vnto hym they that stode bye/ and sayde vnto Peter : 

^ Palace, Cr. T. M. Bps. Hall, Gen. ^ Yea, when many, etc. 

Cr. Bps. And though many, etc. Gen. ^Man, Gen. ^ Breake 
down. Cot). ^ Nothing unto it, that these testify. Gov. ^^ Why 
do these, etc. Cr. What is the matter that [that which, Bps ] these, 
Gen. Bps. ^^ By the living God, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Heaven, 

Gen 34 Gyltye of death, Cov. ^^ Buffetted, T. M. Cr. Gen. 

Bps. 36 Prophecie unto, Cov. Gen. Bps. ^7 A^d swore also, 

Cov. 



1ft I 



E\ie (ffiospell of S. i«ati)eb). ©1). n^q, 

suerly thou art even won of them/ for they speache bewreyeth 
the. Then began he to course and to sweare/ that he knewe 
not the man. And immedyatly the cocke krewe. ^s^^d 
Peter remembred the wordes of Jesu/ whych he sayde vnto 
hym : before the cocke crowe/ thou shalt denye me thryse. 
And went out at the dores/ and wepte bitterly. 

'VJUU.EN the mornynge was come/ all the chefe prestes and 
^ ^ senyours oif the people helde a counsayle agenst Jesu/ 
to put hym to deth/ and brought hym bounde and delyvered 
hym vnto Poncius Pylate the debyte. 

Then when Judas which betrayed hym/ sawe that he was 
condempned/ he repented him sylfe/ and brought ageyne the 
XXX. iplattes off sylver to the chefe prestes and senyoures 
saynge : I have synned betraynge the innocent bloud. And 
they sayde : what is that to vs ? se thou to that. And he cast 
doune the sylver plates in the temple/ and departed/ and went 
and hounge hym sylfe. 

The chefe prestes toke the sylver plattes and sayd : it is 
not lawfull for to put them in to ^the treasury/ because it is 
^the prjxe of bloud. And they toke counsell/ and bought 
with them a potters felde to bury strangers in. wherfore that 
felde is called/ ^ the felde of bloud/ vntyll this daye. Then 
was fullfylled / that which was spoken by Jeremi the prophet/ 
sayinge : and they toke xxx. sylver plates/ the ^ value of him 
that was prysed/ whom ^ they bought of the chyldren of isra- 
hel/ and they gave them for the potters felde/ as the lorde ap- 
poynted me. 

Jesus stode before the debite/ and the debite axed him/ 
saynge : Arte thou the kynge of the iewes ? Jesus sayd vnto 
hym : Thou sayest. when he was accused of the chefe preestes 
and senioures/ he answered nothinge. Then sayd Pilate 
vnto him : hearest thou not howe "^ many thinges they laye 
agenste the ? and he answered him to never a worde. in so 
moche that the debyte marveylled ^ very sore. 

^ Then thought Peter upon, etc. Cov. ^ Silver pens, Cov. 

Silver peeces, Gen. Bps. [So, tvs. 5, C] ' God's chest, Cov. 

3 Blood money, Cov. ■* Cr. inserts — (Aceldama, that is.) * The 
price of him that was valued, Cr. Gen. Bps. " They of the chil- 

dren of Israel vaiiued. Gen. ' Sore they accuse thee, Cov. Many 

witnesses they lay, Cr. Many things they witnesse, Bps. ^ Great- 
lye, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



Att that feest/ the debyte was wonte to deUver vnto the pe- 
ple a presoner whom they wolde chose. He hade then a no- 
table presoner/ called Barrabas. And when they were gad- 
dered together/ Pilate sayde vnto them : whether wyll ye that 
y 9geve losse vnto you barrabas/ or Jesus which is called 
Cryst ? For he knewe well/ that for envy they had delyver- 
ed him. 

When he was sett doune ^^ to geve iudgement/ his wyfe sent 
to hym/ sayinge : have thou nothinge to do with that iuste 
man/ 1 have suffered many thinges this dayein ^^my slepe 
aboute hym. 

The chefe preestes and the seniours had parswaded the 
people/ that they shulde axe barrabas/ and shulde destroye 
Jesus. The debite answered and sayde vnto them : whether of 
the twayne will ye that I lett losse vntO you ? And they sayde/ 
barrabas. Pilate sayde vnto them : what shall I do then with 
Jesus/ which is called Crist ? They all sayde to him : lett 
hym be crucified. Then sayde the debite : what evyll hath 
he done ? And they cryed i^the more saynge : lett him be 
crucified. 

When Pilate sawe that he ^^pj-evayled nothinge/ butt that 
moare I'^busenes was made/ he toke water and wasshed his 
hondes before the people sayinge : I am innocent of the bloud 
of this iuste person/ ^^ and that ye shall se. Then answered 
all the people/ and sayde : his bloud fall on vs/ and on oure 
children. Then lett he Barrabas loose vnto them/ and scourg- 
ed Jesus and delyvered him to be crucified. Then the soud- 
eours of the debite toke Jesus vnto the comen hall/ and gad- 
dered i^ vnto him all the company. And stripped hym/ and 
put on hym a ^^ purpyll roobe/ and platted a croune off thornes 
and putt vpponhis heed/ and a rede in his ryght honde. And 
bowed theire knees before him/ i^ saying : ^^ hayle kinge of 
the lews/ and spitted vppon hym/ and toke the rede and smoote 
hym on the heed. 

And when they had mocked him/ they toke the robe off 
hym ageyne/ and put his awne reyment on him/ and leed hym 
awaye to crucify hym. And as they cam out/ they founde a 

^ Let loose, T. M. Gen. '^ On the judgment seate, Cov. Gen. 

Bps. " A dreame because of [by reason of, G.] him, Gen. Bps. 

'* Exceedingly, Bps. ^^ Availed, Gen. '* Tumult, Gen. 

^' On your parell be it, Tav. See [Look, Gen.] ye to it. Gen. Bps. 
^^ The whole multitude over him, Cov. Unto hym all the bande, Gen. 
Bps. Bps. adds — (of soldiers.) ^"^ Scarlet, Gen. Bps. ^^ Jill the 
Vers, add — They mocked him. ^^ God save thee, Gen. 



%r ^ 



man of cyren/ named Simon : him they compelled to beare 
his crosse. And cam vnto the place/ which is called golgo- 
tha (that is to saye a place of ^^ deed mens seniles) and they 
gave him veneger to drynke myxte with gall. And when he 
had tasted there of/ he wolde not drinke. 

When they had crucified hym/ they parted his garmentes/^ 
and did cast lottes. To fulfyll that was spoken by the proph- 
et : They ^^ have parted my garments amonge them : and 
apon my vesture have cast loottes/ and they sate and watched 
hym there. And they sett vppe over his heed ^ the cause of 
his deeth written. This is Jesus the kinge of the iewes. And 
there were two theves crucified with hym/ won on the right 
honde/ and another on the lyfte honde. 

They that passed by/ revyled hym waggynge ther heeddes 
and sayinge : Thou that destroyest the temple off God/ and 
byldest it in thre dayes save thy sylfe. If thou be the sonne 
of God/ come doune from the crosse. Lykewyse also the 
^ prelates mockinge hym with the scribes and seniours sayde : 
He 24 saved other/ hym sylfe -^ he can not ^4 save. YfF he be 
the kynge off Israhell : let hym nowe come doune from the 
crosse/ and we woll beleve hym. He trusted in God/ lett 
God delyver hym nowe yf he will have hym/ for he sayde/ I 
am the sonne off God. That same also the theves/ which 
were crucified with hym cast in his tethe. 

From the sLxte houre was ther dercknes over all ^s the londe 
vnto the nynth houre. And about the nynth houre Jesus cry- 
ed with a loude voyce/ sayinge : Eli Eli lama sabathani. 
That is to saye/ my God/ my God/ why hast thou forsaken 
me ? Some of them that stode there/ when they herde that 
sayde : This man calleth for Helias. And streyhtway won 
off them ranne and toke a sponge and filled it full of venegar/ 
and put it on a rede/ and gave hym to diynke. Other sayde 
let be/ let vs se whyther Helias wyll come '-^"^ and delyver hym. 
Jesus cryed agayne with a lowde voyce and yelded vppe the 
goost. 

And beholde the vayle of the temple was rent in ^^ two par- 
ties from the toppe to the bottom/ and the erth did quake/ and 
the stones did rent/ and graves did open/ and the bodies off 
many sayntes which slept/ arose : and cam out off their graves 



^ A skulle, Bps. ^^ Divided, Gen. ^"^ His cause [accusation, 

JB.] Gen. Bps. ^ High Priestes, All the Vers. 2« Hath helped 

others — helpe, Gov. ^^ Can he not save, Cr. Bps. ^ The earth, 
Gov. ^ And [To, B.} save him, Gen. Bps. ^ Twain, Gen, 
F 



after his resurreccion/ and cam in to the holy cite/ and appe- 
red vnto many. 

When the ^ pety captayne/ and they that were with hym 
watchinge Jesus/ sawe the erth quake and those thynges which 
hapened/ they feared greatly sayinge. ^o Qff ^ surete this 
was the sonne oif God. 

And many women were there/ beholdinge hym afarre off/ 
which folowed Jesus from Galile/ ministringe vnto hym : 
amonge the which was Mary magdalen/ and Mary the mother 
31 off James and the mother of Joses/ and the mother off Ze- 
bedes ^2 chyldren. 

When the even was come/ there cam a ryche man ^^ of 
Aramathia named Joseph/ which same also was Jesus disciple. 
He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pi- 
late commaunded the body to be delivered, and Joseph toke 
the body/ and wrapped it in a clene lynnyne clooth/ and put 
it in his newe tombe/ which he had he wen out even in the 
roke/ and rolled a greate stone to the dore of the sepulcre and 
departed. There was Mary magdalene/ and the other Mary 
sittinge over agenste the sepulcre. 

The nexte daye that foloweth 3"^ good frydaye/ the hye 
prestes and pharises got them selves to Pilate/ and sayde : 
Syr/ we remember/ that this deceyver sayde whyll he was 
yet alyve/ After thre dayes y wyll aryse agayne/ comaunde 
therefore that the sepulcre be mayde sure vntyll the thyrd 
daye/ lest paraventure his disciples come/ ^^ and steale hym 
awaye/ and saye vnto the people/ he ys rysen from deeth : 
And then the laste erroure shalbe worsse then the first was. 
Pilate sayde vnto them : ^6 Take watche men : Go and make 
ytt as sure as ye can. They went and made the sepulcre sure 
with M^atche men/ and sealed the stone. 

29 Centurion, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bjps. 3° Truely, Cr. Gen. Bps- 

'^ Of James and Joses, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Sonnes, Gen- 

33 From (the citie of) Arimathea, Bjis. ^ The daye of preparing- 

Cr. Bps. The preparation of the Sabbath, Gen. ^5 Q^n, Bps, 

add — by night. ^6 Ye have the watche, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



4> 

m^ «fospell of S. i«at|)eto. «!>. ):j:bfif. 

1 HP HE saboth daye att even which dauneth the morowe af- 

-*- ter the saboth/ Mary magdalene and the other Mary 
cam to se the sepulcre. 

And beholde there was a greate erth quake. For the an- 
gell of the lorde descended from heven : and cam and rowlled 
backe the stone ffrom the dore/ and sate apon it. His coun- 
tenaunce was lyke lyghtnynge/ and his rayment whyte as 
snowe For feare of hym the kepers 2 were astunnyed and 
were as deed men. 

The angell answered/ and sayde to the wemen/ Feare ye 
not. I knowe well ye seke Jesus which was crucified : he is 
not here : he is rysen as he sayde. Come/ and se the place 
where the lorde was put. And goo quickly and tell his dis- 
ciples that he is rysen from deeth. Ajid beholde/ he wyll go 
before you into Galile/ there ye shall se hym. Lo I have 
tolde you. 

And they departed quickly from the sepulcre with feare 
and great ioye. And did runne to bringe his disciples worde. 
And as they went to tell his disciples, beholde/ Jesus mett 
them sayinge : ^ God spede you. They cam and held hym 
by the fete and worshypped hym. Then sayde Jesus vnto 
them : be not afrayde : Go and tell my brethren/ that they 
goo into galile/ and there shall they se me. When they were 
gone, beholde/ some of '*the kepers cam in to the cite/ and 
shewed vnto the ^ prelattes/ all thinges whych had hapened. 
And they gaddered them togedder with the senioures/ and 
toke counsell/ and gave ^ large money vnto the senders/ 
saynge : Saye that his disciples cam be nyght/ and stoole hym 
awaye whyll ye slept. And yf ^this come to the ^ rulers 
eares/ we wyll ^ pease him/ and ^^ make you safe. And they 

^ Upon the evening of the sabbath holy-day which dawneth the mor- 
row of the first day of the sabbaths, etc. Cov. [So, Cr. omitting ' holy- 
day' and ' the raorow of']. In the ende of the sabbath which dawneth 
the first of the week, Bps. Gen. similar. ^ Were troubled, Cov. 

Did shake, Bps. ^ All hayle, T. M. Cr. Bps. God save you, 

Gen. * The watche, Gen. Bps. ^ Hye Prestes, All the Vers. 

^ Money enough, Cov. ' The governoure heare of this, Gen. 

® Deputie's, Bps. ^ Still, Cov. Persuade, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^'^Bfrnge 
it to passe that ye shall be safe, Cov. Save you harmlesse, T. M. 

Cr. 



jFo. nviih S'|)e CKospell of <S. J^^t^e\3i, 

toke the money and did as they were taught. And this saynge 

is noysed amonge the iewes vnto this daye. Then the xi. 

disciples went there waye into gahle/ in to a mountayne 

where Jesus had appoynted them. And when they 

sawe hym/ they worshypped hym. But some of them 

douted. Jesus came and spake vnto them/ saynge : 

All power ys geven vnto me in heven/ and in 

erth. Goo therefore and teache all nacions/ 

baptisynge them in the name of the father/ 

and the sonne/ and the holy goost : 

Teachinge them to observe all 

thynges/ whatsoever I com- 

maunded you. 

And lo I am with you ^^ all 

waye even vntyll the 

ende off the 

worlde. 



11 Every day, Cov. 



47 






^Bpii^Ia begynnyng off the Gospell of Jesu Christ the sonne 
^EU off God/ as yt ys written in the prophettes/ beholde I 
sende my messenger before thy face/ whych shall prepare thy 
waye before the. The voyce of won that cryeth in the wil- 
dernes : prepare ye the waye off the lorde/ make his pathes 
streyght. 

Jhon did baptise in the wildernes/ and preache the baptism 
1 of repentaiince/ for the remission of synnes. And all the 
londe of iewry/ and they of Jerusalem went out vnto hym/ 
and were all baptised of hym in the ryver Jordan/ ^ knowled- 
gynge theire synnes. 

Jhon was clothed with cammylles heer/ and ^vyth a ^ ger- 
dyll off a ^ [beestes] skyn about hys loynes. And he ate lo- 
custes and wylde hony/ and preached saynge : a stronger 
than I commeth after me/ whos shue latchett I am not worthy 
to stoupe doune and vnlose. I have baptised you with water : 
but he shall baptise you with the holy goost. 

And yt came to passe in those dayes/ that Jesus cam from 
nazareth/ a cite of galile : and was baptised of Jhon in Jor- 
dan. And ^ immediately he cam out of the water/ and sawe 
the hevens ^ open/ and the ^ holy goost descendinge vppon him 
lyke a dove. And there cam a voyce from heven : Thou 
arte my dere sonne/ in whom I delite. 

And immediatly the sprete drave hym into a wildernes : 

^ Of amendment, Cov. Gen. adds — of life. ^ Confessynge, All 

the Vers. ^ Lg^therne gyrdle, Co». '^ All the Vers. omit. ^^g 
soone as he was come up, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Cloven in 

twaine, Gen. ' Spirits, Cr. Bps. 
F* 



iFo, rw^^' 2ri)e ffiosjiell of S. il^arfee. 

and he was there in the wyldemes xl. dayes/ and was tempt- 
ed off Satan/ and was with wylde beestes. And the angels 
ministred vnto hym. 

After that Jhon was taken/ Jesus cam in to gahle/ preach- 
ynge the gospell off the kyngdom of god/ and saynge : the 
tyme ys ^ful come/ and the kyngdom of god is even att 
honde/ ^ repent and beleve the gospell. 

As he walked by the see of galile/ he sawe Simon and An- 
drewe his brother castinge nettes in to the see/ for they were 
fysshers. And Jesus sayde vnto them : folowe me/ and I 
wyll make you to be fysshers of men. And they strayght 
waye forsoke their nettes/ and folowed him. 

And when he had gone a lytell further thens/ he sawe James 
the Sonne off zebede/ and Jhon his brother/ ^^ even as they 
were in the shippe ^^ dressynge their nettes. And anon he 
called them. And they leeft their father Zebede in the shippe 
with his hey red servauntes/ and went their waye after hym. 

And they entred in to capernaum/ and streight waye on 
the sabot dayes he entred in to the sinagogge and taught. 
And they i^mervelled att hys i^iearninge. for he taught 
them as won whych had power with him/ and not as the 
scrybes did. 

And there was in the sinagogge/ a man vexed with an vn- 
clene spirite/ and he cryed sayinge : ^"^ lett me a lone : what 
have we to do with the Jesus of nazareth ? arte thou come to 
destroie vs ? I knowe what thou arte/ thou arte ^^that holy 
man promysed of god. And Jesus rebuked him/ saynge : 
hoolde thy pace and com out of the man. And the vnclene 
spirite tare him/ cryed out with a lowde voyce/ and cam out 
of him. And they were all amased/ in so moche that they 
demaunded won off another among them selves/ saying : 
what thinge ys thys ? what newe doctrine is thys ? for he 
commaundeth the foule spirites with power/ and they obeye 
him. Anon his name spreed abroade throughoute all the re- 
gion borderynge on galile. 

And immediatly as sonne as they were com out of the 
sinagogge/ they entred in to the housse of Symon and An- 
drew with James and Jhon. Symones ^^ motherelawe lay 

s Fulfilled, Gen. ^ Amende yourselves, Cov. ^° Which also 

were, etc. Cr. Bps. As they were, etc. Gen. " Mendyng, T. M. 

Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Were astonied, Cr. Gen. Bjjs. ^^ Doctrine, 

Gen. 14 Let be, T. M. Let us alone, Bps. Alas ! [Ah ! G.] what 

have we, etc. Cr. Gen. ^^ That holye one of God, T. M. Cr. Gen. 

Bps. 16 Wives mother, Gen. Bps. 



47 

mt ®^ospell of &. I^arfee. ©iJ. ff. 

sicke of a fiver/ and annon they told hym of her. And he 
cam and toke her by the honde and lifte her vppe/ and the 
fiver forsoke her by and by : And she ministred vnto them. 

And at even when the sun was doune/ they brought vnto 
him all that were diseased/ and them that were ^"^ possessed 
with devyls and all the cite gaddred togedder at the dore/ and 
he healed many that were sycke of dyvers diseases. And he 
cast out many devyls : and suffered not the devyls to ^^ speake/ 
because they knewe him. 

And in ^^ the moorninge very erly/ ^^ Jesus arose and went 
out in to a solitary place/ and there prayed. And Simon and 
they that were with hym folowed after hym. And when they 
had founde him/ they sayde vnto him : all men seke for the. 
and he sayd vnto them : let vs go in to the nexte tounes/ that 
y maye preache there also : for ^^ truly I cam out for that 
purpose, and he preached in their sinagogges/ throughout 
all galile/ and cast devyls out. 

And there cam a leper to him besechinge him/ and kneled 
doune vnto him/ and sayde vnto him : yf thou wylt/ thou arte 
able to make me clone. Jesus had compassion on him/ and 
put forth his honde/ touched him/ and sayde vnto him : I 
will/ be clene. and as sone as he had spoken/ immediately 
the leprosy departed from him/ 22 and he was clensed. And 
23 he charged hym/ and sent him awaye forthwith, and sayd 
vnto him : Se that thou tell no man/ but gett the hence and 
shewe thy sylfe to the preste/ and offer for thy clensynge/ 
those thinges which Moses commaunded/ for a testimonial! 
vnto them. But he (as sone as he was departed) began to 
tell many thinges and to publyshe the dede/ in so moche that 
Jesus coulde no more openly entre in to the cite/ but was 
with out in desert places/ and they came to him from every 
quarter. 



STije if. (?tf)nj)tev. 

A FTER a feawe dayes he entred into Capernaum againe/ 

and it was noysed that he was in a housse : and anon 

many gaddered togedder/ in so moche that ^ nowe there was no 

*7 Vexed, Cr. Bps. ^^ Say that they knewe him, Gen. ^^ One 
morning, Tav. ^ Gen. Bps. add — before day. ^^ Therefore am 
I come, Or. Bps. ^^ And hee sent him awaye, etc. Cr. ^ After 
he had given him a straight commandment. Gen. Bps. ^ The 

places aboute the doore coulde not receyve any more, Gen. 



roume to receave them : no/ ^ nott in places about the dore. 
And he preached vnto them. And there cam vnto hym that 
brought wone sicke off the palsey/ borne off fower men : and 
be cause they coulde not com nye vnto hym for ^preace : 
They ^ opened the rofe of the housse where he was. And 
when they had broken yt open/ they lett doune ^ the beed 
where in the sicke of the palsey ley/ When Jesus sawe their 
fayth/ he sayde to the sicke of the palsey/ sonne thy synnes 
are forgeven the. 

There were certeyne of the scrybes syttinge/ and reason- 
inge in their hertes : ^ howe doeth thys felowe blaspheme ? 
who can forgeve synnes/ but god only ? And immediatly 
when Jesus perceaved in his sprete/ that they so reasoned in 
them selves/ he saye vnto them : why thynke ye soche thinges 
in youre hertes ? whether ys it easyer to saye to the sicke of 
the palsey/ thy synnes ar forgeven the : or to saye/ aryse/ 
take vppe thy beed and walke ? That ye may knowe that 
the Sonne of man hath power in erth to forgeve sinnes/ he 
spake vnto the sicke of the palsey : I saye vnto the/ aryse and 
take vp thy beed/ and get the hens in to thyne awne housse. 
And by and by he arose/ toke vp hys beed/ and went forth 
before them all. in so moche that they were all amased/ 
and glorified god/ sayinge : we never sawe ^ it on thys 
fassion. 

And he went out agayne vnto the see/ and all the people 
resorted vnto hym/ and he taught them. And as Jesus passed 
by/ he sawe levy the sonne of alphey/ sytt att the receyte of 
custome/ and sayde vnto him : folowe me. And he arose and 
folowed hym. And yt cam to passe/ as Jesus sate att meate 
in his housse/ many pubplicans and synners sate att meate 
also with Jesus and his disciples. For there were many that 
folowed him. And when the scribs and pharises sawe him 
eate with publicans and synners/ they sayde vnto his disciples : 
howe is it/ that he eateth and drynketh with publicans and 
synners ? when Jesus had herde that/ he sayd vnto them. 
The whole have no nede of the visicion : but the sicke. I 
cam s to cal the sinners to repentaunce/ and not the iuste. 

And the disciples of Jhon and of the pharises did faste/ and 
they cam and sayde vnto him. Why do the disciples of Jhon 

2 No, not so much as about, etc. T. M. Cr. Bps. ^ The people, 

Cov. The multitude, Gen. '^ Uncovered, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

^ Cr. adds — (with cords.) ^ Why doth he speake, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

'' Such a thing, Gen. ^ Not to cal the righteous but sinners, etc,. 

T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



me ©osjiell of S. |«arfee. €t). fff. 

and off the pharises faste/ and thy disciples fast nott. And 
Jesus sayde vnto them : can the chyldren of ^ a weddinge 
faste/ whils the brydgrome is with them ? As longe as they 
have the brydgrome with them/ they cannot faste. Butt the 
dayes wyll come when the brydegrome shalbe taken from 
them/ and then shall they faste in thoose dayes. 

Also no man soweth a pece of newe cloth vnto an olde 
garment/ for ^^ then taketh he awaye the newe pece from the 
olde/ and so is the rent worsse. 

In lyke wyse/ no man poureth newe wyne in to olde vess- 
elles/ for yf he do the newe wyne breaketh the vesselles/ and 
the ^vyne runneth out/ and the vessels are i^marde. Butt 
newe wyne must be poured in to new vesselles. 

And it chaunsed that he went thorowe the corne feldes on 
the sabboth daye/ and his disciples 12 [as they went on their 
waye/] began to plucke the eares of come/ And the pharises 
sayde vnto him : Take hede why do they on the sabboth daye 
that which is vnlaufull ? And he sayde vnto them : have ye 
never redde what David did/ when he had nede/ and was an- 
hongred both he and they that were with him ? howe they 
went into the housse of God in the dayes of Abiathar the hye 
preste/ and ate the halowed loves/ which is not laufull but for 
the prestes only to eate : and gave also to them which were 
with him ? And he sayde to them : the saboth daye was 
made for man/ and nott man for the saboth daye. Wherfore 
is the Sonne of man lorde even of the saboth daye. 

2ri)e iff. ®f)a})tcr. 

A ND he entred agayne into the synagog/ and there was a 
•^■^ man which had a widdred honde : and they watched him/ 
to se/ yf he wolde heale him on the saboth daye/ that they 
myght accuse hym. And he saide vnto the man whych had 
the widdred honde : aryse and stonde in the middes. And he 
saide to them : whether ys it laufull 1 to do a good dede on 
the saboth daye/ or ^ an evyll ? 2 to save a mannes life/ or to 
kyll ? Butt they helde their peace. And he loked rounde 
aboute on them ^ angrely mornynge on the ^ blindnes of their 
herttes/ And sayd to the man : stretch forth thyne honde : 

^ The marriage chamber, Gen. ^° Els the newe piece taketh 

away the filling up from the old, Gen. Other wayes his newe peece 
taketh awaye (somewhat) from the olde, etc. Bps. ^^ Lost, Gen. 

J2 Cr. Bps. omit. 1 To do good— to do evyll, Cr. Bps. 2 Tq 

save [the, G.] life, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ With anger, mourning 

on, etc. Cr. Bps. ■* Hardenesse, Bps. 



Jfo. r^jrbf. Slje (Siosptll of S. I^atfee. 

and he stretched it forth : and the honde was restored/ even 
as whole as the other. 

The pharises departed/ and streyght waye gaddred a coun- 
sell with ^ them that belonged to Herode agaynst hym/ that 
they myght destroye him. And Jesus avoyded with his dis- 
ciples to the see : and a greate multitude folowed him from 
galile and from Jewry/ and from Hierusalem/ and from Idu- 
mea/ and from beonde Jordane : and they that dwelled about 
Tyre and Sidon/ a great multitude : which when they hade 
herde ^ what thynges he did/ cam vnto him. 

And he comaunded his disciples/ that a shippe shulde wayte 
on him/ because off the people/ leste they shulde throunge 
hym. for he had healed many/ in so moche that they preased 
apon him/ for to touche him/ as many as had plages and when 
the vnclene sprites sawe him/ they fell doune before him/ and 
cryed sayinge : thou arte the sonne of God : And he ''' streyght- 
ly charged them that they shulde not ^ vtter him. 

And he went vppe into a mountayne/ and called vnto him 
whom he wolde/ and they cam vnto him. And he ^ ordeined 
the twelve that they shulde be with him/ and that he myght 
sende them to preache. And that they might have power to 
heale syknesses and to cast out devylles. And ^^ he gave vn- 
to Simon/ to name/ Peter. And he called James the sonne 
of Zebede/ and Jhon James brother/ and gave them bonarges 
to name/ which is to saye the sonnes of thounder. And An- 
drewe and Philippe/ and Bartlemewe and Mathewe/ and 
Thomas/ and James the sonne of Alphey/ and Taddeus/ and 
Symon ^^ of cane/ and Judas iscarioth/ whiche same also be- 
trayed hym. 

And they cam vnto housse/ and the people assembled to- 
gedder agayne/ so ^^ greattly that they had nott leesar so moche 
as to eate breed. And when i3 they that i"^ longed vnto hym 
herde off it/ they went out to i^ holde hym. For they ^^ sayde/ 
i*^ he ys to fervent. And the scribes which came from Jeru- 
salem/ sayde : he hath Beelzebub/ and by the ^^ power off the 

^ Herode's officers, Cov. The Herodians, Gen. Bps. ^ Of his 

noble acts, Cov. "^ Sharply rebuked them, Gen. ® Make him 

known, Cr. Bps. ^ Appointed, Gen. *° And the first was Si- 

mon, and he named Simon, Peter, Gen. ^^ The Cananite, Gen. 

Bps. 12 That they coulde not so much as, etc. Gen. Bps. ^^ His 
kinsfolk, Gc/i. ^4 Belonged, Cr. Bps. ^^ Lay holde [hands, G.] 

upon him, Cr. Gen. Bps. *^ Thought he had been besyde him- 

selfe; T. M. Gen. ^^ He taketh too much upon him, Cov. He is 
mad, Cr. Bps. ^^ Chief devyll, Cr. Prince of the devils. Gen. Bps. 



Srf)e ffiospell of S. ifHavke. ©I), tttj. 

chefe devyll/ casteth out devylles. And he called them vnto 
hym/ and in similitudes sayde vnto them. 

Howe can Satan drive out Satan ? And yf a ^^ realme be 
devided ageynst it silfe/ that ^^ realme cannot endure. And 
if a housse be devided agaynste it silfe/ that housse cannot 
continue : So if Satan make insurreccion agaynst him silfe/ 
and be devided/ he can not continue/ but hath an ende. No 
man can entre into a stronge mans housse/ and take awaye 
hys gooddes/ excepte he fyrste bynde that stronge man and 
then spoyle hys housse. 

Verely I saye vnto you that all synnes shalbe forgeven vn- 
to 20 mens chyldren : and blasphemy/ where with they blas- 
pheme, but he that blasphemeth the holy goost/ shall never 
have forgeveness : but is 21 in daunger of eternall dampnacion. 
For they sayde/ he had an vnclene sprete. 

And there cam his mother and his brithren/ and stode with 
oute/ and sent vnto him and called hym : and the people sate 
aboute hym/ and sayde vnto hym : beholde thy mother and 
thy brethren seke for the with out. And he answered them/ 
saynge : who ys my mother/ and my brethren ? And he loked 
rounde about on his disciples/ which ^^ sate in compasse about 
hym/ and sayde : beholde my mother/ and my brethren/ For 
who soever doeth the will off god/ he is my brother/ my sys- 
ter and mother. 



A ND he began agayne to teache them by the see syde. 
"^^ And there gadered to gedder vnto hym moche people/ 
so gi'eatly that he entred in to a shippe/ and sate in the see/ 
and all the people was by the see syde on the shoore/ And he 
1 taught them many thynges in similitudes/ and sayde vnto 
them in his doctrine : Herken to. Beholde/ The sower went 
forth to sowe/ and it fortuned as he sowed/ that some fell by 
the waye syde/ and the fowles off the ayre cam and devoured 
it vppe. Some fell on a stony grounde : where it had not 
moche erth : and by and by sprange vppe/ because it had not 
deepth of erth/ and as sone as the sun was vppe it caught 
heet : and because it had nott rotynge it wyddred awaye. And 
some fell amonge the thornes/ and the thornes grewe vppe 

*^ Kingdome, Gen. ^ The children of men, Gen. Bps. ^i Guil- 
tie of the everlasting judgment, Cov. Culpable of, etc. Gtn. ^ Sat 
aboute him, Bps. ' Preached long, Cov. 



and choked it/ so that it gave no frute. And some fell apon 
good grounde : and did yelde frute that spronge and grewe : 
and brought forthe some thirty folde/ some ^ fourty folde/ and 
some an hundred folde. And he sayde vnto them : He that 
hath eares to heare/ lett hym heare. 

When he was alone/ they that were/ aboute hym with the 
twelve axed hym of the similitude. And he saide vnto them : 
To you it is geven to knowe the mistery of the kyngdom of 
God/ But vnto them that are with out/ shall all thinges be 
done in similitudes : that when they se/ they shall se/ and not 
discerne : and when they heare they shall heare/ and not vn- 
derstonde : leste at any tyme they shulde tourne/ and their 
synnes shulde be forgeven them. And he sayde vnto them : 
Perceave ye not this similitude. And ho we ^ye shall knowe 
all similitudes ? 

The sower soweth the worde. "* These be they whiche are 
by the wayes syde/ where the worde is sowen/ to whom as 
sone as they have herde itt/ commeth ^the devyll and takith 
awaye the worde that was sowen in their hertes. And these 
also are they that ^ are sowen on the stony grounde : which 
when they have herde the worde/ att once they receave it 
with ''' ioye/ yett have no rote in themselves/ and so endure but 
for a season : afterwarde as sone as eny trouble or persecu- 
cion ariseth for the wordes sake/ anon they fall. And these 
are they that are sowen amonge the thornes/ which heare the 
worde of god/ and the care of this worlde and the disseytful- 
nes of lyches/ and the lustes of other thynges entre in/ and 
choocke the worde/ and it is made vnfrutfull. And these are 
they that are sowen in good grounde/ which heare the worde 
and receave it/ ^ and biynge forth frute : some thirty folde/ 
some sixty folde/ some an hundred folde. 

And he sayde vnto them/ is the candle lighted/ to be put 
vnder a busshell/ or vnder ^ the horde ? ys it not therfore 
lighted that it shulde be put on a candelsticke ? For there is 
no thing ^^ so prevy/ that shall nott be opened : nether ^i so 
secreet/ butt that it shall ^^ come abroade. Yf eny man have 

2 Syxtye, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Then shoulde ye understande 

[will ye know, C] all other, Cr. Gen. "* And (they whereof 

some be rehearsed to be by the wayside) are those where, etc. Cr. 
And these are they that receive the seed by the wayside, etc. Gen. 
^ Satan, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Recey ved the seed Cr. Gen. Bps. 

[&opost.'\ '' Gladnesse, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. » gg ^h^t one 

come dothe bring forth, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ The table, T. M. 

Cr. Gen. Bps. i" Hid, Gen. " Is there a secret, Gen. ^^ Be 

known, Cov. Come to light, Gen. 



mt ffiospell of S. fWarfee. «:$. ufj. 

eares to heare/ lett him heare. And he sayd vnto them : take 
hede what ye heare. With what measure ye mete/ with the 
same shall i^itbe measured vnto you agayne. And vnto you 
that 14 have shall more be geven. For vnto hym that hath/ 
shall it be geven : And from hym that hath nott/ shalbe taken 
awaye/ even that he hath. 

And he sayd : so is the kingdom of God/ even as yf a man 
shulde sowe seede in the grounde/ and shuld slepe and rise vp 
night and daye : and the seede shulde springe/ and gi'owe vppe 
1^ whyll he is not ware. For the erth bryngeth forthe frute off 
her silfe/ first the blad/ then the eares/ after that full come in 
the eares. As sone as the frute ^^ is brought forth/ anon he 
throusteth in the sykell be cause that her vest is come. 

And he sayde : where vnto shall we lyken the kyngdom 
off God ? or with what compareson shall we compare it ? It 
is lyke a grayne off mustardseed/ which when it is sowen in 
the erth/ is ^"^ the leest of all seedes that be in the erth : And 
after that it is sowen it groweth vppe/ and is greatest of all 
yerbes : and bereth greate braunches so that the fowles off the 
ayre maye ^^ dwell vnder the shadowe of it. 

And with many soche similitudes he preached the worde 
vnto them/ i^ after as they myght heare it. And with out 
similitude spake he nothinge vnto them. But when they were 
''^^ a parte/ he expounded all thinges to his disciples. And the 
same daye when even was come he sayde vnto them : lett vs 
passe over into the other syde. And they ^^ late the people 
departe and toke hym even as he was in the shippe. There 
were also with him ^ other shippes. 

And there arose a great storme of wynde/ and dasshed the 
waves into the shippe/ so that it was full. And he was in the 
Sterne a slepe on a pelowe. And they awoke hym/ and sayde 
vnto hym : Master/ carest thou nott that we perisshe ? And 
he rose vppe and rebuked the w^-nde/ and sayde unto the see : 
peace and be still. And the wynde ^alayed/ and there fol- 
owed a greate calme : and he sayde vnto them : why are ye 
fearfull ? Howe is it that ye have no faythe ? And they 



^^ Other men measure, etc, Cr. ^* Heare, Ccn. ^^ He not 

knowing how, Gen. Bps. ^^ Shev\-eth itselfe. Gen. ^^ Lesse 

than al seedes that be, etc. Bps. ^^ Make their nestes. Cr. Builde, 
Gen. ^^ As they were able to heare it. Gen. Bps. "^ Alone, Cr. 
Bps. 21 Lefte t^g people [multitude, G.] T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

22 More shippes, Cov. Other little sh'ipps, Bps. 23 Ceased, Cr. Gen, 



feared excedingly/ and sayde won to another : 24 what felowe is 
this ? for booth wynde and see obey hym. 

S:i)e b. €t)aj)ter. 

A ND they cam over to the other syde off the see in to the 
-^^ country of the gaderens. And when he was come out of 
the shippe/ 1 anon mett hym out of the ^ graves a man possess- 
yd of an vnclene sprete/ which had his abydinge amonge the 
gi^aves. And no man coulde bynde hym ^ with cheynes/ be 
cause that when he was often bounde with fetters and cheynes/ 
he plucked the chaynes asundre/ and brake the fetters in pe- 
ces. Nether coulde eny man tame him. And alwayes boothe 
nyght and daye he cryed in the mountaynes and in the graves 
and '*bet hym silfe with stones. When he had spied Jesus 
afarre of/ he ranne/ and ^worshipped him/ and cryed with a 
lowde voyce and sayde : what have I to do/' with the Jesus 
the Sonne of the ^ moost hyest god ? I '^ requyre the in the 
name of god/ that thou torment me nott. For he had sayd 
vnto hym/ Come forthe of the man thou fowle sprete. And he 
axed hym : what is thy name ? and he anshwered hym/ my 
name is Legion/ for we are many. And he prayed hym 
instantly/ that he wold nott sonde them awaye out of that re- 
gion. 

There was there nye vnto the mountayns a greate heerd of 
swyne fedinge/ and all the devyls besought hym saynge : 
s send vs in to the heerde off swyne/ that we maye enter in to 
them. And anon Jesus gave them leave/ And the vnclene 
spretes went out and entred in to the swyne. And the heerd 
9 starteled/ and ran hedlyng into the see. They were ^^ about 
ij M. swyne/ and they were ^^ drouned in the see. And the 
swyne heerdes fleed/ and tolde it in the cite/ and in the ^^coun- 
tre. And they cam out for to see/ what had hapened/ And 
they cam out to Jesus/ and they sawe hym that i^ ^as vexed 
with the fende and had the legion sytt/ both clothed and in his 
right mynde and were a frayed. And they that sawe it tolde 
them/ howe it had hapened vnto hym that was possessed off 

24 Who is this, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Furthwith, Tav. Incontinent- 

ly, Gen. [So, G. vs. 13.] ^ Tombes, Bps. [So post.] 3 No, 

not with, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. * Strook, Gen. Al to cutting him- 
selfe, Bps. ^ Fell downe before him. Gov. ^ Most High, Gen. 

' Charge thee by God, Gen. ^ Let us depart, Cov. ^ Ranne 

[Was carried, C] headlong, Cr. Gen. Bps. Gen. adds — from the high 
banke. ^° Almost, Cr. ^^ Choaked, Bps. ^^ Fieldes, Cr. 

^^ Had bene possessed with the devyll, Gen. [So vs. 18.] 



' I 



the devyll/ and also of the swyne. And they began to praye 
hym/ that he wolde departe from their coostes. And when 
he was come in to the shippe/ he that had the devyll prayed 
hym that he myght be with hym : Jesus wolde not sofFre him 
but sayde vnto him : goo home in to thyne awne housse and 
to thy frendes/ and shewe them i^ what thinges the lorde hath 
done vnto the/ and howe he had compassion on the. And he 
departed/ and began to publisshe in the ten cites/ what 
thinges Jesus had done vnto hym/ and all men did merveyle. 

And when Jesus was come over agayne in the shippe vnto 
the other syde/ moche people gaddered vnto hym/ and he was 
nye vnto the see. And beholde/ there cam vnto hym won of 
the rulers of the sinagogge/ whose name was Jairus : and 
when he sawe hym/ he felle doune att his fete/ and besought 
hym greatly/ saynge : my i^ doughter lyith att poynt of deeth/ 
16 1 wolde thou woldest come and ley thy honde on her/ that 
she myght be safe and live. And he went with hym/ and 
moche people folowed hym/ and thronge hym. 

And there was a woman/ whiche was diseased off an yssue 
off bloude twelve yeres/ and had suffered many thinges of 
many fisicions/ and had spent all that she had/ and ^^ felte 
none aiiiendment at all/ But ^^ wexed worsse and worsse. 
When she had herde off Jesus : she cam into the preace be- 
hynde hym/ and tewched hys garment. For she sayde : Yf 
I maye butt tewche his clothinge/ I shall be whole. And 
streyght waye ^^ her fountayne of bloude was dreyed vppe/ 
and she felt in her body that she was healed off the plage. 

And Jesus immediatly felt in him silfe/ the vertue that went 
out off hym/ and tourned hym rounde aboute in the preace/ 
and sayde : Who ^^ tewched my clothes ? And his disciples 
sayde vnto hym : thou seist the people ^^ thrustinge the ^ [on 
every syde/] and yet sayest : who did tewche me ? And he 
loked round about/ ffor to se her thatt had done that thinge. 
The woman feared and trembled/ for she knewe what was 
done with in her. And she cam and fell doune before hym 
and tolde hym ^3 the trueth of every thinge. And he sayde 

14 How great things, T. M. Or. Gen. Bps. [So vs. 20.] ^= Gen. 

adds — little. Bps. — young. ^^Let it be thy pleasure to come, Cov. 
I pray thee [that thou wouldst, G.] come, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ j^ 

availed her nothing, Gen. ^^ Rather was worse and worse, [the 

worse, J5.] Cr. Bps. She became much worse. Gen. ^^ The course 
of her, etc. Gen. 20 d^^ touche me, Bps. ^i Throng, Gen. 

«« Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^ All the truth, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



jFo. rVP]:. S:t)e €Kospell of «S. H^arS^e. 

vnto her Doughter/ thy fayth hath ^4 saved the/ goo in peace/ 
and be whole off thy plage. 

Whyll he yet spake/ there cam from the ruler of the sina- 
gogis housse/ certayne which sayde : thy doughter is deed : 
why deseasest thou the master eny further ? As sone as Je- 
sus herde thatt worde spoken/ he sayde vnto the ruler of the 
synagoge : Be not afrayed/ only beleve. And he suffred no 
man to folowe hym ^^nioo then Peter/ and James/ and Jhon 
James brother. And he cam vnto the housse of the ruler off 
the synagoge/ and sawe the '^ wondrynge and them that wepte 
and wayled greatly/ And he went in and sayde vnto them : 
Why make ye this adoo and wepe ? The ^^ mayden is not 
deed/ but slepith. And they lawght hym to scorne. Then 
he put them all out/ and toke the father and the mother off 
the mayden/ and them that were with hym/ and entred in 
where the mayden laye/ And toke the mayden by the honde/ 
and sayde vnto her : Tabitha/ cumi : which is by interpreta- 
cion : mayden I say vnto the/ aryse. And streight the may- 
den arose/ and ^8 went on her fete. For she was of the age 
of twelve yeres. And they were astonied at it out of measure. 
And he charged them stray tely/ that no man shulde knowe off 
it. And commaunded to geve her meate. 



2ri)e bj". ®t)aj?ter. 

A ND he departed thens/ and cam in to his awne countre/ 
~^ and his disciples folowed hym. And when the saboth 
daye was come/ he began to teache in the synagoge. And 
many that herde hym ^ were astonyed/ and sayde : From 
whens hath he these thinges ? and what wysdom is this that is 
geven vnto him ? and suche ^vertues that are wrought by his 
hondes ? Ys not this that carpenter Marys sonne/ the brother 
off James/ and Joses and Juda and Simon ? and are not his 
sisters here with vs ? And they were hurt by the reason of 
him. And Jesus sayde vnto them : a prophet is not ^ despys- 
ed but in his awne countre/ and amonge his awne kynne/ and 
amonge them that are of the same houssholde. And he 
coulde there shewe no myracles butt leyd his hondes apon a 

2* Made thee whole, Gen. ^ Save, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Tu- 

mult, Gen. Bps. « Childe, Gen. [So post.] ^s talked, Cr. 

Gen. Bps. ^ Marvelled at his learning, Gov. ^ Miracles, Ta, 

Great [mightie, B.} workes, Gen. Bps. [So vs. 5.] ^ Without 

honour. Gen. Bps. 



E\iz ©ospell of S. |«arfee. €1). bf. 

feawe sicke foolke and healed them. And he merveyled at 
their vnbelefe. 

And he went aboute by the ^ tounes that ^ lye in circuiter 
ieachynge. And he called the twelve/ and began to sende 
them/ two and two/ and gave them power over vnclene sprites. 
And commaunded them"/ that they shulde take notthinge vnto 
their Jorney/ save a rodde only : Nether scrippe/ nether 
breed/ nether mony in their ^ pourses : butt shoulde be shood 
with sandals. And that they shulde not put on two coottes. 
And sayd vnto them : whei-soever ye entre into an housse/ 
there abyde tyll ye departe thens. And whosoever shall nott 
receave you/ nor heare you/ when ye departe thens/ shake of 
the duste that is vnder youre fete for a "^ remembraunce vnto 
them. I say verely vnto you/ itt shalbe easyer for Zodom 
and Gomor/ att the daye ofFiudgement/ then for that cite. 

And they went out and preached/ that they shulde repent : 
and they caste out many devylles. Ajid they annoynted/ 
many that were sicke with oyle and heal-ed them. 

And kynge Herodc herde of him/ for his name was ^ spreed 
abroade/ Ajid 1^ said : Jhon baptiste is risen agayne from 
deeth/ and therfore ^myracles i^worke in hym. Wother 
sayd/ it is Helyas : and some sayde : it is a prophet/ or as 
won of the prophettes. ^^ But when Herode herdc of him he 
sayd : it is Jhon whom I beheded/ he ys risen from deeth 
agayne. 

For Herode him silfe/ had sent forth/ ^^ and had taken Jhon/ 
and 13 bounde him and cast him into preson for Herodyas sake 
which was hys brother Philippes wyfe. For he had maried 
her. Jhon sayde vnto Herode : It is not laufuU for the to 
have thy brothers wyfe. Herodias ^^ layd waite for him/ and 
wolde have killed him/ butt she coulde nott. For Herode 
feared Jhon/ knowynge that he was iuste and holy/ and gave 
him reverence/ And when he herde him he did many thinges/ 
and herde him gladly. 

1^ And when a convenyent daye was come. Herode on hys 
birth daye made ^^ a supper to the lordes/ captaynes/ and chefe 

* YillsLges, Bps. ^ Laye on every side, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

* Girdles, Cov. Gen. ' Witnesse, T.M. Cr. Gen. Witnesse against, 
Bps. ^ Now known, Cov. ^ Great workes are wrought by him, 
Gen. Mightie workes do shewe forthe themselves in him, Bps. 
'•^ Are wrought by, T. M. Cr. " So when, etc. Gen. ^'^ Cr. adds 
— men of warre. ^^ Bound him in preson, Gc7i. Bps. ^* Had a 

quarrel agaynst him. Gen. ^^ And the time being convenient, 

when Herode, etc. Gen. ^® A banquet to his princes, Ge7i. 



iFo. rl. Efit €5os|)ell of <S. i^arfee. 

estates of galile. And the doughter of the same Herodias cam 
in and daunsed/ and pleased Herode and them that sate att 
bourde also/ Then the kinge sayd vnto the mayden : axe of 
me what thou wilt/ and I will geve it the. And he sware vnto 
her whatsoever thou shalt axe of me/ I will geve it the/ even 
vnto the one halfe of my kyngdom. And she went forth and 
sayde to her mother : what shall I axe ? And she sayde : 
Jhon baptistes heed. And she cam in streight waye with 
haste vnto the kinge/ and axed sayinge : I wyll that thou geve 
me 1^ by and by in a charger the heed of Jhon baptist. And 
the kinge was sory : yet for hys othes sake/ and for their sakes 
which sate att supper also/ he wolde not ^^ put her besyde her 
purpost. And immediatly the kynge sent the hangman and 
commaunded his heed to be brought in. And he went and 
beheeded him in the preson/ and brought his heedde in a 
charger and gave hit to the mayden/ and the mayden gave it 
to her mother. When his disciples herde of it/ they cam and 
toke vppe his body/ and i^ put it in a toumbe. 

And the apostles gaddered them selves togeddre to Jesus/ 
and tolde him all thynges/ booth what they had done/ and 
what they had taught. And he sayd vnto them : come ye 

20 aparte into the wyldernes/ and rest a whyle. For there 
were many commers and goers. And they had no leasur 

21 wons for to eate. And he went by shippe asyde out off the 
waye into a desertt place. And the people spyed them when 
they departed : and many knewe him/ and 22 they hasted afote 
thether out of every cite/ and cam thyther before them/ And 
cam togedder vnto hym. And Jesus went out and sawe 
moche people/ and had compassion on them/ be cause they 
were lyke shepe whych had no sheppherde. And he began 
to teache them many thinges. 

And when the daye was nowe farre spent/ his disciples cam 
vnto him sayinge : thys ys a desert place/ and nowe the daye 
ys farre passed/ lett them departe/ that they maye goo in to 
the 23 countrey rounde about/ and in to the tounes/ and bye 
them breed : for they have nothinge to eate. He answered 
and sayde vnto them : geve ye them to eate. And they sayde 
vnto hym : shall we goo and bye ij. C. peny worth of breed/ 
and geve them to eate ? He sayde vnto them : howe many 

^^ Even now, Gen. ^^ Cast hir off, Cr. Bps. Refuse her. Gen. 

^^ Laid it in a grave, Cr. ^ Alone out of the way, Cr. Bps. 

21 So muche as, T. M. Cr. Bps. ^^ Ranne a foote, T. M. Cr. Gen. 

Bps. Ranne afore, Tav. ^ Villages and townes about, Gen. 



Of 

Ct)e CKospell of <S. i^arfee. €|j. bj. 

loves have ye ? Goo and loke. And when they ^4 had serch- 
ed/ they sayde : v. and .ij. fysshes. And he commaunded 
them to make them all sytt doune/ by companyes apon the 
grene grasse. And they sate doune ^^ here arowe and there 
arowe/ by houndredes and by fyfties. And he toke the v. 
loves and the .ij. fysshes and loked vppe to heven and ^6 blest/ 
and brake the loves/ and gave them to hys disciples to put be- 
fore them/ and the ij. fysshes he devyded amonge them all. 
And they all ate/ and were satisfyed. And they toke vppe 
twelve basketes full ^7 off the gobbettes and of the fysshes. 
And they that ate were about fyve thousand men. 

And streyght waye he caused hys disciples to goo into a 
shippe/ and to goo over the water before vnto Bethsaida/ whill 
he sent awaye the people. And as sone as he had sent them 
awey/ he departed into a mountaine to praye. And when 
even was come/ the shippe was in the myddes of the see/ and 
he alone on the londe/ and he sawe them ^8 troubled in row- 
inge/ for the wynde was contrary vnto them. And aboute 
the fourth quartre of the night/ he cam vnto them/ walkinge 
apon the see/ and wolde have passed by them. When they 
sawe him walkinge apon the see/ they supposed yt had bene 
a sprete/ and cryed oute : For they all sawe hym/ and they 
were ^^ a frayed. And a non he talked with them/ and sayde 
vnto them : be of good chore/ it is 1/ be not afrayed. And he 
went vnto them into the shippe/ and the wynde ceased/ and 
they were ^^ sore amased in them selves beyonde measure/ 
and marveyled. For they ^i remembred nott off the loves/ 
be cause their hertes were ^^ blynded. 

And they cam over/^^ and went into the londe off genaza- 
reth/ and ^^ drue vp into the haven. And as sone as they 
were come out off the shippe/ streyght they knewe him/ and 
ran forth through out all the region rounde about/ and began 
to cary aboute in beeddes all that were sicke/ when they 
herde tell that he was there. And whither soever he entred 
into the ^^ tounes/ or cites/ or vyllages/ they leyde their sicke 
in the stretes/ and prayed hyme/ thatt they myght touche and 

24 Knewe it, Gen. ^ By rowes, by hundreths, and by fifties, Gen. 
26 Gave thanks, Gov. Gen. ^ Thereof, Cr. Of the fragments Gen. 
Bps. 28 jn peril, Gov. ^ Sore afraid. Gen. Troubled, Bps, 

^° Astonied and marvelled exceedingly. Gov. ^^ Had forgotten, 

Gov. Had not considered, Gen. Understood not (ickat was done) , Bps. 
32 Hardened, Gen. Bps. ^ Gr. adds — the water. ^* Arrived, 

Gen. ^ Villages or cities or fields, Bps. 



iFo. )rlf. Eiit €Kos|)cll of S. m^xU, 

hit wer but the ^^ edge off hys vesture. And as many as 
touched hym were ^"^ safe. 



A ND the Pharisees cam togedder unto hym/ and dyvers off 
the scribes which cam from Jerusalem. And when they 
sawe certayne of hys disciples eate breed with ^common 
hands (that is to saye/ with vnwesshen hondes) they ^ com- 
playned. For the pharises/ and all the Jewes/ excepte they 
washe their handes ofte/ eate not/ observinge the tradicions of 
the seniours. And when they come from the markett/ except 
they washe them selves they eate not. And many other 
thinges there be/ which they have taken apon them to observe/ 
as the wasshinge of cuppes and ^ cruses/ and of brasen ves- 
sels and of tables. 

Then axed hym the pharises and scribes : why walke not 
thy disciples accordinge to the ^ tradicions of the seniours/ butt 
eate ^ breede with vnwesshen hondes ? He answered and 
sayde vnto them well prophesied hath Esayas of you ypo- 
ciytes as it is written : This people honoreth me with their 
lyppes/ but their hert is farre from me : In vayne ^ they 
worshippe me/ teachinge "^ doctryns which are nothinge but 
the commandementes off men/ for ye laye the commande- 
ment of God aparte/ and ye observe the tradicions of men as 
the wessinge off cruses and off cuppes/ and many other suche 
lyke thinges ye do. 

And he sayde vnto them : well/ ye ^ putt awaye the com- 
mandement of God/ to mayntayne your owne ^ tradecions. 
For Moses sayde : Honoure thy father and thy mother : and 
whosoever i^ sayeth evyll to his father or mother/ let hym 
11 dey for it. But ye saye : a man shall saye to his father or 
mother Corban/ that is/ ^^ whatsoever thynge I offer/ that 
same doeth proffiit the. And ye soffre no more that a man do 
eny thynge for his father or mother/ and thus have ye made 
the commaundement off God off none ^^ effecte through youre 

^^ Hemme, T.M. Cr. Bps. ^^ Made whole, Gen. Bps. ^ Defi- 
led, Bps. 2 Found fault, Bps. ^ Pottes, Gm. Bps. [So vs. 8.] 
* Custome ordeined by the elders, Cr. ^ Meat, Gen. ^ Doo 
they serve me, Cr. "^ The doctrines and commandments of men, 
Cr. For doctrines, the commandments, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Cast 
aside, 2\ M. Cr. Bps. Reject, Gen. ^ Constitution, Cr. [So vs. 13.] 
^° Curseth, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Die the death, Cr. Gen. Bps. 
^^ [See marginal notes to Matt. xv. 11.] ^^ Authoritie, Gen. 



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mt ®fos?ell of S. i^arfee. €!). bff. 

awne tradicions which ye have ordeyned. And many soche 
thynges ye do. 

And he called all the people vnto hym/ and sayde vnto 
them : Herken vnto me every one off you and vnderstonde : 
there is no thynge with outt a man that can diflyle hym when 
hitt entreth in to hym/ but thoo thynges which precede out of 
a man are those which defyle a man. Yf eny man have 
eares to heare/ let hym heare. And when he cam into a 
housse awaye from the people/ his disciples axed him of the 
similitude/ and he sayd vnto them : ^^ Do ye then lacke vn- 
derstondinge : Do ye not yet perceave/ that whatsoever thinge 
from with out entreth into a man/ hit can not defyle hym/ be 
cause hit entrith not into his hert/ but in to the belly : and 
goeth out into the draught that porgeth oute all meates. 

And he sayde that defileth a man whiche cometh oute of a 
man. For from with in even oute off the herte off men/ pro- 
ceade evyll thoughtes : advoutiy/ fornicacion/ murder/ theeft/ 
coveteousnes/ i^ ^vickednes/ diceyte/ ^^ vnclennes/ and a wick- 
ed eye/ ^^ blasphemy/ pryde/ folisshnes : All these evyll 
thynges/ com from with in/ and defile a man. 

And from thence he arose and went into the borders off 
Tire and Sidon/ and entred into an housse/ and wolde that no 
man shulde have knowen off hym : Butt he culde nott be hid. 
For a certayne woman whose doughter had a foule sprete 
when she herde off hym/ cam and fell doune att hys fete. 
The woman was a ^^greke out off i^ sirophenicia/ and she be- 
sought hym that he wolde caste out the devyll out off her 
doughter. Jesus sayde vnto her : lett the chyldren fyrst be 
feed. It ys nott ^^ mete/ to take the chyldrens breed/ and to 
caste itt vnto ^^ whelppes. 

She answered and sayde vnto hym : 22 even soo master/ 
neverthelesse/ the whelppes also eate vnder the table off the 
chyldrens cromes. And he sayde vnto her : for thys sayinge 
goo thy waye/ the devyll ys gon out off thy doughter. And 
when she was come home to her housse she founde the devyll 
departed/ and her doughter lyinge on the heed. 

And he departed agayne from the coostes off Tyre and Sy- 
don/ and cam vnto the see of Galile throwe the myddes off 
the coostes off the .x. cites/ And they brought vnto him won 

14 Are ye [also, C. B.] so [greatly, C] without understanding, T. 
M. Cr. Bps. What ! are ye without, etc. Gen. ^^ Fraude, Cr. 

^6 Wantonnesse, Bps. i" Backbiting. Gen. ^^ A heathen. Cot. 

^^ Cr. Gen. £';;5. add— the nation of. ' 20 Good, Gen. 21 Little 

dogs, Bps. 22 Truth [Yes, 5.] Lorde, Gen. Bps. 



that was defFe/ and ^Sstambred in his speche/ and prayde hym 
to laye hys honde apon hym. And he toke hym a syde 
from the people/ and putt hys fyngers in hys eares/ and did 
spet/ and touched his tounge/ and loked vp to heven/ and 
syghed/ and sayde vnto hym : ephatha that ys to saye/ be 
openned. And streyght waye hys eares were openned/ and 
the stringe off hys tounge was loosed/ and he spake playne. 
And he commaunded them that they shulde tell no man. 
Butt the more he forbad them/ soo moche the more a greate 
deale they pubblessed it. ^4 [And were beyonde measure 
astonyed/] sayinge : He hath done all thinges well/ and hath 
made booth the deffe to heare/ and the dom to speake. 



2Ll)e buj. e:i)aj)ter. 

TN those dayes when there was a very greate company e/ 
-■- and had nothinge to eate/ Jesus called hys disciples to hym/ 
and sayd vnto them : i my herte melteth on this people/ be- 
cause they have nowe bene wyth me iij. dayes/ and have 
nothinge to eate : And yf I shulde sende them awaye fast- 
inge to their awne housses/ they shulde faynt by the waye. 
For dyvers of them cam from farre/ And hys disciples an- 
swered hym : ^ from whence myght a man sufiyse them 
with breed here in the wyldernes ? And he axed them : 
ho we many loves have ye ? They sayde : seven. And he 
commaunded the people to sitt doune on the grounde. And 
he toke the .vii. loves/ gave thankes/ brake/ and gave to hys 
disciples/ to set before them. And they sett them before the 
people. And they had a feawe small fysshes/ and ^he bless- 
ed them and commaunded them also to be sett before them/ 
They ate and were suffysed/ and they toke vp off the broken 
meate that was lefte/ vij. basketes full. They that ate were 
in nomber aboute fowre thousandt. And he sent them awaye. 
And a non he toke shippe with his disciples/ and cam in to 
the parties of dalmanutha. And the pharises cam forth/ and 
began to dispute whith hym/ and sought of hym a signe from 
heven temptinge him/ and he syghed in his sprete and sayde : 
why doth thys generacion seke a signe ? Verely I saye vnto 

23 Hadde an impediment, Or. Bps. ^ Cr. omits. ^ I have 

compassion, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Where might [should, T, M.] a 
man have [should we get, Cov.'] bread here in the wildernesse to sat- 
isfy these, Cov. Cr. T.M. How [From whence, B.] can a man satis- 
fy these, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ When he had given thanks, Cov. Gen. 



IS 



me ©ospell of S. ^arfee. ©t). bffj. 

you/ there shall no signe be geven vnto thys generacion. And 
he lefte them and went into the shippe agayne/ and departed 
over the water. 

And they had forgotten to take breed with them/ nether 
had they in the shippe with them more then one loofe. And 
he charged them sayinge : take hede/ be ware of the leven of 
the pharises/ and the leven of Herode. And ^ they reasoned 
amonge them selves saynge : we have no breed. And when 
Jesus knewe that he sayde vnto them : why ^ take ye thought 
be cause ye have no bread ? perceave ye not yet/ nether vn- 
derstonde ? Have ye your herttes yett ^blynded ? Have 
ye eyes and se nott ? and have ye eares and heare not ? Do 
ye nott remember ? When I brake v. loves a monge .v. M. 
men/ Howe many baskettes full of broken meate toke ye vp ? 
They sayde vnto him xij. When I brake vij a monge iiij. M. 
howe many baskettes of the levinges of broken meate toke ye 
vp } They sayde vij. And he sayde vnto them : howe is it 
that ye vnderstonde not ? 

And he cam to bethsayda/ and they brought a blynde man 
vnto hym and desyred hym/ to touche him. And he caught 
the blinde by the honde/ and ledd hym out off the toune/ and 
spat in hys eyes and put hys hondes apon hym/ and axed him 
yf he sawe ^ eny thinge/ and he loked vp and sayde : I see 
men/ For I se them walke as they were trees. After that he 
put his hondes agayne apon his eyes/ and made hym ^ see. 
And he was restored to his sight/ and sawe every man ^ clerly. 
And he sent hym home to his awne housse sayinge : nether 
go in to the toune/ nor tell it to eny in the toune. 

And Jesus went out and his disciples into the ^^ tounes that 
longe to the cite called Cesarea Philippi/ and by the waye he 
axed his disciples sayinge : whom do men saye that y am } 
They answered : some saye that thou arte Jhon Baptiste : 
some saye Helyas/ and some one off the prophetes. And he 
sayde vnto them : But whom saye ye that I am ? Peter an- 
swered and sayd vnto hym : Thou arte ^^ very Christe. And 
he charged them/ that they shulde tell no man off it. And he 
began to declare vnto them/ howe that the sonne of man 
muste suffre many thynges/ and shulde be reproved off the 
seniours and off the hye prestes and scrybes/ and shulde be 

* Their minds wavered here and there, Coz. * Trouble ye your- 
selves, Cov. « Hardened, Bps. ^ Ought, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 
^ Look again, Gen. ^ A farre off clerely, Gen. *° Villages, Bps. 
Townes of Cesarea Philippi, Gen. " The Christ, Gen. 



kylled/ and after thre dayes aryse agayne. And he spake 
that sayinge openly. And Peter toke hym a syde/ and began 
to ^2 chyde hym. He tourned aboute/ and loked on his disci- 
ples/ and rebuked Peter sayinge : ^^ Goo after me Satan. 
For thou 1^ saverest not the thynges off God : But the thynges 
off men. 

And he called the people vnto hym/ with his disciples also/ 
and sayd vnto them : Whosoever wyll folowe me/ lett hym 
forsake hym silfe/ and take vp his crosse/ and folowe me. 
For whosoever wyll save his lyfe/ shall lose it. But who- 
soever shall lose his lyfe for my sake and the gospels/ 
the same shall save it. What shal it profet a man yf he 
shulde wyn all the worlde/ and loose his awne soule ? or els 
what shall a man geve/^^ to redeme his soule ageyne > Who- 
soever therfore shall be asshamed off me and off my wordes/ 
amonge this advoutrous and sinfull generacion : of hym shall 
the Sonne of man be ashamed/ when he commeth in the glory 
of his father with the holy angels. ^^ And he sayde vnto 
them : Verely I saye vnto you : There be some off them that 
stonde here/ which shall not taste of deeth/ tyll they have sene 
the kyngdom off God come with power. 

Si)e fv. ^Ijapter. 

A ND after .vj. dayes Jesus toke Peter/ James/ and Jhon and 
"^ leede them vp in to an hye mountayne out of the waye 
alone/ and he was transfigured before them. And his ray- 
ment did shyne/ and was made very whyte/ even as snowe : 
so whyte as no fuller can make apon the erth. And there 
apered vnto them Helyas with Moses : And they talked with 
Jesu. And Peter answered and sayde to Jesu : Master/ i here 
is good beinge for vs/ let vs make .iij. tabernacles/ one for the/ 
one for Moses/ and one for Helyas. And wist not what he 
sayde. For they were afrayde. And there was a cloude 
that shaddowed them. And a voyce cam out of the cloude 
sayinge : This ys my dere sonne/ here hym. And sodenly/ 
they loked rounde about them/ and sawe no man more/ but 
Jesus only. 

As they cam doune from the hill/ he charged them/ that 
they shulde tell no man what they had sene/ tyll the sonne of 

12 Rebuke, Gen. Bps. i^ Get thee behind, etc. Gen. »" Un- 

derstandest. Gen. ^^ For a recompense of, Gen. For a ransom 

of, Bps. 1^ Cr. Gen. Bps. connect this verse with Ch. ix. ^ It is 
good for us to be here, Gen, 



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E^e ©fosjpell of ^. J^arfee. <S:|). ip 

man were risen from deeth agayne. And they kepte that 
saynge with in them/ and demaunded won of another/ what 
that rysinge from deeth agayne shulde meane ? And they 
axed hym sayinge : why then saye the scribes/ that Flelyas 
muste fyrste come ? He answered and sayde vnto them : He- 
lyas 2 at his fyrste commynge/ shall brynge all thynges agayne 
into good order : And ^ even so ys it wrytten off the sonne off 
man/ that he shall sufFre many thinges/ and shall be set 
att nought. And I saye vnto you/ thatt Helyas ys come/ and 
they have done vnto hym whatsoever pleased them/ as it is 
wrytten off hym. 

And he cam to his disciples/ and sawe moche people aboute 
them/ and the scribes disputinge with them. And streyght 
waye all the people behelde hym and were amased/ and ran 
to hym/ and saluted hym. And he sayde vnto the scribes : 
What dispute ye ^ with them ? And won of the companye an- 
swered and sayde : Master/ 1 have brought my sonne vnto the/ 
which hath a dom spirite/ And whensoever he taketh hym/ he 
teareth hym/ and he fometh/ and gnessheth with his tethe/ 
and pyneth a waye. And I spake to thy disciples that they 
shulde caste hym out/ and they coulde nott. 

He answered him and sayd : 0/ -^ generacion without faight/ 
how longe shall y be with you. Howe longe shall y suffre 
you ? bringe him vnto me. And they brought him vnto him. 
And as sone as the sprete sawe him/ he tare him. And he 
fell doune on the grounde walowinge : And fomynge. And 
he axed his father : how longe is it a goo/ sens this hath hap- 
pened hym ? And he sayde/ of a chylde. And ofte tymes 
casteth hym in to the fyre/ and also in to the water/ to des- 
troye hym. Butt yffthou canste do eny thynge/ have mercy 
on us/ and helppe vs. Jesus sayde vnto him : ^ ye yf thou 
couldest beleve/ all thynges are possyble to hym that belevith. 
And streyght waye the father off the chylde cryed with teares 
sayinge : Lorde I beleve/ '' sucker myne unbelefe. 

When Jesus sawe that the people cam runnynge togedder 
vnto hym/ he rebuked the foule sprete/ sayinge vnto hym : 
Thou dom and deffe sprete/ I charge the come out of hym/ 
and entre no more in to hym.^ And the sprete cryed/ and 

2 Verely shall fyrste coiiie and restore all thynges, T. M. Gen. 
Veryly when he conaeth first, restoreth, etc. Cr, Bps. ^ The sonne 
of man (as it is written of him), etc. Cr. Bps. * Among them, Cr. 
Among yourselves, Gen. Bps. ^ Faithlesse generation [nation, C], 
Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Tb's thing, if thou carist beleeve, all things are 
possible, etc. Bps. ? Helpe, T. M, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Cov, adds — 
from hencefoyth. 

H 



iFo. ):lfifj. mt CKospell of S. i^atfte. 

rent him sore/ and cam out : And he was as won that had 
bene deed/ in so moche that many sayde/ he is deed. Butt 
Jesus caught hys honde/ and lyfte hym vppe/ and he roose. 
And when he was come in to the housse/ his disciples axed 
him secretly : why coulde nott we caste hym out ? And he 
sayd vnto them : thys kynde can ^ by non other meanes come 
forth/ but by prayer and fastynge. 

And they departed thens/ and toke there iorney thorowe 
galile/ and wolde not/ that eny man shulde have knowen itt. 
For he taught hys disciples/ and sayde vnto them : The sonne 
off man shalbe delyvered into the hondes off men/ and they 
shall kyll hym/ and after that he ys kylled he shall aryse 
agayne the thryd daye. Butt they ^^ wiste nott what that say- 
inge meant/ and were affrayed to axe hym. 

And he cam to Capernaum/ and when he was come to 
housse/ he sayde to them : what was that ye disputed betwene 
you by the waye ? And they helde their peace (for by the 
waye they reasoned amonge them selves/ who shulde be the 
chefest) And he sate doune/ and called the twelve vnto hym/ 
and sayd to them : yf eny man desyre to be fyrst/ the same 
shalbe last off all/ and seiTaunt vnto all. And he toke a 
11 chylde and sett hym in the myddes of them/ and toke hym 
in hys armes and sayde vnto them : Whosoever receave eny 
soche a ^^ chylde in my name/ he receaveth me : And who- 
soever receaveth me/ receaveth not me/ but him that sent me. 

Jhon answered him/ sayinge : master/ we sawe won cast- 
inge out devyls in thy name/ which foloweth not vs/ and we 
forbade hym/ be cause he foloweth vs nott. But Jesus sayde : 
forbid hym nott. For there is no man that shall do a myracle 
in my name/ and can speake lightly evyll of me. Whosoever 
is not agaynste '^^jou/ is on i^youre parte. And whosoever 
shall geve you a cuppe off water to drinke ^^for my nams 
sake be cause ye are belongynge to christe/ verely I saye vn- 
to you/ he shall nott loose his rewarde. 

And whosoever shall hourte won of this litell wons/ that be- 
leve in me/ it were better for him/ that a myll stone were 
hanged aboute his necke/ and that he were caste in to the see. 
And yf thy hande ^^ offende the/ cut hym of Itt ys better 
for the/ to entre into lyffe maymed/ then to goo/ with two 

9 Come forth by nothing, etc. Cr. Bps. ^° Wist not what he 

said, Cr. Understood not that saying, Gen. Bps. " Little [young, 
B.'] childe, Gen. Bps. ^^ Us— Our, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ In my 

name, Cr. Bps. ^^ Hinder, Cr. Cause thee to ofFende, Gen. [So 

Gen. vs. 45.] 



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mt esospell of S. i^arfee. «i). ):♦ 

hondes in to hell/ in to fire ^^ that never shalbe quenched/ 
where there worme dyeth nott/ and the fyre ^^ never goeth 
oute. And yf thy fote ^^ offende the cut hym of. It is belter 
for the to goo halt in to lyfe/ then with ij. fete to be cast into 
hell/ into fyre that never shalbe quenched : where there 
worme dyeth not/ and the fyre never goeth oute. And yf 
thyne eye ofFende the plucke hym oute. Itt ys better for the 
to goo into the kyngdom of god with one eye/ then havynge 
two eyes to be caste into hell fyre : where their worme dyeth 
nott/ and the fyre never goeth oute. 

Every man therfore shalbe salted with fyre : And every 
sacryfyse shalbe seasoned with saltt. Salt ys good. But yf 
the salt be vnsavery : ^^ what shall ye i^ salte there with ? Se 
that ye have saltt in youre selves. And have peace amonge 
youre selves/ one with another. 



A 



Ci)c p €:i)aj)tcr. 

ND he rose from thens : and went in to the coostes of 
Jewry ^ through the regyon that ys beyonde iordan. And 
the people resorted vnto hym afresshe : And as he was wont 
he taught them agayne. And the pharyses cam and axed 
hym a question : whether it were laufull for a man to putt 
awaye hys wyfe. ^ To prove hym. He answered and said 
vnto them : what did Moses bid you do ? And they sayde : 
Moses suifred to wryte ^ a testimoniall of her divorsment/ and 
to putt her awaye. And Jesus answered/ and sayd vnto them : 
For because of youre harde herttes he wrote thys precepte vn- 
to you. But "* at the fyrst creacion/ god made them ^ man and 
woman/ sayinge : for thys thmges sake shall a man leve fath- 
er and mother/ and ^byde by his wyfe/ and ij. shalbe made 
won flesshe. So then are they nowe nott twayne/ but won 
flesshe/ therfore that whych god hath cuppled/ lett nott man 
sepai'ate. 

And in the housse his disciples axed him agayne of that 
mater. And he sayde vnto them : Whosoever putteth awaye 
his wyfe/ and maryeth another/ breaketh wedlocke to her 

^= Everlasting, Cov. ^^ Is not quenched, Bps. [So vs. 48.] " Be 
a hinderance to, etc, Cr. ^^ Wherewith [With what things, 5.] 

shall [you season it, B.} it be seasoned. Gen. Bps. ^^ Season there- 
with, Cr. ^ By the farre side of Jordan, Gen. ^ Tempting him^ 
Gen. Bps. ^A bill, Gen. A book, Bps. * From the begin- 

ning of the creation, Gen. Bps, = Male and female, Gen. Bps, 

^ Cleave tOj Gen, 



J?o. ).ib. tH^z ©ospell of <S. J^arfec. 

warde. And yf a woman forsake her husband/ and be mar- 
yed to another/ she committeth advoutry. 

And they brought chyldren to hym that he shoulde louche 
them. And hys disciples chid thoose that brought them. 
When Jesus sawe that/ he was displeased/ and sayd vnto 
them : Suffre the chyldren to come vnto me and forbid them 
not. For vnto suche belongeth the kingdom of god. Verely 

I saye to you/ whosoever shall not receave the kyngdom of 
god as a chylde/ he shall not entre therein. And he toke 
them vppe in his armes/ and putt his hondes apon them/ and 
blessed them. 

And when he was come out into the waye/ there cam won 
runninge and kneled to him/ and axed him : Goode master/ 
what shall I do/ that I maye '^ enheret eternall lyfe ? Jesus 
said vnto him : why callest thou me goode ? there is ^ no man 
goode but won/ whych ys god. Thou knowest the com- 
maundments. breake not matrimony/ kyll not/ steale nott/ 
bere no fa,lce wytnes/ ^ defraude no man/ honore thy father 
and thy mother/ He answered and said to him : master/ all 
theese I have observed from my youth. Jesus behelde him/ 
and 1^ had a favour to him/ and said vnto him : Won thinge 

II is lacking vnto the Goo/ and sell all that thou hast/ and geve 
itt to the povre/ and thou shalt have treasure in heven/ and 
come and folowe me/ ^^ and take thy crosse ^^ on the. But 
he was ^^ discumforted with that sayinge/ and went awaye 
mornynge/ for he had greate possessions. 

And Jesus loked rounde aboute/ and sayd vnto hys disci- 
ples : 1^ with what difficulte shall they that have ryches entre 
into the kingdom of god. Hys disciples were astonnyed att 
hys wordes. Jesus answered agayne/ and sayde vnto them : 
chyldren/ howe harde is it for them/ that truste in their ryches/ 
to entre in to the kyngdom off god. Hit ys easyer for a cam- 
ell to go thorowe the eye of an nedle/ then for a ryche man 
to entre into the kyngdom of god. And they were ^^ astonn- 
yed out of measure/ sayinge betwene them selves : who then 
can be saved .? Jesus loked apon them/ and sayd : with men 

7 Possesse, Gen. ^ None good, T. M. Gen. ^ Thou shalt hyrt, 
Gen. ^° Favoured, Cr. Loved, Gen. Bps. ^^ Thou lackest, Cr^ 
Bps: 12 ^ijgji f;iiou hast taken up the crosse, jBp5. ^^ Upon thy 
shoulders, Cr. ^^ Sad at that saying, Gen. *^ What an hard 

thing is it for them that, etc. T. M. How uneasye shall they that have 
money, etc. Cr. Howe hardly do they that, etc. Gen. Bps. ^^ Much 
more [The more, C] astonied, Cov. Gexi, 



it is vnpossible/ but not with god : for with god all thinges are 
possible. 

And Peter began to saye vnto hym : Loo/ we have forsa- 
ken all/ and have folowed the. Jesus answered and sayde : 
Verely I saye vnto you/ there ys no man that hath forsaken 
housse/ or brethren/ or sisters/ or father/ or moder/ or wyfe/ 
other chyldren/ or londes/ for my sake and the gospelles/ 
^"^ whych shall not receave an houndred foolde nowe ^^ in thys 
lyfe/ houses/ and brethren/ and sisters/ and mothers and child- 
ren/ and londes whith persecucions/ and in the worlde to come 
eternall lyfe. Many that are fyrst/ shalbe last. And the last 
fyrst. They were in the waye goinge vppe to Jerusalem. 
And Jesus went before them/ and they were amased/ and as 
they folowed/ were affrayde. 

And Jesus toke the xij. agayne/ and began to tell them what 
thinges shulde happen vnto him. Beholde we goo vppe to Je- 
rusalem/ and the sonne off man shalbe delyvered vnto the hye 
preestes and vnto the scribbes/ and they shall condempne hym 
to deeth/ and shall delyvre hym to the gentyls/ and they shall 
mocke hym/ and scourge him/ and spit apon hym/ and kill 
him/ and the thirde daye he shall lyse agane. 

And James and Jhon the sons off Zebede/ cam vnto hym/ 
sayinge : master/ we wolde that thou shuldest do for vs i^ what 
soever we desyre. He sayde vnto them : what wolde ye I 
shulde do vnto you ? They sayd vnto hym : graunt vnto vs 
thatt we maye sitt won on thy right honde/ and the other on 
thy lyfte honde/ in thy gloiy. Butt Jesus sayd vnto them : 
Ye wot not what ye axe. Can ye dryncke of the cuppe/ that 
I shall drynke of ? And be baptised in the baptism that I 
shalbe baptised in ? And they sayd vnto him ; ^^ that we can. 
Jesus sayde vnto them : ye shall drynl^e off the cuppe that I 
shall drynke of/ and be baptised with the baptism that I shalbe 
baptised in : But to sitt on my right honde and on my lifte 
honde/ ys not myne to geve/ but '^^ to them for whom it ys 
prepared. 

And when the .x. herde that/ they began to disdayne at 
James and Jhon. Butt Jesus called them vnto him/ and 
sayd to them : Ye knowe well that ^^ they whych seme to 

'^ But he shall receive, etc. Or. Gen. Bps. ^^ At this present, 

Gen. Bps. ^» That we desire, Gen. 20 ^y^ g^^, Gen. 21 jj. 

shall happen, Or. It shall he given, Gen. Bps. ^2 -pj^g princes of 

the world, Coc, They which are seene to beare rule amonge the peo- 
ple, Cr. They which delite to bear rule among the Gentiles, Gen, 



beare rule amonge the gentyls/ 23 raygne as lordes over tlieni. 
And they that be greate men amonge them exercyse auctorite 
over them. So shall it not be a monge you but wosoever of 
you wilbe greate amonge you shalbe youre minister. And 
wosoever wilbe chefe/ shalbe servaunt vnto all. For ^4 even 
the Sonne of man came/ nott that other shulde minister vnto 
hym : but to minister/ and to geve his lyfe for the ^ redemp- 
cion of many. 

And they cam to hierico/ and as he went oute off hierico/ 
with his disciples and a greate nombre of people : Barthimeus 
the Sonne of Thimeus which was blynde/ sat by the hye 
wayes syde beggynge. And when he herde that it was Jesus 
off nazareth/ he began to crye/ and to saye : Jesus the sonne 
off David/ have mercy on me. And many rebuked hyme/ 
be cause he shulde hoolde is peace. But he cryed ^^the 
moore a greate deale/ thou sonne off David have mercy on 
me. And Jesus stode still/ and commaunded hym to be 
called/ and they called the blynde/ saynge vnto hym : be off 
good comfort ryse he calleth the. He threwe awaye his 
clooke/ and roose and cam to Jesus/ And Jesus answered 
and sayd vnto hym : what wilt thou that I do vnto the ? The 
blynde sayde vnto hym : master/ that y ^"^ myght see. Jesus 
sayd vnto hym : goo thy waye/ thy fayght hath saved the/ 
And by and by he receaved his sight/ and folowed Jesus in 
the waye. 

S:i)e yj. Orjapter, 

A ND when they cam nye to hierusalem/ vnto bethphage/ 
-^^ and bethani/ be sydes mount olivte/ he sent forth .ij. of 
his disciples/ and sayde vnto them : Goo youre wayes into the 
toune that is over agaynste you/ And as sone as ye entre into 
it ye shall fynde a coolte bounde/ where on never man sate : 
loose hym and brynge hym bidder, and if eny man saye vnto 
you : why do ye soo .? saye that the lorde hath neade of him/ 
and streight waye he wyll sonde hym bidder. They went 
their waye/ and found a coolte tyed by the dore with out in a 
place where two wayes mett/ and they losed hym. And 
divers of them that stode there/ sayd vnto them : what do ye 
loosynge the coolte .? and they sayde vnto them : even as 

^ Have domination over them. Gen. ^ Also, Cr. Bps. *^ Ran- 
som of, Gen. Bps. ^ Much more, Gen. 27 jyiay receive sight, 
Gen. 



^o 



S|)e ^ospell of S. ifHarfte. <Ki). n'. 

Jesus had commaunded them. And they let them goo. And 
they brought the coolte to Jesus/ and caste their garments on 
hym/ and he sate apon hym. And many spreede there gar- 
mentes in the waye. other cutt doune braunches of the trees/ 
and strawed them in the waye. And they that went before 
and they that folowed/ cryed/ saynge : Hosianna : blessed 
be he that cometh in the name off the lorde. Blessed be the 
kyngdom that commeth in the name off hym that is lorde off 
cure father David. Hosianna i in the hyest. 

2 And the lorde entred into hierusalem/ and into the temple. 
And when he had loked round about apon all thinges/ and 
nowe the even tyde was come he went out vnto bethany with 
the twelve. And on the morowe when they were come out 
from bethany/ he hungred/ and he spyed a fygge tree a farre 
off/ havinge leves/ and went to se whether he myght fynde 
eny thinge there on : but when he came there to/ he founde 
nothinge butt leves. For the tyme off fygges was nott yet. 
And Jesus answered and sayd to it : never man eate frute 
of the here after whill the worlde stondith. And his disciples 
herde it. 

And they cam to hierusalem/ and Jesus went into the tem- 
ple/ and began to cast out them which soolde and bought in 
the temple. And overthrewe the tabels of the money chaung- 
ers/ and the ^ stoles of them that soolde doves, and wolde not 
suffre that eny man caried a vessell thorowe the temple. And 
he taught saynge vnto them/ ys it not written/ howe that myne 
housse shalbe called the housse of prayer ^ vnto all nacions .'' 
Butt ye have made it a deen of theves. 

And the scribes and hye prestos herde yt and sought howe 
to distroye him. For they feared hym be cause all the peple 
marveld at his doctrine. And when even was come/ he went 
out of the cite. And in the mornynge as they passed by/ 
they sawe the fygge tree dryed uppe by the rotes. And Pe- 
ter remembred/ and sayd vnto hym : master/ beholde/ the 
fygge tree which thou cursedes/ ys widdred awaye. And 
Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto them : Have ^ confidens in 
god. Verely I saye vnto you/ that whosoever shall saye vn- 
to this mountayne : ^ take awaye thy silfe/ and cast thy silfe 
in to the see/ and shall not waver in his herte/ butt shall be- 
leve that those thinges which he sayeth shall come to passe/ 

^ thou which art in the hiest heavens^ Gen. ^ So Jesus enter- 

ed, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Seats, Gen. Bps. * For all people, Cov. 

^ Faith, Gen. Bps. ^ Remove, Cr. Be thou removed, Bps. 



what soever he sayeth ^ shalbe done vnto him. Therfore I 
saye vnto you/ what soever ye desyre when ye praye/ beleve 
that s ye shall have it and it shalbe done vnto you. And 
when ye stond and praye/ forgeve yf ye have eny thinge 
agaynste eny man that youre father also which is in heven/ 
may forgeve you youre trespases. 9 

And they cam againe to hierusalem/ and as he walked in 
the temple/ there cam to him the hye prestes/ and the scribes/ 
and the senioars/ and sayd vnto hym : by what auctorite doest 
thou these thinges ? and who gave the this auctorite/ to do 
these thinges ? Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto them : I 
wyll also axe of you a certeyne thynge/ and answere ye me/ 
and I wyll tell you by what auctorite I do these thinges. 
Whether was the baptism of Jhon from heven/ or of men ? 
Answer me. And they thought in them selves/ saynge : Yf 
we shall saye/ from heven. he will saye : why then did ye 
not beleve hym ? but yf we shall saye/ of men/ then feare we 
the people. For all men counted Jhon/ that he was a veri 
prophett. And they answered/ and sayd vnto Jesu : we can- 
not tell. And Jesus answered/ and sayd vnto them : ne- 
ther wyll I tell you/ by what auctorite I do these thynges. 



5r!)e ):fj. ®f}aa)tcr. 



AND 



he began to speake vnto them in similitudes. A cer- 
tayne man planted a vyne yarde/ and i compased it with 
an hedge/ and ^ ordeyned a wyne presse/ and bilt a toure in 
hytt/ and lett it oute to hyre vnto husbandemen/ and went into 
a straunge countre. And when tyme was come he sentt to 
the 3 tennauntes a servaunt that he myght of the tenauntes re- 
ceave of the frute of the vyneyarde. And they caught hym 
and bett hym and sentt hym agayne empty. And mooreover 
he sentt vnto them another servaunt/ and at hym they cast 
stones and brake hys heed/ and sent him agayne '^all to revyl- 
ed. And agayne he sentt another/ and hym they kyll- 
ed : and many other/ beetynge some/ and kyllinge some. 

Yet had he one sonne whom he loved tenderly/ him also 
sent he att the last vnto them/ sayinge : they wyll ^ feare my 

' He shal have, Cr. ^ Ye receive them and ye shall have them, 
Cr. ^ [Tyndale with Cov. T. M. 6V. omits verse 2u. See K.James' 
Translation.] ^ Set an hedge about it, Bus. ^ Digged a [pit 

for the, G.] wine press, Gcti. Bps. ^ Husbandmen, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

[So post.] ■* Shamefully handled, Gen. ^ Reverence, Gen. 

Stand in awe of, Cov. Bps. 



7d 



2rDe CSospell of S. ^arfee. ©f). p'f. 

Sonne. But the tenauntes sayde with in them selves : Thys 
ys the heyre/ come lett vs kill him/ and the inheritaunce 
shalbe oures. And they toke him and killed him/ and cast hym 
out of the vineyarde. What shall then the lorde of the vyne- 
yarde do ? He will come and distroye the tenauntes/ and 
6 let out the vyneyarde to other. Have ye nott redde "^ thys 
scripture ? the stone which the bylders did refuse/ ys made 
the s chefe stoone in the corner : Thys was ^ done off the 
lorde/ and ys marveyllous in oure eyes. And they went 
about to take hym/ butt they feared the people. For they 
perceaved that he spake that similitude agaynst them. And 
they left hym and went their waye. 

And they sent vnto hym certayne off the pharises with 
10 Herodes servauntes/ to take hym in hys ^^ wordes. And as 
sone as they were come/ they sayd unto hym : master/ we 
knowe that thou arte time/ and careste for no man : For thou 
consydereste nott the i^ degree of men/ butt teacheste the 
waye off god ^^ truly : Ys yt laufull to paye tribute to Cesar/ 
or nott ? ought we to geve/ or ought we nott to geve ? He 
i^knewe their dissimulacion/ and sayd vnto them : Why 
tempte ye me ? Brynge me a peny/ that I maye se yt. And 
they brought hym one. And he sayde vnto them : Whose ys 
thys ymage and superscripcion .'' And they sayde vnto hym/ 
Cesars. And Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto them : Then 
geve to Cesar ^^ that which belongeth to Cesar : and geve God 
'"^ that which perteyneth to God. And they mei-velled att hym. 

And the saduces cam vnto hym/ which saye/ there is no 
resurrection. And they axed hym/ sayinge : Master/ Moses 
wroote vnto vs/ yff eny mans brother dye/ and leve hys wyf/ 
behynde him/ and leve no chyldren : that then hys brother 
shulde take hys wyfe/ and reyse vppe seed vnto his brother. 
There were seven brethren and the fyrst toke a wyfe/ and 
when he dyed leeft i"'' no seede behinde hym. And the se- 
conde toke her/ and dyed : nether leeft he eny seede/ and the 
thyrde lyke wyse. And seven had her/ and leeft no seed be- 
hynde them. Last of all the wyfe dyed also. In the resur- 
recion then/ when they shall ryse agayne : whose wyfe shall 
she be of them ? For seven had her to wyfe. Jesus answer- 

^ Give, Gen. Bj)s. "^ Gen. adds=— -so much as. ^ Head, Gen. 

^ The Lorde's doing, Cr. Bps. ^^ The Herodians, Geii. Bps. 

J^ Talke, Gen. ^^ Outward appearance, Gov. Cr. Person, Gen. 

Bps. ^^ In trnth, Bps. ^^ Understood their simulation, T. M. 

Cr. Knowing their hypocrisie. Gen. Bps. ^^ The things that are 

(JJesar's — those that are God's, Gen. '^ No issue, Gen. [Bo post,] 



iTo. ):Unfj. STIje ©fosjiell of S. Jilarlte. 

ed/ and sayde vnto them : ^^ Are ye not ther fore deceaved 
be cause ye ^^ knowe not the scryptures ? Nether the power 
of God ? For when they shall ryse agayne from deeth/ ^Othey 
nether mary/ nor are maryed : butt are as the angels which 
are in heven. As touchynge the deed/ that they shall ryse 
agayne : have ye nott redde in the boke off Moses/ howe in 
the busshe God spake vnto him sayinge : I am the God 
of Abraham/ and the God of Ysaac/ and the God of Jacob ? 
21 He is not the god of the deed/ butt the god of the livynge/ 
ye 22 are therfore greatly deceaved. 

And ther cam won off the scrybes and when he had herde 
them disputynge to gedder/ and perceaved that he had an- 
swered them well/ he axed hym : which is the ^3 fyrste of all 
the commaundementes ? Jesus answered hym : The fyrste 
of all the commaundementes is. Heare Israhel/ oure lorde 
God/ is 24 wone lorde. And thou shaltt love thy lorde God 
with all thy hert/ and with all thy soule/ and with all thy 
mynde/ and with all thy strengthe. This is the fyrste com- 
maundement. And the seconde ^^is lyke vnto this. Thou 
shalt love thy neghbour/ as thy silfe. There is none other 
commaundement greater then these. 

And the scribe sayde vnto hym : well master/ thou hast 
sayde the truthe/ 26 thatt there ys one God/ and that there is 
none 27 but he. And to love hym with all the herte/ and with 
all the mynde/ and with all the soule/ and with all the 
strengthe. And to love a mans nehbour as hym silfe/ ys a 
gi'eater thynge then all 28 holocaustes and sacrifises. And 
when Jesus sawe howe that he answered discretly/ he sayd 
vnto hym : Thou arte nott farre from the kyngdome of god. 
And no man after that durst axe hym eny question. 

And Jesus answered/ and sayd teachynge in the temple : 
howe saye the scribes/ that christ is the sonne off David ? for 
David hym silfe 29 inspyred with the holy goost sayd : The 
lorde sayde to my lorde/ sytt on my right honde tyll I make 
thyne enemys thy fote stole. Then David hym silfe calleth 
hym lorde/ and ^o by what meanes ys he then his sonne ^ And 
moche people herde hym gladly. 

^^ Do ye not therefore erre, Cr. Bps. ^^ Understand, T. M. Cr. 

'° Neither men mary nor wives are married, Gen. ^' Yet is not 

God a God of the dead, etc. Cov. ^^ Therefore do greatly erre, Bps. 
23 Chiefegt, Cov, ^ The only Lorde, Cr. Gen. ^ Is like, that 

is. Gen. "^^ For there is, etc. Cr, Bps. ^^ Without him, Cov. 

^ Burnt offeringes, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps, 29 gy t^e, etc. Gen. 

2° Howe^ Cr. Whence, Bps, 



mz eKospell of S. m^xtz. €1). ^rfff. 

And he sayd vnto them in his doctrine : be ware off the 
scribes which love to goo in longe/ ^J clothynge : and love 
salutacions in the market places/ and the chefe seates in the 
32 sinagoges/ and 33 to sit in the vppermost roumes att feastes/ 
and devoure widowes houses/ ^4 and vnder a colour praye 
longe prayers. These shall have greater damnacion. 

And Jesus sat over agaynst the treasury/ and behelde howe 
the people putt money into the treasury. And many that 
were ryche/ cast in moch. And there cam a certayne povre 
widowe/ and she threwe in two mytes/ whiche make a ^^ far- 
thynge. And he called vnto hym his disciples/ and sayd vnto 
them : Verely I saye vnto you/ that thys povre widowe hath 
cast moare in/ then all they which have cast into the treasury. 
For they all putt in off their superfluite : But she off her ^6 pov- 
erte/ cast in all that she had/ even all her livynge. 



2ri)0 p'fj. <a:|)apter. 

A ND as he went out of the temple/ won of his disciples 
■^ sayd vnto hym : Master/ se what stones/ and what bild- 
ynges are here. And Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto hym : 
Seist thou these greate byldynges. There shall not be 
leefte one stone apon another/ that shall not be throwen 
doune. 

And as he sate on mounte olivete over agenst the temple/ 
Peter and James and Jhon and Andrewe axed hym secretly/ 
tell vs when these thinges shalbe } And what is the signe/ 
when all these thinges shalbe fulfilled } And Jesus answer- 
ed them/ and began to saye : Take hede lest eny man deceave 
you. For many shall come in my name sayinge : I am 
Christ/ And shall deceave many. 

^ When ye shall heare off warre/ and tydinges off warre/ be 
ye not troubled. For they muste nedes be. Butt the ende is 
nott yett. For there shall nacion aryse agaynste nacion/ and 
^realme agaynste ^realme. And there shalbe erthquakes/ 
3 in all quarters/ and famysshment/ and troubles. ^ [These are 
the begynnynge off sorowes.] 

Butt take ye hede to your selves. For they shall brynge 
you vppe to the counsels and into the synagogges/ and ye 

3^ Robes, Gen. ^^ Congregations, Cr. ^^ The first rooms, Gen. 
^^ And that under a colour of long praying, T. M. And under a pre- 
tence, etc. Cr. Bps. Even under a colour of, Gen. ^5 Quadrin, 
Gen. ^ 'Waxii, Bps. ^ Furthermore, when, etc. Gen. ^ King- 
dom, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Here and there, Cov. ^ Cov. omits. 



shalbe ^beeten/ and ye shalbe brought before rulers and 
kynges/ for my sake/ for a ^ testimonial! vnto them. And the 
gospell muste fyrste be publysshed amonge all nacions. 

Butt when they leade you '''and presentt you take noo 
thought/ afore honde what ye shall saye/ nether ^ ymagion : 
butt whatsoever is geven you att the same tyme/ that speake. 
For it shall nott be ye that shall speake/ butt the holy goost. 
Ye and the brother shall delyvre the brother to deeth. And 
the father the sonne/ And the chyldren shall ryse agaynste 
their fathers and mothers/ and shall ^putt them to deeth. 
And ye shalbe hated off all men for my names sake. Butt 
whosoever shall endure vnto the ende shalbe safe. 

Moreover when ye se the ^^ abominable desolacion/ where 
off is spoken by Daniel the prophete/ stonde were itt ought 
nott/ lett hym that redeth it i^ vnderstonde itt. Then let them 
which be in iewry/ fie to the mountaynes. And let hym that 
is on the housse toppe/ nott descende doune into the housse/ 
nether entre there in/ to fetche eny thinge oute off his housse. 
And lett hym thatt is in the felde/ not tourne backe agayne 
vnto tho thynges which he leefte behynde hym/ for to take his 
1'^ cloothes with hym. Butt woo is then to them that are with 
chylde/ and to them that geve soucke in thoose dayes. But 
praye/ that youre flyght be not in the wynter. For there shal 
be in those dayes suche ^^ tribulacion/ as was not from the 
begynnynge off i^ creatures/ which God created/ vnto this 
tyme/ nether shalbe. And excepte that the lord i^ had short- 
ened those dayes/ no man shulde be saved/ But for the 
electes sake/ which he hath chosen/ he hath shortened thoose 
dayes. 

And then/ yff eny man saye vnto you : loo/ here is Christ/ 
loo he is there/ beleve nott. For falce christes shall aryse/ 
and falce prophetes/ And shall shewe myracles and won- 
ders/ to deceave yf it were possible/ evyn the electe. But 
take ye hede/ beholde I have shewed you all thinges before. 

Moreover in thoose dayes after that tribulacion/ ^^ the sunne 
shall wexe darke/ and the mone shall not geve her light/ and 
the starres off heven shall fall/ And the powers which are in 



^ Whipped, Bps. ^ Witnesse against, Bps. "^ Delivering you 

up, be not careful aforehand, neither take thought what ye shall 
speak, Bps. ^ Premeditate, Gen. ^ Cause them to die. Gen. 

^° Abomination of desolation, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Mark it well, Cov. 

Consider it, Gm. ^'^GrVLxmeni. Bps. ^^TxoxMe, Cov. '^^The 

creation. Gen. Bps. ^^ Shoulde shorten, Cr. ^^ The sunne and 

mone shall lose their light, Cov. 



11 

S:i)e CKospell of S. if^farfee. €!). piffj. 

heven/ shall move. And then shall they se the sonne of man 
commynge in the cloudes/ with greate power and glory. And 
then shall he sonde his angels/ and shall gaddre to gedder his 
electe from the fouare wyndes/ and ^"^ from the one ende off 
the 1^ worlde to the other. 

Leame a similitude of the fygge tree. When i** his braunch- 
es are yett tender/ and hath brought forthe leves/ ye knowe/ 
that sommer ys neare. So in lyke manor when ye se these 
thinges come to passe/ ^Oynderstonde/ that it is nye even att the 
dores. Verely I saye vnto you/ that thys generacion shall not 
passe tyll all these thynges be done. Heven and erth shall 
2^ passe/ butt my wordes shall nott passe. Butt of the daye 
and the houre/ knoweth no man : no nott the angels which 
are in heven : nether the soim<3 hym silfe/ save the father 
only. 

Take hede/ watch/ and praye/ for ye knowe nott when the 
tyme ys, 22j(\^ g^ jj^an which ys gone into a straunge coun- 
trey and hath lefte hys housse/ and geven ^ auctorite to hys 
servauntes/ and to every man hys worke/ and commaunded 
the porter to watche. Watche therfore/ for ye knowe not/ 
when the master of the housse wyll come/ whether att even/ 
or at myd nyght/ whether att the cocke crowynge/ or in the 
daunynge : lest yff he come sodenly/ he shulde fynde you 
slepynge. And that I saye vnto you/ I saye vnto all men/ 
watche. 

t!^ve pifi. €:t)n|)trr. 

A FTER two dayes folowed ester/ and the dayes of swete 
•^ breed. And the hye prestos and scrybes sought meanes/ 
ho we they myght take hym by crafte and putt hym to deeth. 
Butt they sayde : nott on the feaste daye/ leest eny busynes 
aryse amonge the people. 

When he was in bethania/ in the housse off Simon the le- 
per/ even as he sate att meate/ there cam a woman ^ with an 
alablaster boxe of oyntement/ ^ called narde/ that v/as pure 
and costly/ and she brake the boxe and powred it on his heed. 



^7 From the ende [the utmost part, G.] of the earth to the utter- 
most part of heaven, Cr. Gcw. £;?5. ^^ Earth, Cov. ^^ Her bough 
is, etc. Gen. ^o gg yg sure, Cov. Knowe that the Jdngdom of God 
is nere, etc. Gen. ^i, Perish, Cov. ^2 q^j^ ^dds — For the Son of 

man is, etc. ^ Hys substance, Cr. * Having a box, etc. Ge7i, 

2 Of pure nard, Cov, Of spikenard, Gen. (Called) narde pistike, Bps. 

1 



There were some that ^ disdayned in themselves/ and sayde : 
^ what neded this waste of oyntment ? For it myght have 
bene soolde for more then ^ two houndred pens/ and bene 
geven vnto the povre. And they gmdged agaynst her. 

And Jesus sayd : lett her ^ be in reest/ why '^ greve ye her ? 
She hath done a goode worke on me. ^ Ye/ and ye shall 
have povre with you all wayes : and when soever ye will/ ye 
maye do them goode : butt me ye shal not have alwayes. 
She hath done that she coulde : she cam a fore honde to 
anoynt my boddy to his buryinge warde. Verely I saye vnto 
you : wheresover thys gospell shalbe preached thorow out the 
whole worlde : thys also that she hath done/ shalbe ^ rehears- 
ed in remembraunce of her. 

And Judas Iscarioth/ won off the twelve/ went awaye vnto 
the hye prestes/ to betraye him vnto them. When they herde 
tliat/ they were gladde/ and promised that they wolde geve 
hym money. And he sought/ howe he myght convenyently 
betraye hym. 

And the first daye of swete breed/ when they ^^ offered the 
pascal lambe/ his disciples sayd vnto hym : where wylt thou 
that we goo and prepare that thou mayste eate the ester lambe ? 
And he sent fourth two of his disciples/ and sayde vnto them : 
Goo ye into the cite/ and there shall a man mete you beringe 
a pitcher of water/ folowe hym : And whidthersoever he go- 
eth in/ saye ye to the good man off the housse : The master 
axeth where is the ii geest chambre/ where I shall eate the 
ester lambe with my disciples. And he wyll shewe you ^'^a 
greate parlour/ ^"^ paved/ and prepared : there make reddy for 
vs. And his disciples went forth/ and cam in to the cite/ and 
founde as he had sayd vnto them/ and made reddy the ester 
lambe. 

And att even/ he cam with the twelve. And as they sate 
att horde and ate/ Jesus sayde : Verly I saye vnto you : that 
won off you shall betraye me/ which eateth with me. And 
they began ^^ to morne/ and to saye to hym won by won : ys it 
I } And another sayde : Ys it I .^ he answered/ and sayd vn- 

3 Were not content, etc. Cr. Had indignation, Bjts. ^ To what 

ende is. Gen. Why was this, Bfs. ° Three hundred, T. M. 

Cr. Gen. Bps. « Alone, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Trouble, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. s For ye have [shall have, T. M.] Cr. T. M. Gen. Bps. 

9 Spoken, Gen. ^^ Sacrificed, Gen. Did kill, Bps. " Lodging, 

Gen. ^^ An upper chamber which is large. Gen. Bps. ^^ Trim- 
med, Gen. *•* To be sorye, Cr. Bps. To be sorowful, Gen. 



Srtje ©ospell of S. i?«atfee. €:|). pifj. 

to them : It is won of the .xij. i^ and the same depeth with me 
in the platter. The sonne of man ^^ goeth/ as it is written 
of hym : but woo be to that man/ by whome the sonne of man 
is betrayed. Goode were hitt i^ for hym/ if that man had 
never bene borne. 

And as they ate/ Jesus toke breede/ gave thankes/ brake it 
and gave it to them and sayd : Take/ eate/ Thys ys my body. 
And he toke the coppe/ gave thankes/ and gave it to them/ 
and they dronke all off it/ And he sayde vnto them : Thys 
ys my bloude of the newe testament/ which shalbe sheed for 
many, Verely I saye vnto you : I wyll drynke no moore off 
thys frute off the vyne/ vntyll that daye/ that I shall drynke it 
newe in the kyngdom of god. And when they had ^^ sayd 
grace/ they went out in to the mount olivete. 

And Jesus sayde vnto them : All ye shalbe hurtt thorowe 
me thys nyght/ For it is written : I wyll smyte the shepheerd/ 
and the sheepe shalbe scattered. Butt after that I am rysen 
agayne I wyll goo into galile before you, Peter sayde vnto 
hym : And though all men shulde be hurte/ yett wolde nott 
I. And Jesus sayd vnto hym : Verely I saye vnto the thys 
daye even in thys nyght/ before the cocke crowe twyse/ thou 
shalt deney me thryse. And he spake ^^ boldlyer : no/ if I 
shulde dey with the/ I woU not deny the Lyke wyse also sayd 
they all. 

And they cam in to a place named gethsemani/ And he 
sayde to his disciples : Sitt ye here/ ^ whyll I goo aparte and 
praye. And he toke with hym Peter/ James/ and Jhon/ and 
he began to ^i waxe abasshede and 22 to be in an agony. And 
sayde vnto them : My soule is very hevy even vnto the deeth/ 
tary here and watche. And he went forthe a lytle and fell 
dounne on the grounde and prayede/ That yf it were possible/ 
the houre myght passe from hym/ And he sayde : Abba fa- 
ther/ all thinges are possible vnto the/ take awaye this cuppe 
from me. neverthelesse nott that I wyll/ butt that thowe wilt 
be done. 

And he cam/ and founde them slepinge/ and sayd to Feter : 
Simon slepest thou ? Coudest not thou watche with me one 
houre ? watche ye/ and praye/ leest ye entre into temptacion/ 

1^ Even he that dippeth, etc. Cr. Bps. ^^ Goeth his way, Gen. 

*^ For that man, if he, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Sung a psalme, Gen. 

Prayed {God), Bps. ^^ Yet more, Cov. More earnestly. Gen. More 
vehemently, Cr. Bps. 20 -p^ji j g^g yonder, etc. Cov. Til I have 

prayed, Gen. ^i Waxe fearful, Cov. Be afraid, Gen. Be sore ama- 
zed, Bps. ^ In great heavinesse, Gen. 



:^o. If. E'i^t fflfospell of S. I^arite. 

the sprete is ^3 redy/ but the flesshe is weeke. And agayne 
he went awaye and prayde/ and spake the same wordes. And 
he returned and founde them aslepe agayne/ for their eyes 
were hevy : nether ^4 coulde they tell what they myght an- 
swere to hym. And he eam the thyrde tyme/ and sayd vnto 
them : slepe hens forth and take your ^5 ease. It ys ynough. 
The houre is come/ Beholde the sonne of man shalbe delyv- 
red into the hondes of synners. Ryse vppe/ let vs goo/ Loo 
he that betrayeth me/ is ^6 come nye. 

And immediatly whill he yett spake cam Judas/ won off 
the twelve/ and with hyme a greate nomber off people with 
sweardes and staves from the hye prestos and scribes and se- 
niours. He that betrayed hym/ gave them a generall token/ 
sayinge : whosoever I do kisse/ he it is/ take hym/ and leade 
hym awaye 2? warely. And as sone as he was come/ he went 
streight waye to him/ And sayd vnto hym : master/ master/ 
and kissed him. And they leyde their hondes on him. 
and toke him. Won off them that stode by drue out a swearde/ 
and smote a servaunt off the hye preste/ and cutt off hys eare. 

And Jesus answered and sayd vnto them : ye cam out as 
vnto a thefe with sweardes and with staves ffor to take n>e/ 1 
was dayly with you in the temple teachinge/ and ye toke me 
not/ but ^that the scriptures shulde be fulfilled : and they all 
forsoke hym and ^9 ranne awaye. And there was a certeyne 
yonge man thatt folowed hym cloothed in linnen ^^ apon the 
bare/ and the yonge men caught hym/ and he lefte his ^^ lynii- 
en and fleed from them nakeed. 

And they leedde Jesus awaye to the hyest preste off al!/ 
and to hym came all the hye prestos/ and the seniours/ 
and the scribes. And Peter folowed ^^a great waye of even 
into the ^^ pallys of the hye preste/ and he was there and sat 
with the servauntes/ and warmed hymsilfe att the fyre. 

And the hye prestes and all the counsell sought for witnes 
agaynste Jesu/ to putt hym to deeth/ And they founde noone. 
34 Yett many bare falce witnes agaynste hym/ butt their wit- 
nes agreed not to gedder. And there aroose certayne and 
brought falce witnes againste hym/ sayinge : We herde hym 
saye : I wyll destroye this temple made with hondes^ and 

23 Willing, Cov. ^ Wyst [Knewe, G.] they, Cr. Gen, Bps. 

«» Rest, Gen. ^ At hand, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ ^afely. Gen. 

^ Cr. Bps. add — (these things come to passe). Gen. — this is done. 
^ Fled, Gen. ^^ Upon the very skin, Cov. Upon his bare ^ody. 

Gen. ^* Lynnen garment, Cr. Bps. Linen cloth, Gen. ^^ A 

farre off, Gen. ^ Hall, <?<;?4. [So ys. 66-] ^'* For many ^ etc Qen, 



103 

mt ^osjieU of S. ir«avfee. €|). yfff), 

with in thre dayes I wyll bilde another made with out hondes. 
•^ And there witnes aggreed not to gedder. 

And the hyeste preste stode vppe before them all/ and ax- 
ed Jesus sayinge : answerest thou ^^ nothinge ? ^^ Howe is it 
that these beare witnes aga^Tist the ? And he helde his 
peace/ and answered noothynge. Agayne the hyeste preste 
axed hym/ and sayde vnto hym : Arte thou Christ the sonne 
oif the blessed ? And Jesus sayde : ^^ I am. And ye shall 
se the Sonne off man sitt on the ryght honde of ^^ power/ and 
come in the cloudes off heven. Then the hyest preste rent 
his clooothes and sayd : what nede we eny further of witnes ? 
ye have herde the blasphemy/ what thinke ye ? And they 
all ^^ gave sentence that he was worthy of deeth. And some 
began to spit at hym/ and to cover his face/ and to bet hym 
with their fistes/ and to saye vnto him ^^ arede vnto vs. And 
the ^2 servauntes '*3 boffeted him on the face. 

And Peter was beneeth in the pallys/ and there cam won 
off the ^ wenches off the hyest preste/ And when she sawe 
Petre warmynge hym silfe/ she loked on hym/ and sayd : 
'^^wast not thou also with Jesus of Nazareth ? And he deny- 
ed it sayinge : I knowe hym not/ nether wott I what thou say- 
est : And he went out in to the ^ poorche/ and the cock ere we. 
And a damsell sawe hym/ and agayne began to saye to them 
that stode by/ thys ys won of them. And he denyed yt 
agayne. And anon after/ agayne they that stode by/ sayde 
to Peter : suerly thou arte won off them/ for thou arte of gali- 
le/ and thy speache "^"^ agreth therto. And he began to coursse 
and to sweare/ sayinge/ I knowe nott thys man off whom ye 
speake. "^^And agayne the cocke crewe. And Peter re- 
membred the worde that Jesus sayd vnto him : before the 
cocke crowe twyse thou shalt deny me thryse/ and '^^ began 
to wepe. 

^^ But yet their, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Nothing unto it that 

these, etc. Cov. ^^ What is the matter that these, etc. Gen. ^ I 
am he, Gen. ^^ The power of God, Gen. •*" Condemned him to 
be, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^i Prophesie, Gen. Bps. ^^ Sergeants, 

Gen. *3 Smote [did beate, B.'] him with rods, Gen. Bps. 

44 Maydes, Gen. [So vs. 69.] ^s Thou wast also with, etc. Gen. 

•ic Fore court, Cov. 47 Soundeth even alike, Cov. Is like. Gen. 

^ Then the second time, etc. Gen. Bps. ^o Waying that v/ith him- 

self *e, he wept, Gen. 



JFo. Iff- E^e (ffiosfpelt of S. i^arfec. 



ST^e ):b. <S:i)apter. 



A 



ND anon in the dawnynge heelde the hye prestes a coun- 
sell with the seniours and the scribes/ And also ^the 
whoole congregacion/ and bounde Jesus and ledde hym awaye/ 
and delyvered hym to Pilate. And Pilate axed hym : Arte 
thou the kynge off the Jewes ? And he answered/ and sayde 
vnto hym : thou sayest yt. And the hye prestes accused hym 
off many thynges. ^ Pylate axed hym agayne sayinge : An- 
swerest thou nothynge : Behoolde ^ howe many thinges they 
lay vnto thy charge ? Jesus yett answered ^ never a worde/ 
so that Pilate merveled. 

Att the feast ^Pilate ^was wont to delyvre "^ [att their plea- 
sure] a presoner : whomsoever they wolde desyre. And there 
was one named Barrabas/ whiche lay bounde ^with them/ 
that caused in surrection/ and 9 in the in surrection committed 
murther. And the people ^^ called vnto hym/ and began to 
desyre off hym/ accordinge as he had ever done vnto them. 
Pylate answered them/ and sayd : Wyll ye that I loose vnto 
you the kynge off the Jewes ? For he knewe that the hye 
prestes had delyvered hym off envy. Butt the hye prestes 
had moved the people that he shulde rather delyvre BaiTabas 
vnto them. 

Pylate answered agayne/ and sayd vnto them : What wyll 
ye then that I do with hym/ whom ye call the kynge of the 
Jewes ? And they cryed agayne : crucify hym. Pilate 
sayde vnto them : What harme hath he done } And they 
cryed the moore fervently : crucifi hym. Pylate willinge to 
content the people/ loused Barrabas/ And delyvered Jesus 
scourged for to be crucifyed. 

And the souddeers ledde hym awaye in to ^^ the commen 
hall/ and called togedder all the whoole ^^ multitude/ and they 
clothed hym with purple/ and they plated a croune off thornes 
and i^crouned hym with all/ And began to salute hym : hayl 
kynge off the Jewes. And they smoote hym on the heed 

^ The whole Counsel, Gen. * Bjjs. adds — but he answered no- 

thing. ^ Howe sore they lay, etc. Cov. * Nothing [No more, 

G.] at all, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Cov. adds — of Ester. ^ Did deliver, 
Cr. Gen. Bps. "^ Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. * With his fellowes. Gen. 
9 Had done manslaughter and sedition, Cov. **^ Crying aloude, be- 
gan to desire that he icould do as. Gen. Bps. " The hall called 
PrcEtorium, Bps. ^^ Bande, Gen. Bps. ^^Put it aboute/w* Acad, 
Gen. Bps. 



2r|)e (SoB^dl of S. i^arfee. €|). ):b. 

with a rede/ and spatt apon hym/ and i^ kneled doune and 
1^ worsheped hym. 

And when they had moocked him/ they toke the purpel off 
him/ and put his awne cloothes on him/ and ledde him oute/ 
to crucify him. And they compelled won that passed by 
called Simon of cerene (which cam oute of i^the felde/ and 
was father off Alexander and Rufus) to beare hys crosse. 
And they brought him to^ place named Golgotha (which is 
by interpretacion/ the place ^^ of deed mens scoulles) and they 
gave him to drynke wyne myngled with mirre/ butt he receav- 
ed it not. 

And when they had crucified hym/ they parted hys gar- 
mentes/ castinge loottes for them/ what every man shulde 
have. And it was aboute the thyrde houre/ and they cru- 
cifyed hym. And the title of ^^ the cause of hys deeth 
was wrytten/ The kynge of the iewis. And they crucified 
with him two theves : the one on his ryght honde/ and 
the other on hys lifte honde. And the scripture was fulfilled/ 
which sayeth : and he was counted amonge the wicked. 

And they that went by/ rayled on hym : waggynge their 
heedes/ and sayinge : ^^ X wretche/ that destroyest the tem- 
ple and byldest yt in thre dayes. Save thy siife/ and come 
doune from the crosse. Lyke wyse also mocked him the hye 
preestes amonge themselves whyth the scribes/ and sayde : 
He saved other men/ hym silfe he cannot save. Lett Christ 
the kynge of Israel nowe descende from the crosse/ that we 
maye se and beleve. And they that were crucified with him/ 
2^ checked hym also. 

And when the sixte houre was come/ darknes aroose over 
all the 21 erth/ vntyll the nynthe houre. And att the nynthe 
houre Jesus cryed with a loude voyce/ sayinge : Eloi/ Eloi/ 
la ma sabaththani/ which is yf it be interpreted : my god/ my 
god/ why hast thou forsaken me ? And some oflT them that 
stode by when they herde that sayde : behoolde he calleth for 
Helias. And won ran/ and filled a sponge full off* veneger/ 
and putt yt on a rede/ and gave it hym to diynke/ sayinge : 
lett hym alone/ let vs se whither Helias wyll come and take 
hym doune. 

^* Bowed the knees, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Did him reverence, Gen. 

'« The country, Gen. ^7 Qf a skulle, Bps. ^^ His cause, Gov. 

Cr. T. M. Gen. His accusation, Bps. ^^ Fie upon thee, how 

goodly breakest thou down the temple, etc. Gov. Hey, thou that 
destroyest, etc. Gen. -^ Reviled, Gen. ^^Lande, Ge«. 



Butt Jesus cryed with a loude voyce/ and gave vppe the 
gooste. And the vayle off the temple did rent in two parties/ 
from the toppe to the boottome. And the ^ vnder captayne 
which stode before hym sawe that he so cryed and gave vppe 
the gooste/ and he sayd : truely this man was the sonne of 
god. There were also wemen ^ a good waye of beholdinge 
him/ amonge whom was Mary magdalen/ and Mary the 
mother of James ^4 the lytle and of Joses/ and Mary Salome, 
which alsoo when he was in galile/ folowed hym/ and minis- 
tred vnto him/ and many other wemen which cam vppe with 
hym to hierusalem. 

And no we when ^^nyght was come (because it was even 
that goeth before the saboth) Joseph of arimathia ^ a noble 
senatour (which also loked for the kyngdom of god) cam 
And went booldly vnto Pylate/ and begged the boddy off Jesu/ 
Pylate merveled that he was alredy deed and called vnto hym 
the vnder captayne and axed of him/ whether he had bene 
eny whyle deed. And when he knewe the trueth off the vn- 
der captayne/ he gave the boddy to Joseph. And he bought 
a linnen cloothe/ and toke hym doune and wrapped hym in 
the lynnen cloothe/ and layde hym in a tombe/ that was hewen 
oute of the rocke. And roolled a stone vnto the dore off the 
the sepulcre. And Mary magdalen and ^^ Mary Jose beheld 
where he was layde. 



2ri)e v^f. €:i)aptcr. 

A ND when the sabboth daye was past/ Mary magdalen/ and 
^Mary Jacobi/ and Salome/ bought ^oyntmentes/ that 
they myght come and ^ anoynt him. And yerly in the morn- 
inge 4 the next daye after the sabboth day they cam vnto the 
sepulcre/ when the sun was risen/ And they said won to 
another : who shall roUe awaye the stone from the dore off 
the sepulcre ? And when they behelde yt/ they sawe how 

=2 Centurion, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. [So post.] ^ Which behelde 
afarre off. Gen. ^ The Lesse, Gen. ^ The day of preparing 

that goeth before, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ A worshipful senator. Gov. 

A noble counseller, T. M. Cr. Bps. An honourable counsellour, Gen. 
^ Marie Joses mother, Gen. Marie of Joses, Bps. ^ Marye Jacob, 

Cr. Marie the rnother of James, Gen. Bps. ^ Odours, T.M. Swete 
odours, Cr. SAveete ointments, Gen. Sweete smelling ointments, jBpjs. 
2 Embalme, Gen. "* Upon a day of the sabbaths, Cov. The first 

daye of the sabbothes, [the week, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. 



2r!)e eSos})ell of S. il^arfee. ©f). )Af. 

the stone was rolled awaye. For it was a very great won/ 
and they went in to the sepulcre/ and sawe a yonge man/ sitt- 
inge on the lyght syde/ cloothed in a longe white ^ garment/ 
and they were ^abasshed. 

He sayd vnto them/ be nott afFrayed/ ye seke Jesus of 
nazareth/ which was crucified. He ys rysen/ he ys nott 
here. Behoolde the place/ where they putt hym. Butt go 
youre waye/ and tell his disciples/ and ' [namly] Peter/ that 
^ he is goone before you in to galile/ there shall ye se hym/ 
as he sayde vnto you. And they went oute quicly and fleed 
from the sepulcre. For they trembled and were amased/ 
Nether said they eny thinge to eny man/ for they were 
afrayed. 

When Jesus was risen ^ the morowe after the sabboth daye/ 
he appered fyrst to Mary magdalen/ oute off whom he cast 
seven devyls. And she went/ and toolde them that were 
with hym/ as they morned and weppte. And when they 
herde/ that he was alive/ and had appiered to her : they be- 
leved it not After that/ he appered unto two of them in ^^a 
stmunge figure/ as they walked/ and went in to the country . 
And they went/ and toolde it to the remnaunt. And they 
11 beleved them nether. 

After that he appered unto the eleven as they sate ^^ at 
meate : and ^^ cast in their tethe their vnbelefe/ and hardnes 
off herte: be cause they beleved not them which had sene 
1^ hym after his resurreccion. And he sayd vnto them. Goo 
ye in to all the woorlde/ and preache the gospell to all crea- 
turs : Whosoever beleveth/ and ys baptised/ shalbe safe : And 
whosoever beleveth nott/ shalbe dampned. 

And these ^^ signes shall folowe them that beleve : In my 
name they shall cast oute devyls/ and shall speake with newe 
tonges/ and shall i^ kill serpentes. And yf they drynke eny 
dedly thynge/ yt shall nott hurte them. They shall laye their 
hondes on the sike/ and they shall recovre. 

^ Rohe, Gen. ^ Afraide, Cr. Gen, Greatly amazed, Bp5. "^ Cr. 
Gen. Bps. omit. ^ He goeth, Cr. Bps. He will goe, Gen. 

3 The first daye of the sabboths. Gov. The fyrste daye after the Sab- 
both, Cr. Bps. Agayne, in the morow (which was the first day of 
the week), Gen. ^^ Another forme. Gen. " Ueleved not 

these also, Cr. Bps. ^^ Together, Gen. ^^ Rebuked them 

for, Gov. Reproved them of, Gen. ^^ That he was rysen agayne 

from the dead, Cr. ^^ Tokens, Cr. Gen. Bps. i^ Drive 

Jiwav, Gov- Cr. Gen- Bps. 



jTo. liffj. me ©fospell of S. ^arkc. 

So then when the lorde had spoken vnto them he was receav- 
ed in to heven/ and sate on the right honde of god. 
- And they went forth/ and preached eveiy where/ 
And the lorde wroght with them/ And con- 
firmed 1"^ their preachynge with myra- 
cles that folowed. 



2r|)e BVLtie of t\)e ©fospell 
of S. iWtartte, 

^^ The worde with signs [miracles, C] that followed; Cr. Gen. Bps. 



10^ 






JB^^ ^s moche as many have taken in honde ^ to com- 
SS0 pyle a treates off 2 thoo thynges/ 3 which are ^ surely 
knowen amonge vs/ even as they ^ declared them vnto vs/ 
which from the begynnynge sawe them ^ with their eyes/ and 
were ministers "^ at the doyng : ^ I determined also/ ^ as sone 
as I had searched out i^ diligently all thinges from the begyn- 
ynge/ that then I wolde wryte vnto thee ^1 ^^ good Theophilusz 
that thou myghtest knowe the certente off thoo thinges/ where- 
of thou ^2 arte informed. 

TN the tyme of Herode kynge of iewry/ there was a certayne 
-*• prest named Zacarias/ off the course of Abie. And his 
wyfe was of the doughters of Aaron : And her name was 
Elizabeth. Booth were perfect before God/ and walked in 
all the 1"^ lawes and ^^ ordinacions of the lorde ^^ that no man 
coulde fynde fawte with them. And they had no childe/ be- 
cause that Elisabeth was barren/ And booth were well 
stricken in age. 

Hit cam to passe/ as he executed the prestes office/ before 

^ To set forthe the declaration [the wordes, Cov. the storie, G.], 
Car. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Of the acts that are come to passe, Cov. 

^ "Whereof we are fully persuaded, Gen. * Moost surelye [to be, 

C.] beleeved. Cr. Bps. ^ Delivered, Cr. Gen. Bps. ®. Their 

selves, T.M. Gen. '^ Of the things they declared, Cr. Of the worde, 
Gen. Bps. ^ It seemed good also to me. Gen. Bps. ^ Having 
perfect understanding of, J5p^. 1° Perfectly, Gew. ^^ Gen. adds — 
Thereof from poynt to poynt. ^^ Most noble, Gen. Most excellent, 
Bps. ^^ Hast bene instructed [taught by mouth, B.], Gen. Bps. 

^* Commaundements, Gen. Bps. ^* Ordinaunces, T. M. Cr. Gen. 

Bps. ^^ Withoute reproofe, Gen. Blame lesse, Bps. 



J?o. lb. ®:!)e ffiospell of <S. ILuifee. 

god as his course cam (accordinge to the custome of the 
prestes office) his lott was to bren ^^ odoures/ And went into 
the temple of the lorde/ and all the multitude of people were 
with out in their prayers whill the odoures were abrennynge. 
There appered vnto him the lordes angell/ stondinge on the 
right syde off the aultre off odours. And when Zacharias 
sawe hym/ he was ^^ abasshed and feare cam on hym. 

The angell sayde vnto hym : feare not Zacary : ffor thy 
prayer is herde : And thy wyfe Helyzabeth shall beare the a 
Sonne/ and thou shalt call his name Jhon/ And thou shaltt have 
ioye and gladnes/ And many shall reioyce att his birth. For 
he shalbe greate in the sight off god/ and shall nether drynke 
wyne ner stronge drynke. And he shalbe filled with the 
holy goost even in his mothers woombe : And many off the 
chyldren off Israhel shall he tourne to their lorde God. And 
he shall goo before hym in the sprete and power off Helyas 
to tourne the herttes off the fathers to their chyldren/ and the 
19 vnbeleveres to the wisdom off the iuste men : to make 
^^ the people redy ffor the lorde. 

And Zacary sayde vnto the angell : ^^ Wherby shall I know 
tliis ? seinge that I am olde/ and my wyfe 22 well stricken in 
yeares. And the angell answered/ and sayde vnto hym : I am 
Gabriell that stonde in the presens off God/ and am sentt to 
speake vnto the : and to shewe the this glad tydinges. And 
take hede thou shalt be domme/ and not able to speake vntyll 
the tyme that these thinges be performed/ because thou be- 
levedst not my wordes/ which shalbe fulfilled in there season. 

And the people wayted for Zacareas/ and mervelled that he 
taryed 23 in the temple. When he cam oute he coulde not 
speake vnto them. And they perceaved/ that he had sene 
some vision in the temple. ^^ And he beckoned vnto them/ 
and remayned speachlesse. 

And it fortuned/ as sone as the tyme off his office was oute/ 
he departed home into his awne housse. Affler thoose dayes/ 
his wife Elizabeth conceaved/ and hid her silfe .v. monethes/ 
saynge : ^oThis wyse hath god dealte with me in the dayes 
when he loked on me/ to take from me ^6 the rebuke that I 
suffered amonge men. 

17 Incense, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. [So post.'] ^8 Troubled, Gen. 

Bps. [So vs. 29.] i« Disobedient, Gen. Bps. 20 Ready, a perfect 
people [a people prepared, G.] for the Lorde, Cr. Gen. Bps. "' By 
what token, Cr. 22 jg q^ ^ great age, Gen. ^ Gen. adds — so 

long. 24 Yor he made signs, etc. Gen. 25 Thus hath the Lorde, 
etc. Gen. Bps. ^6 jyjy rebuke amonge men, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



\\\ 

mt CKospell of S. Sufee. €1). f. 

And in the .vi. moneth the angell Gabiyel was sent from 
god vnto a cite off gahle/ named nazareth/ to a virgin ^^ spous- 
ed to a man/ whose name was Joseph/ of the housse of David/ 
and the virgins name was Mary. And the angell went in vn- 
to her/ and sayde : Hayle ^8 full of grace/ the lorde is with 
the : blessed arte thou amonge wemen. When she sawe hym/ 
she was abasshed att his saynge : and cast in her mynde what 
maner of salutacion that shulde be. And the angell sayde 
vnto her-: feare not Mary/ thou hast founde ^9 grace with god. 
Loo : thou shalt conceave in thy wombe/ and shalt beare a 
childe/ and shalt call his name Jesus. He shalbe greate/ and 
shalbe called the sonne off the hyest. And the lorde god 
shall geve vnto hym the seate off his father David/ And he 
shall raygne over the house off Jacob for ever/ and of his 
kyngdom shalbe none ende. 

Then sayd Mary vnto the angell : Howe shall this be/ se- 
inge that I knowe ^^ no man ? And the angell answered/ and 
sayd vnto her : the holy goost shall come apon the/ and the 
power off the hyest shall over shaddowe the. Therfore also 
that holy thynge which shall be borne/ shalbe called the sonne 
of god. And ^i marke/ thy cosen Elizabeth/ hath also con- 
ceaved a sonne in her olde age. And this is the .vj. moneth 
to her/ which was called barren/ for with god shall nothinge 
be vnpossible. Mary sayd : beholde the ^^ honde may den off 
the lorde/ be it vnto me ^^ even as thou hast sayde. And the 
angell departed from her. 

Mary arose in thoose dayes/ and went in to the ^^ moun- 
tayns with hast into a cite off iewry/ and entred in to the house 
off Zacary/ and saluted Elizabeth. And it fortuned/ as Eliz- 
abeth herde the salutacion of Mary/ the babe spronge in her 
35 belly. And Elizabeth was filled with the holy goost/ and 
cryed with a loude voyce/ and sayde : Blessed arte thou 
among wemen/ ^6 and blessed is the frute off thy wombe. 
And whens hapeneth this to me/ that the mother off my lorde 
shulde come to me ? Loo/ ^"^ as sone as the voyce of thy salu- 
tacion sownded in myne eares/ the babe ^^ lepte in my belly 

^ Affianced, Gen. ^ Thou that art freely beloved, Gen. 

^ Favour, Gen. Bps. ^^ Not a man , Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Beholde J Cr. 
Gen. Bps. ^^ Servant, Gen. [So vs. 46.] ^ According to thy 

word, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Hill countrey, Gen. Bps. ^^ Womb, Cr. 
Bps. [So vs. 44.] ^ Because the fruite of thy wombe is blessed, 

Gen. 37 When I heard the voice, Cov. ^^ Sprange, Cr- Gen, 



iFo. IbJ. 2ri)e ©^ospell of <S. Hufee. 

for ioye. And blessed 39 arte thou that belevedst/ For thoose 
thinges shalbe performed which were tolde ^^ the from the 
lorde. 

^rCO l^ars sajtrc. 

My soule magnifieth the lorde. 

And my sprete reioyseth in god my savioure/ 

For he hath loked on the povre degre off his honde may- 
den. Beholde nowe from hens forth shall all ^^ generacions 
call me blessed. 

For he that is myghty hath done to me greate thinges/ and 
blessed ys his name : 

And hys mercy is always on them that feare him ^^ thorow 
oute all generacions. 

He hath shewed strengthe with his arme/ he hath scattered 
them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hertes. 

He hath putt doune the myghty from their seates/ and hath 
exalted them of lowe degre. 

He hath filled the hongry with good thinges : And hath sent 
away the ryche empty. 

He hath ^^ remembred mercy : and hath holpen his servaunt 
Israhel. 

43 Even as he promised to oure fathers/ Abraham and to 
his seede for ever. 

And mary aboode with her iij. monethes/ And retourned 
homeagayne. 

Elizabethes tyme was come that she shulde be delyvered/ 
And she brought forth a sonne. And her neighbours and her 
cosins herde tell howe/ the lorde had '*'* magnified his mercy 
vppon her/ and they reioysed with her. 

And hit fortuned the eyght daye : they cam to circumcise 
the childe : and called his name Zacari after the name of his 
father/ and his mother answered/ and sayd : not soo/ but he 
shalbe called Jhon. ^^ [And they sayd vnto her : There ys 
none of thy kynne/ that is named with thys name.] And they 
made signes to hys father/ howe he wolde have hym called. 
And he axed for wrytynge tables and wroote saying: hys 
name is Jhon. And they mervelled all. And hys mought 

39 Is she that — her, Gen. Bps. ^^ Ages, Gen. *^ From genera 
tion to generation, Cr. Bps. ^'^ Helped [Upholden, G,] his ser- 

vant Israeli in remembrance [being mindful, G.] of his mercie, Cr. 
Gen. Bps. "^^ As he hath spoken to our fathers, to wit, to Abraham, 
Gen. ■" Shewed greate mercie, Cr. Gen. Bps. ■** Cr. omits. 



S:t)e eSos|)ell of S. 2lufee» €!). U 

was opened immediatly/ and hys tonge/ and he spake lawd- 
ynge god. And feare cam on all them that dwelt ^ nye/ And 
all these sayinges were noised abroade throughoutt all the 
hylly countre of Jewry : and all they that herde them layde 
them vppe in their hertes/ saying : What manor chylde shall 
thys be ? And the honde of god was with hym. 

And his father Zacherias was fylled with the holy goost/ 
and prophisyed sayinge : 

Blessed be the lorde god of israhel/ for he hath visited and 
redemed his people. 

And hath reysed vppe the home off health vnto vs/ in the 
housse of his servaunt David. 

Even as he promised by the moughth of his holy prophetes 
which were sens the worlde began. 

That 4^ we shulde be saved from oure enimys/ and from the 
hondes of all that hate vs : 

^ To shewe mercy towardes oure fathers/ And to remember 
hys holy ^^ promes. 

^ That is to saye the oothe/ which he sware to oure father 
Abraham/ ^^ for to geve us. 

That we delivered oute of the hondes of oure enemis/ 
myght serve hym with oute feare : all the dayes of oure 
lyfe/ in ^^ [suche] holynes and ryghtewesnes ^^ [that are ac- 
cept] before him. 

And thou ^ chylde/ shalt be called the prophet off the hy- 
est/ for thou shalt goo before the face off the lorde/ to prepare 
his wayes : 

And to geve knowlege off health vnto hys people/ ^ for the 
remission of sinnes : 

Through the tender mercy off oure lorde/ wher with hath 
visited vs the daye springe from an hye : 

To geve light to them that sate in darcknes/ and in shadowe 
of deth/ and to gyde oure fete in to the waye of peace. 

And the chylde encreased and wexed stronge in sprete/ and 
was in wildernes/ tyll the daye cam/ when he shulde shewe 
hym silfe vnto the israhelites. 

*^ Rounde aboute them, Bps. *^ He woulde send us deliverance 

[deliver us, C] from, Cov. Gen. ^ To fulfyl the mercye promised, 
etc. T. M. That he woulde deale mercifully with, etc. Cr. Bps. 
49 Covenant, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ And that he woulde [And 

to, T. M.] performe the othe, T. M. Cr. Bps. ^^ Which was that 

he woulde graunt unto us, that we, etc. Gen. ^^ Gen. Bps. omit. 

53 Babe, Gen. ^4 g^^ q^j^^ Bps. 



JTo. Ibff* Sriie ffiosjell of S. Hufee. 



2rfj0 secontie Orijapter. 



TJ IT folowed in thoose dayes : that there went oute a com- 
•*■-■- maundment from Auguste ^the Emperour/ that all the 
woorlde shulde be ^ valued. This taxynge ^was fyrst execu- 
ted when Syrenus was '* leftenaunt in Siria. ^ And every man 
went in to his awne ^ shyre toune/ there to be taxed. And 
Joseph also ascended from Galile/ oute of a cite called Naza- 
reth/ vnto iewry : in to a cite of David/ which is called beth- 
leem/ because he was of the housse and linage of David 
to be taxed with Mary "^ his wedded wife/ ^ which was with 
childe. 

And it fortuned whill they there were/ ^ her tyme was come 
that she shulde be delyvered. And she brought forth her 
fyrst begotten sonne. And i^^yrapped hym in swadlynge 
cloothes/ and layed hym in ii a manger/ be cause there was 
no roume for them with in/ in ^^ the hostrey. 

And there were in the same region shepherdes ^^ abydinge 
in the felde/ and i^ watching their flocke by night. And loo : 
the angell of the lorde stode harde by them/ and the ^^ bright- 
nes of the lorde shone rounde aboute them/ and they were 
soore afrayed. And the angell sayd vnto them : Be not 
afrayed Beholde I biynge you tydinges off greate ioye/ that 
shall come to all the people : ^^ for vnto you is borne this daye 
in the cite of David a saveoure/ which is Christ the lorde. 
And take this for a signe : ye shall fynde the childe ^'' swadled/ 
and layed in a manger. And streight waye there was, with 
the angell a multitude of hevenly sowdiers/ laudynge God/ 
and sayinge : Glory to God ^^ an hye/ and peace on the erth : 
and vnto men ^^ reioysynge. 

And itt fortuned/ as sone as the angels were gone awaye in 

^ Ccesar, Gen.Bps. [So Ch.iii. 1.] 2 Taxed, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps-. 
5 Was the first and executed [that was executed, etc. Cov.] when, etc. 
Cov. Cr. T. M. Was first made when, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Govern- 
our, Gen. [So Ch. iii. 1.] ^ Therefore went all to be taxed, etc. 

Gen. Bps. « Citie, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. "> His spoused, T. M. 

Cr. Bps. That was given him to, etc. Gen. ^ Being great with 

c\n\de, Bps. ^ The daies were accomplished. Gen. Bps. ^'^ Swad- 
led, Bps. 11 A cratch, Gen. fSo post.'] 12. nphe inne, T. M. Cr. 
Gen. Bps. ^^ In the field by the folds and watching their flocks 
by niglit, Cov. ^'* Keeping watch by night, because of their flocke 
[over their flocke by night, S.], Gen. Bps. ^^ Glorie, Gen. Bps. 
1^ ThM is that unto you, etc. Gen. '^'^ Wrapped in swadling clothes , 
Cr. Bps. ^^ In the high heavens^ Gen. In the highest, Bps, 
w Good will, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



C:!)e ffiospell of S. Hufte. «!). fj. 

to heven/ the shepherdes sayd won to another : let vs goo ev- 
en vnto Bethleem/ and se this thynge thatt ^o is hapened/ which 
the lorde hath shewed vnto vs. And they cam with haste/ 
and founde Mary and Joseph/ and the babe layde in a man- 
ger. When they had sene it/ they pubhsshed abrode the 
saynge/ which was tolde them off that chylde. And all that 
herde itt wondred/ att thoose thynges which were tolde them 
off the shepherdes. But Mary kept all thoose sayinges/ and 
pondered them in hyr hert. And the shepherdes retourned/ 
praysynge and laudynge God fFor alt that they had herde and 
sene/ evyn as itt was told vnto them. 

And when the eyght daye was 21 come that the chylde shuld 
be circumcised/ his name was called Jesus/ which was named 
off the angell before he was conceaved 22 in his mothers 
wombe. 

And when the tyme of their purificacion (after the lawe of 
Moyses) was come they brought hym to hierusalem/ to pre- 
sent hym to the lorde (As yt is written in the lawe off the 
lorde : every man chylde that fyrst openeth ^ the matrix/ 
shalbe called holy to the lorde) and 24to offer (as yt ys sayde 
in the lawe of the lorde) a payre off turtle doves/ or ij. yonge 
pigions. 

And beholde there was a man in hierusalem/ whose name 
was Simeon. And the same man was iuste and feared god/ 
and 25 longed for the consolacion off israhel/ and the holy 
goost was in hym. And "^ an answer was geven hym of the 
holy goost/ that he shulde not se deethe/ before he had sene 
the lordes Christ. And he cam ^^ by inspiracion in to the 
temple. 

And as the father and mother broght in the chylde Jesus/ 
to do for hym after the custome of the lawe/ Then toke he 
hym vppe in his armes ^ and sayde. 

Lorde No\V lettest thou thy servaunt departe in peace ac- 
cordinge to thy ^ promes. 

For myne eyes have sene ^^ the saveour sent from the 

Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people. 

*^ Or. adds — we heare saye. ^i Accomplished. Gen. [So vs. 

2-2.] 22 In the womb, T. M. Cr, Gen. Bps. 23 xhe wombe, 

Gen. Bps. ^ To give an oblation, Gen. ^ Looking for, Cr. Bps. 
Waited for, Gen. ^ A revelation. Gen. ^ By the^motion of the 
the spirit. Gen. ^ Gov. Cr. Gen. Bps. add — And praysed God. 

^ Word, Gen. ^o jhy salvation, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



jTo. IW], me ®fo»|jeH of S. Hufte. 

A light 31 to lighten the gentyls/ and the glory off thy peo- 
ple israhel. 

And 32 his father and mother mervelled at thoose thinges/ 
which were spoken off hym : And Simeon blessed them/ and 
sayd vnto Mary his mother : behold/ this childe ^3 shalbe the 
fall/ and resurreccion off many in israhel/ And a signe which 
shalbe spokyn agaynste. And moreover the swearde shall 
pearce ^4 the very hert off the/ that the thoughtes of many 
hertes maye be opened. 

And there was Anna/ a prophetes/ the doughter of Phanuel 
of tribe of Aser. And she was off a greate age/ and had lived 
with an husbande .vij. yere from her virginite. And ^5 this 
wedowe was aboute .iiij. scoore and .iiij. yere off age/ which 
went never oute of the temple/ but served there with fastinge 
and prayer nyght and daye. And she ^6 cam forth that same 
houre/ and 3'^ praysed god/ and spake of hym to all that loked 
for redempcion in hierusalem. 

And as son as they had performed all thinges accordinge 
to the lawe off the lorde/ they returned into galile into their 
awne cite nazareth. And the childe grewe and wexed stronge 
in sprete/ and was full off wysdom/ and the favour of god was 
with hym. 

And his ^8 father and mother went to hierusalem every 
yeare att the feeste of ester. And when he was xij. yere olde/ 
they went vppe to hierusalem after the custome of the feeste/ 
And when they had 39 fulfilled the dayes/ as they returned 
home/ the chylde Jesus boode styll in hierusalem/ '^^ vnknow- 
ynge to his father and mother. For they supposed he had 
bene in the company. They cam a days iomey/ and sought 
hym amonge their kynsfolke and acquayntaunce/ and founde 
hym not. They went backe agayne to hierusalem/ and sought 
hym. And hit fortuned that afler .iij. dayes/ they founde 
hym in the temple sittinge in the middes of the doctours/ both 
hearynge them/ and ^i posinge them. And all that herde 
hym 42 mervelled at his witt and answers. 

^* To be revelled to, Gen. Bps. ^^ Joseph and his mother, Gen. 

33 Is appointed for, Gen. Is set to be, Bps. ^ Through thy soule, 

Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ She had bene [was, G.] a widowe about, etc. 

T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Comming at the same instant upon them, 

Gen. Bps. ^7 Confessed hkewise the Lorde, Gen. Gave thanks 

Hkewise unto, etc, Bps. ^ Elders, Cov. [So vs. 43.] Parents, Gen. 
Bps. 39 Finished, Gen. ^ And Joseph and his mother knew 

not of it, Gen. Bps. ^^ Asking them questions, Gen. ^^ Were 

astonyed at his understanding, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



U7 

Ef^e ffiospcU of .S. 3lutte. dfj. iij. 

And when they sawe hym/ they were astonyed. And his 
mother sayde vnto hym : sone why haste thou thus dealte with 
vs ? Beholde thy father and I have "^^ sorowed and sought the. 
And he sayd vnto them : howe is it that ye sought me ? wist 
ye not that I muste goo aboute my father's business ? And 
they vnderstod nott the saynge that he spake to them. And 
he went with them and cam to nazareth/ and was ^^ obedient 
to them. His mother kept all these thynges in her hert. And 
Jesus increased in wisdom and ^^ age/ and in favoure with god 
and man. 

STije ff). ©ijapter. 

T N the fiftenthe yeare of the raigne off Tiberius the Empe- 
■*■ roure/ Pontius Pilate beinge leftenaunt of Jewry/ and he- 
rode beinge ^ Tetrarch of galile/ and his brother Philip Te- 
trarch in Iturea/ and in the region of traconitis/ and lysanias 
the Tetrarch of abylene : When Anna and Cayphas were the 
hye prestos : The commaundment of god ^ was publisshed 
vnto John the sonne off Zacarias in the wildernes. And he 
cam into all the coostes aboute Jordan/ preachynge the bap- 
tism of repentaunce for the remission of synnes/ as it is writ- 
ten in the boke of the sayinges of Esayas the prophet/ which 
saeth : The voyce off a cryar in wyldernes/ prepare the waye 
off the lorde/ make hys pathes straight. Every valley shalbe 
fylled/ and every mountayne and hyll shalbe broght lowe : 
And crocked thynges shalbe made streight : and the rought 
wayes shalbe made smoth. And all flesshe shall se the ^ sa- 
veour sent off god. 

Then sayde he to the people/ that were come to be baptised 
of hym. O generacion of vipers : who hath ^ shewed you the 
crafte to flye from wrath to come ? Brynge forth due frutes 
of repentaunce/ And begyn nott to saye in youre selves/ we 
have Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you : god is 
able of these stones to reyse vppe children vnto Abraham. 
Nowe also ys the axe leyd vnto the rote off the trees. Every 
tree therfore/ which bringeth not forth good frute/ shalbe 
hewen doune/ and caste in to the fyre. 

And the people axed him/ sayinge : What shall we do then. 

^ Sought thee with heavie hearts, Gen. Sought thee sorowing, 
T. M. Cr. Bps. 44 Subject, Gen. ^ Stature, Gen. Bps. 

^ One of the foure princes, etc. Cov. ^ Came, Cr. Gen. Bps 

3 Salvation of God, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Certified [Taught, T. M. Cr.] 
you to flee, Cov. T. M. Cr. Forewarned you to flye, Gen. Bps. 



iFo. If):. 2r|)e ffiospell of S. llufte. 

He answered and sayde vnto them : He that hath ij. cootes/ 
lett hym parte with hym that hath none : And he that hath 
meate/ let him do lyke wyse. 

Then cam there puphcans to be baptised/ and sayde vnto 
hym : Master/ what shall we do ? He answered vnto them : 
requyre no more then that/ which vs appoynted vnto you. 

The soudiers lyke wyse demaunaed off hym/ sayinge : And 
what shall we do ? And he sayde to them : ^ Do violence to 
noo man : nether ^ trouble eny man wrongfully : And be con- 
tent wyth youre wages. 

As the people ''' were in a doute/ and all men ^ disputed in 
there hertes of Jhon : Whether he were very Christ/ Jhon 
answered/ and sayd to them all. I baptyse you wyth water/ 
butt 9 a stronger then commeth/ whose shue latchet I am nott 
worthy to vnloose : he will baptise you with the holy goost/ 
and with fyre/ which hath his fan in his bond/ and wil ^^ pourge 
his floore/ and will gadet* ^^ his corne in to hys barne/ And 
the chaffe wyll he bourne with fyre that never shalbe quench- 
ed. And many other thynges in hys exhortacion preached 
he vnto the people. 

Then Herode the Tetrarch (when he was rebuked of hym 
for Herodias his brother Philippes wyfe/ and for all the evyls 
which herod had done) added this above all/ ^^and leyd Jhon 
in preson. 

And yt fortuned as all the people receaved baptim (^Vnd 
when Jesus was baptised and did praye) that heven was open- 
ed/ and the holy goost cam doune in a bodely shape lyke a 
dove apon him. And a voyce cam from heven/ sayinge : 
thou arte my dere sonne/ In the do I delyte. 

And Jesus him silfe ^^ was about thirty yere of age when 
he began/ beinge as men supposed the sonne of Joseph, 
which Joseph was the sonne of Heli : 
which was the sonne of Mathat : 
which was the sonne of Levi : 
which was the sonne of Melchi : 
which was the sonne of Janna ; 
which was the sonne of Joseph : 
which was the sonne of Matatthias : 

* Hurte no man, Cr. ^ Accuse any falsely, Gm. Bps. ' Wait- 
ed, Gen. Bps. ^ Thought, Cov. Mused, Cr. Gen. Bjts. ^ One 
stronger than I, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^° Make cleane. Gen. '^ The 
wheate into his [barne, B.'\ garner, Gen. Bps. ^^ That he shut up, 
Gen. ^^ Began to be, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



©tie CKospell of <S. Hufee. €|). fff. 



which was the sonne of Amos : 
which was the sonne of Nahum : 
which was the sonne of Esli : 
which was the sonne of Nagge : 
which was the sonne of Maath : 
which was the sonne of Matathias : 
which was the sonne of Semei : 
which was the sonne of Joseph : 
which was the sonne of Juda : 
which was the sonne of Johanna : 
which was the sonne of Rhesya : 
which was the sonne of Zorobabel : 
which was the sonne of Salathiel : 
which was the sonne of Neri : 
which was the sonne of Melchi : 
which was the sonne of Addi : 
which was the sonne of Cosam : 
which was the sonne of Helmadam : 
which was the sonne of Her : 
which was the sonne of Jeso : 
which was the sonne of Helieser : 
which was the sonne of Joram : 
which was the sonne of Mattha : 
which was the sonne of Levi : 
which was the sonne of Simeon : 
which was the sonne of Juda : 
which was the sonne of Joseph : 
which was the sonne of Jonam : 
which was the sonne of Heliacim : 
which was the sonne of Melea : 
which was the sonne of Menam : 
which was the sonne of Mathathan : 
which was the sonne of Nathan : 
which was the sonne of David : 
which was the sonne of Jesse : 
which was the sonne of Obed : 
which was the sonne of Boos : 
which was the sonne of Salmon : 
which was the sonne of Naason : 
which was the sonne of Aminadab : 
which was the sonne of Aram : 
which was the sonne of Esrom : 
which was the sonne of Phares : 



jfo. IV' 2rt)e eKospell of S. 3lufec. 

which was the sonne of Juda : 
which was the sonne of Jacob : 
which was the sonne of Ysaac : 
which was the sonne of Abraham : 
which was the sonne of Tharra : 
which was the sonne of Nachor : 
which was the sonne of Saruch : 
which was the sonne of Ragau : 
which was the sonne of Phalec : 
which was the sonne of Heber : 
which was the sonne of Sala : 
which was the sonne of Cainan : 
which was the sonne of Arphaxat . 
which was the sonne of Sem : 
which was the sonne of Noe : 
which was the sonne of Lameth : 
which was the sonne of Mathusala : 
which was the sonne of Enoch : 
which was the sonne of Jareth : 
which was the sonne of Malalehel : 
which was the sonne of Cainan : 
which was the sonne of Enos : 
which was the sonne of Seth ; 
which was the sonne of Adam : 
which was the sonne of God. 



m^ ffff. ®Da|)tcr. 

TESUS then full off the holy goost/ returnyd from iordan/ 
•^ and was caryed off the sprete into a wildernes/ and was xl. 
dayes tempted of the devyl. And in thoose dayes ate he no 
thinge : And when they were ended/ he after ward hongred. 
And the devyll sayd vnto him : yf thou be the sonne of god/ 
commaunde this stone that he be breed. And Jesus answer- 
ed hym/ sayinge : It ys written : man shall nott live by breed 
only/ but by every worde of God. 

And the devyll toke him vppe into an hye mountayne/ and 
shewed hym all the kyngdoms of the erth even in the twinck- 
lynge of an eye. And the devyl said vnto him : all this pow- 
er will I geve the everywhit/ and the glori of them (for that is 
dely vered to me/ and to whomsoever 1 wyll I geve it) Yf thou 
therfore wilt worshippe me/ they shalbe all thyne. Jesus an- 



swered and sayd vnto hym : ^ hence from me Satan. For 
hit is written. Thou shalt ^ honour thy lorde god/ and hym 
only serve. 

And he caryed hym to hierusalem/ and set him on a pyna- 
cle of the temple/ and sayd vnto him : Yf thou be the sonne 
of god/ cast thy silfe doune from hens. For it ys written/ he 
shall geve hys angelles charge over the/ to kepe the/ and with 
their hondis they shall ^ stey the vppe/ that thou ^ hurt nott thy 
fote agaynst a stone. Jesus answered and sayde vnto hym/ it 
is sayd/ thou shalt nott tempte thy lorde god. And as sone 
as the devyll had ended all his temptacions/ he departed from 
him for a season. 

And Jesus retourned by the power of the sprete in to gali- 
lee/ and the fame off hym went throwe oute all the region 
rounde aboute. And he taught in there sinagogges/ and was 
5 commended off all men. 

And he cam to nazareth where he ^ was noursed/ and as 
hys custume was/ went into the sinagog on the saboth daye/ 
and stode vppe for to rede. And there was deljrvered vnto 
hym the boke off the prophet Esaias. And when he had ^op- 
ened the boke/ he founde the place/ where hit was wrytten : 
The sprete off the lorde apon me/ be cause he hath annoynted 
me/ s To preache the gospell to the povre he hath sent me/ 
And to heale ^ them which are troubled in there hertes : To 
preach deliveraunce to the captive/ And ^^ sight to the blynde/ 
And frely to sett att liberte them that are brused/ And to 
preache the aceptable yeare off the lorde. 

And he cloosed the booke/ and gave it agayne to the min- 
ister/ and sate doune. And the eyes off all thatt were in the 
synagog/ were fastened on hym. And he began to saye vnto 
them. This daye ys thys scripture fulfilled in youre eares. 
And all they bare hym witnes/ and wondred att the gracious 
wordes/ which preceded oute off hys mouth/ and sayde : Is 
not this Josephs sonne ? 

And he sayde vnto them : Ye ^^ maye very wele saye vnto 
me this proverbe. Visicion/ heale thy silfe. Whatsoever 
we have herde done in Capernaum/ do the [same here lyk 

^ Avoide from me, Cov. Get thee hence behinde, etc. Bps. ^ Wor- 
ship, Or. Gen. Bps. 3 Beare, Cr. Bps. Lift, Gen. ^ Dash, Cr. 
Gen. Bps. ^ Honoured, Gen. ^ Was nourished, Tav. Had 
bene brought up. Gen. Bps. ' Turned over, Cov. ^ [The Gen. 
divides these clauses as in K. James' version.] ^ The broken 
hearted, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^° Recovering of sight. Gen. Bps. ^^ Wil 
utterly [surely, G.] saye, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



iTo. m STf)^ CEospell of S. 3lufee. 

wyse in thyne avvne countre. And he sayde : Verely I saye 
vnto you : no prophett is accepted in his awne countre. 

But I tell you off a trueth/ Many wyddowes were in Israhell 
in the dayes off Helyas/ when hevyn was shet thre yeres and 
syxe monethes/ when greate fammisshment was troughoute 
all the londe/ And vnto none off them was Helyas sent/ save 
in to sarepta/ ^^begydes sydon vnto ^^ a woman that was a 
widow. And many leppers were in israhel in the tyme off 
Heliseus the prophet/ and yet none off them was healed/ sav- 
ynge Naaman off siria. 

And as many as were in the sinagog when they herde that/ 
were filled with wrath and roose vppe/ and thrust hym oute of 
the cite/ and ledde hym even vnto the edge of the hill/ wher- 
on their cite was bilte/ to cast hym doune hedlynge. But he 
went his waye even thorowe the myddes of them : and cam in 
to Capernaum/ a cite of galile/ and there taught them on the 
sabboth dayes. And they were astonied at his doctrine : for 
hys I'* preachinge was with power. 

And in the sinagoge there was a man/ which had ^^a foule 
sprete whith in him/ and cryed with a loude voyce/ sayinge : 
16 let me alone/ what haste thou to do wyth vs/ thou Jesus off 
nazareth ? Arte thou come to destroye vs ? I knowe the 
what thou arte/ thou arte ^'^ the holy man of god ? And Jesus 
rebuked hym/ sayinge : hoolde thy peace/ and come oute of 
hym. And the devyle threwe him in the myddes of them and 
cam oute of hym/ and hurt hym not. And feare cam on them 
all/ And they spake amonge them selves/ sayinge : ^^ what 
manner a thinge is this ? For with auctorite and power he 
commaundeth the foule spretes and they come oute ? And 
the fame of hym spreed abroode throwoute all places of the 
countre rounde aboute. 

And he roose vppe and cam oute of the synagoge/ and en- 
tred in to Simons housse. And Simons i^ motherelawe was 
taken wyth a greate fever/ And they made intercession to 
him for her. And he stode over her/ and rebuked the fever : 
and hit leeft her. And immediatly she roose and ministred 
vnto them. 

^2 .q citie of Sidon [of the Sidonians, C] , Cov. Gen. Bps. " A cer- 
taine wldowe, Gen. *"* Worde was with authoritie, Gen. ^* A 

spirite of an uncleane [a foule, 5.] devyll, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Oh 

what have we to do with thee, etc. Gen. ^^ fhe holy of God, Cr. 

The holy one, Gen. Bps. *^ What thing. Gen. What manner of 

saying, Bps. *^ Wives mother. Gen. Bps. 



\1^ 

t»ri)e ®ospell of S. 2Lufee. ®t). b. 

When the sun was doune/ all they that had sicke/ taken 
with divers deseases/ brought them vnto him : and he layde 
his hondes on every won of them and healed them. And 
devils also cam out of many of them/ cryinge and saying : 
Thou arte Christ the sonne of God. And he rebuked them/ 
and suffered them nott ^ to speake/ for they knewe that he 
was Christ. 

As sone as it was daye/ he departed and went awaye into a 
desert place/ and the people sought hym and cam to hym/ 
and kept hym that he shulde not departe from them. And he 
sayde vnto them : I muste to other cities also preace ^^ the 
worde of God/ for therfore am I sent. And he preached in 
the synagoges off Galile. 

Sl)e b, (5:i)a})ter. 

XTIT cam lo passe as the people preeised apon hym/ to 
•*"*■ heare the worde off God/ that he stode by the lake of 
Genazareth : and sawe two shippes stonde by the lake syde/ 
for the fisshermen were gone out of them/ and were wassh- 
ynge their nettes. Jesus entred in to one of the shippes/ which 
^ perteyned to Simon/ and Sprayed hym/ that he wolde ^cary 
hym a litell from the londe. And he sate doune and taught 
the people out of the shippe. 

When he had leeft speakynge/ he sayde vnto Simon : 
^ Cary vs in to the depe/ and lett slippe thy nett ^ to make a 
draught- And Simon answerid/ and sayde to hym : Master 
we have ^ labored all nyght/ and have taken nothynge. Yet 
nowe at thy worde I wil loose forthe the net. And when 
they had so done/ they inclosed a greate multitude of fisshes. 
And the net brake/ and they ''' made signes to their ^ felowes 
which were in the other shippe/ that they shulde come and 
helpe them. And they cam/ and they filled bothe the shippes/ 
that they soncke agayne. 

When Simon Peter sawe that/ he fell doune at Jesus knees 
sayinge : lorde goo from me/ for I am a sinfull man. For he 
he was vtterly astonyed/ and all that were with hym att the 
draught off fisshe which they toke. and so was also James 

^ To saye that they knewe, etc. Gen. ^^ The kingdom, Cr. 

Gen. Bps. ^ Was Simons, Gen. ^ Required, Bps. ^ Thrust 

out, Cr. Gen. Bps. 4 Launche out, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' To 

catch, Bps. ^ Travailed, Gen, '' Beckened, Cr. Gen. Bps, 

^ Partners, Gen. Bps. 



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and Jhon the sonnes of Zebedei/ which were ^ partetakers 
with Simon. And Jesus sayd vnto Simon : feare not/ from 
hence forthe thou shalt catche men. And they broughtt their 
i<^ shippes to londe/ and forsoke all/ and folowed hym. 

And itt fortuned that he was in a certayne cite/ and be- 
holde there was a man full of leprosy : and when he had 
spied Jesus/ he fell on his face and besought him saying : 
Lorde yfF thou wilt/ thou canst make me cleane. And he 
strethed forth his bond and touched hym sayinge : I will/ be 
thou cleane. And immediatly the leprosy departed from hym. 
And he ii warned hym/ that he shulde tell no man : but that 
he shulde goo and shewe hym silfe to the preste/ and offer 
for his clensynge/ accordynge as Moses commaundment was/ 
for a witnes vnto them. 

But his 12 name spreed the moare abroade/ and the people 
cam togedder to heare/ and to be healed of hym/ of infirmities. 
And he i^^eptehym silfe aparte in the wildernes/ and gave 
hym silfe to prayer. 

And itt hapened on a certayne daye/ that he taught/ and 
there sate the pharises/ and doctours of lawe/ which were 
come out off all the tounes of Galile/ Jewry/ and Jerusalem/ 
and the power off the lorde ^^ was to heale them. And be- 
holde/ men brougt a man lyinge in his beed/ which was taken 
with the palsey. and they sought meanes to brynge hym in/ 
and to laye hym before hym. And when they coulde not 
fynde ^^ by what waye they myght brynge hym in/ be cause 
off the preace/ they went vp on the toppe of the housse/ and 
lett hym doune thorowe the tylynge/ ^^ beed and all in the 
myddes before Jesus. When he sawe their fayth he sayde 
vnto hym : man thy synnes are forgeven the. And the 
scribes, and the pharises/ began to thynke saynge : What 
felow is this : which speaketh blasphemy .'* Who can forgeve 
synnes/ butt God only .? 

When Jesus perceaved their thoughtes/ he answered and 
sayde vnto them : What thinke ye in youre hertes ? Wheth- 
er is easyar to saye/ thy synnes are forgeven the/ or to saye/ 
Rise and walke ? That ye maye knowe that the sonne off man 
hath power to forgeve synnes on erth/ he sayde vnto the sicke 

® Companions, Cov. Gen. Partners, Cr. T. M. Bps. ^° Boates 

to the shore, Bps. " Charged, Cr. Bps. Commanded, Gen. 

»2Fame, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Departed, Cov. i* Went from 

him and healed every man, Cov. Was present t6, Cr. Bps. Was in 
him io, Gen. ** On what side, Cr. £p5. ^® With his couch, 5^5. 



of the palsey : I saye to the/ aryse/ take vp thy beed/ and goo 
home to thy housse. And immediatly he rose vp before them 
all/ and toke vp his beed where on he laye/ and departed to 
his awne housse praysynge god. And they were all amased/ 
and they lauded God/ and were filled with feare/ sayinge : 
17 We have sene straunge thynges to daye. 

And after that he went forthe/ and sawe a publican/ named 
Levi/ syttinge at the receyte off custome/ and sayde vnto hym : 
folowe me. And he leeft all/ roose vppe/ and folowed hym. 
And that same levi made him a greate feaste at home in his 
awne housse. And there was a greate company of publicans/ 
and off other that sate at meate with hym. And the scribes 
and Pharisees grudged agaynst his disciples/ sayinge : Why 
eate ye and drynke ye/ with publicans/ and synners ? Jesus 
answered and sayde vnto them : They that are whole/ nede 
not of the phisicion : but they that are sicke. I cam not to 
call the rightewes to repentaunce : but the synners. 

They sayde vnto hym : Why do the disciples off Jhon fast 
often and praye : and the disciples of the pharises also : and 
thyne eate and drynke } To whome he sayde : Can ye make 
the Children of the weddynge faste/ as longe as the bryde 
gi'ome is present with them ? The dayes will come/ when the 
bryd grome shalbe taken awaye from them/ then shall they 
fast in thoose dayes. 

He spake vnto them in a similitude : No man puttheth a 
pece of an newe garment/ into an olde vesture : for yf he do/ 
then 1^ breaketh he the newe and the pece that was taken out 
of the newe/ agreeth nott with the olde. Also no man pour- 
eth newe wyne into olde vessels/ yf he do/ the newe wyne 
breaketh the vessels/ and runneth out it silfe/ and the vessels 
perisshe : But newe wyne must be poured into newe vessels/ 
and boothe are preserved. Also no man that drynketh olde 
wyne/ stray ght waye i9 can awaye with newe/ for he sayeth : 
the olde is ^^ pleasanter. 

XT IT happened on ^ an aftersaboth/ they went thorowe the 
■^ corne felde/ and his disciples plucked the eares of come/ 
and ate them/ and rubbed them in their hondes. Certayne of 

^'' Doubtlesse, we have, etc. Gen. Bps. ^^ The newe renteth it, 

Gen. Bps. i^ Desireth, Gen. Will have, Bps. ^ Better, Cr. 

Gen. Bps. ^ An after principal sabbath, Cov. Cr. The secondc 

gabbath after the first, Gen. Bps. 



jfo, ly:Uh 2r|)e CKospell of ,S. SQLufee. 

the pharises sayde vnto them : Why do ye that which is not 
laufull to be done on the saboth dayes ? Jesus answered 
them and sayde : Have ye nott redde what David did/ when 
he hymsilfe was anhungred/ and they which were with hym r 
howe he went into the housse off god/ and toke and ate the 
loves off halowed breed/ and gave also to them which were 
with hym : whych was not laufull to eate/ but for the prestes 
only. And he sayd vnto them : The sonne of man is lorde 
even of the saboth daye. 

And it fortuned in a nother saboth also/ that he entred into 
the sinagoge and taught. And there was a man/ whose right 
honde was dryed vp. The scribes/ and the pharises watched 
hym/ to se whether he wolde heale on the saboth daye or not/ 
that they myght fynde ^ an accusacion agaynst hym. Butt 
he knewe their thoughtes/ and sayde to the man which had 
the widdred honde : Ryse vp/ and stonde forthe in the middes. 
He arose/ and stepped forthe. Then sayde Jesus vnto them : 
I will axe you a question : Whether is it laufull on the saboth 
dayes to do goode/ or to do evill ? to save life ^ oder for to 
destroye hyt. And he behelde them all in compasse/ and 
sayd vnto the man : Stretche forth thy honde. He did soo/ 
and his honde was restored/ and made as whoole as the other. 
And they were filled full of madenes/ and ^ counselled won 
with another/ what they myght do to Jesu. 

Hit fortuned in thoose dayes/ he went out into a mountayne 
for to praye/ and continued all nyght in prayer to god. And 
as sone as it was daye/ he called his disciples and of them he 
chose twelve/ which also he called his aposteles. Simon/ 
whom also he named Peter : and Andrew his brother/ James 
and John/ Philip and Bartlemeaw/ Mathew and Thomas/ 
James the sonne of Alpheus and Simon called Zelotes/ and 
Judas James ^ sonne/ and Judas Isqarioti which same was the 
traytour. 

And he cam doune with them and stode in the playne felde 
with the company of his disciples/ and a greate multitude of 
people out off all parties off Jewiy and Jerusalem/ and from 
the see cooste off Tire and Sidon/ which cam to heare hym-? 
and to be healed of their diseases/ and they also that were 
vexed with foule spretes/ and they were healed. And all the 
people preased to touche hym : for there went vertue out off 
hym/ and healed them all. 

? An occasion, Cov. How to accuse, Cr. Bps. '[i.e. or.] ■* Com-j 
inuned, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps, ^ Brother, Gen, B^§,, 



(£7 

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And he left vp his eyes apon his disciples/ and sayde : 
Blessed are ye povre : for youers is the kyngdom oif God. 
Blessed are ye that honger : for ye shalbe satisfied. Blessed 
are ye that wepe : for ye shall laugh. Blessed are ye when 
men hate you/ and ^ thrust you out off their companye/ and 
^ rayle on yon/ and ^ abhorre youre name/ as an evill thynge/ 
for the Sonne off mannes sake. Reioyse ye then/ and be 
gladde : for beholde youre rewarde is greate in heven. Af- 
ter this manner their fathers ^ entreated the prophetes. 

But wo be to you that are ryche : for ye ^^have tlier in 
youre consolacion. Wo be to you that are full : for ye shall 
honger. Wo be to you that no we laugh : for ye shall wayle/ 
and wepe. Wo be to you when all men ii prayse you : for 
so did their fathers to the falce prophetes. 

But I saye vnto you which heare : Love youre enemys. 
Do goode to them whych hate you. Blesse them thatcoursse 
you. And pray for them/ whych ^^ wrongfully trouble you. 
And vnto hym that smyteth the on the one cheke/ offer also 
the other. And hym that taketh awaye thy ^^ goune/ forbid 
nott to take thy coote also. Geve to every man that axeth of 
the. And yf eny man take awaye i"* thy goodes/ axe them 
nott agayne. And as ye wold that men shulde doo to you : 
soo do ye to them lyke wyse. 

Yf ye love them which love you : what thanke ^^ are ye 
worthy of ? ^^ seinge that the very synners love ^'^ their lovers. 
And yf ye do ^^ for them which do ^^ for you : what thanke 
are ye worthy of ? For the very synners doo even the same. 
Yff ye lende to them off whome ye hoope to receave : what 
thanke shal ye have : for the very synners/ lende to synners/ 
to receave ^^ as moche agayne. Love ye youre enemys/ do 
goode/ and lende/ lokynge for nothynge agayne : and your 
rewarde shalbe greate/ and ye shalbe the chyldren off the 
hyest : for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde/ and to the evyll. 

Be ye therfore merciful!/ as youre father ys mercifull. 
Judge nott and ye shall nott be ^^ Judged. Condemne nott : 
and ye shall not be condemned. Forgeve/ and ye shalbe for- 

^ Shall separate you, Gen. Bps. BjjS. adds — {from their companic.) 
' Revile, Gen. ^ Put outyournarae asevyll, Gen. Bps. ^Did to, 
Cr. Gen. Bps. *° Have [C adds — already] received, Cov. Gen. Have 
your consolation, Cr. jBp5. " Speake well of you, Gc?i. ^^jj^j-t, 
Gen. 13 cioake, Gen. Bps. i^ That thyne is, Cov. ^^ u^ve 

ye. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ For synners also, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

1' Those that love them, Gen. ^s Do good , Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Such 
like, Cr. Bps. The like, Gen. 20 judged at all, Bps. 
I* 



jTo. lyXilh ^^^ ®?ospell of <S. SLufee. 

geven. Geve/ and yt shalbe geven vnto you. good measure/ 
pressed doune/ shaken to gedder/ and runnynge over/ shall 
men geve into youre besomes. For M^ith what measure ye 
mete/ with the same shall men mete to you agayne. 

And he put forthe a similitude vnto them : Can the blynde 
21 ledde the blynde ? Do they nott both then fall into the 
dyche ? The disciple is not above his master. ^ Every man 
shalbe perfecte/ even as hys master ys. Why seist thou a 
moote in thy brothers eye/ and considerest not the beame that 
is in thyne awne eye ? Other howe cannest thou saye to thy 
brother : ^^ Brother lett me pull out the moote that is in thyne 
eye : when thou perceavest nott the beame that is in thyne 
awne eye ? Ypocrite/ cast out the beame out off thyne awne 
eye first/ and then shalt thou se perfectly/ to pull out the moote 
out of thy brothers eye. 

Hit is nott a goode tree that bryngeth forthe evyll frute : 
Nether is that an evyll tree/ whych bryngeth forthe goode 
frute. For every tree ys knowen by his frute. Nether off 
thornes gader men fygges/ nor of busshes gadre they grapes. 
A good man off the goode treasure offhyshert bryngeth forth 
that which ys goode. And the evyll man of the evyll trea- 
sure off hys hert/ bryngeth forthe that which ys evyll. For 
off the aboundaunce off the hert/ the mought speaketh. 

Why call ye me Master/ Master : and do not ^'^ as I bid 
you } whosoever commeth to me/ and heareth my sayinges/ 
and doeth the same/ I wyll shewe you to whome he ys lyke. 
He is lyke a man which bilt an housse : which digged depe/ 
and layde the foundacion on a rocke : When the waters 
arose/ the fludde bett ^^ apon that housse/ and coulde nott 
move hyt. For it was grounded apon a rocke. But he that 
heareth and doth not/ is lyke a man/ that with out foundacion 
bylt an house apon the erth/ agaynst which/ the fludde bet : 
and it fell by and by. And the fall of that housse was greate. 

'Vl/'HEN he had ended all his sayinges in the audience of 

^^ the people/ he entred into Capernaum. And the 

servaunt of a certayne ^ Centurion was sicke/ and ^ redy to 

21 Shew the way to, Cov. ^ Whosoever (toil />c) a perfect (dis- 

ciple) shall be as, etc. Gen. Bps. ^s Holde still, brother, I wil 

plucke, Cov. ^ The things I speake. Gen. ^ Bps. adds — ve- 

hemently. ^ Captain, Cov. ^ In peril of death, Cr. Bps. 



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dye/ 3 whom he made moche of. And when he herde of 
Jesu/ he sent vnto hym the seniours of the iewes/ besechynge 
him that he wolde come and ^ save his servaunt. And they 
cam to Jesus and besought him instantly/ sayinge : He is 
worthy that thou shuldest do this for hym. For he loveth our 
nacion/ and hath bilt vs a sinagoge. And Jesus went with 
them. 

And when he was nott farre from the housse/ the ^ Cen- 
turion sent to hym hys frendes/ sayinge vnto hym : Lorde 
trouble not thy silfe/ for I am nott worthy that thou shuldest 
enter into my housse. Wherfore I thought nott my silfe 
worthy to come vnto the : but saye the worde and my ser- 
vaunt shalbe whoole. For I lyke wyse am a man ^ vnder 
power/ and have vnder me soudiers/ and I saye vnto won/ 
goo : and he goeth. And to another/ come : and he cometh. 
And to my servaunt/ do this : and he doeth it. When Jesus 
herde this he merveyled at him/ and turned hym about and 
sayd to the people that folowed hym : I saye vnto you/ I have 
not founde soo greate fayth/ noo nott in Israhel/ certaynly. 
And they that wer sent/ turned backe home agayne/ and 
founde the servaunt that was sicke whoole. 

And it fortuned after that/ he went into a cite called Naym/ 
and hys disciples went with him/ and a greate nomber off 
people. When he cam nye to the gate off the cite/ beholde/ 
there was a deed man caried out/ which was the only sonne 
of his mother/ and she was a widowe/ and moche people off 
the cite was with her. And the lorde sawe her/ and had 
compassion on her/ and sayde vnto her: wepe not. And 
went and touched the coffyn/ and they that bare hym stode 
still. And he sayde : Yonge man/ 1 saye vnto the/ aryse. 
And the deed sat vp/ and began to speake. And he deliver- 
ed hym to his mother. And there cam a feare on them all. 
And they glorified god sayinge : a greate prophet ys rysen 
amonge vs/ and God hath visited hys people. And thys 
rumor off hym went forthe throughout all Jewry/ and thoro- 
wout all the regions which lye rounde about. 

And 6 vnto Jhon shewed hys disciples off all these thynges. 
And Jhon called vnto hym two '' off hys disciples/ and sent 
them to Jesus sayinge : Arte thou he that shall come : or shall 

3 Which was deare unto hun, Cr. Bps. * Heale, T. M. Cr. Gen. 
Bps. ^ Subject to the higher authoritie, Cov. Set under authori- 

tie [power, C. B.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ The disciples of John shewed 

him, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Gen. adds — certaine men. 



jTo. l):b. 2rt)e ©iospell of S. Hiifee. 

we ^ loke for another ? When the men wer come vnto hym/ 
they sayde : Jhon baptiste sent vs vnto the saynne : Arte 
thou he that shall come : or shall we wayte for another ? Att 
that same time/ he cured many off their ^ infirmities/ and 
plages/ And off evyll spretes/ and vnto many thatt were 
blynde/ he gave syghtt/ And he answered/ and sayd vnto 
them : Goo youre wayes and shewe Jhon/ what thinges ye 
have herde and sene : howe that the blynde se/ the halt goo/ 
the lepers are clensed/ the deafe heare/ the deed aryse : ^^ To 
the povre is the ^^ gospell preached/ and happi is he that 
falleth not/ ^^ by the reason of me. 

When the messengers of Jhon wer departed/ he began to 
speake vnto the people of Jhon : What went ye out for to se 
in to the desert ? went ye to se a rede shaken with the wynde ? 
But what went ye out for to se ? a man clothed in saufte ray- 
ment ? Beholde they which are gorgeously apparelled/ and 
lyve delicatly/ are in kynges courtes. Butt what went ye forth 
to se ? 13 ^ prophet ? Ye I saye to you/ and moare then a 
prophet. This is he of whom hit is wrytten : Beholde I sende 
my 1^ messenger before thy face/ to prepare thy waye before 
the. I saye vnto you : A greater prophett then Jhon amonge 
1^ wemens children/ is there none. Neverthelesse won that 
is lesse in the kyngdom of God/ is greater then he. 

And all the people that herde/ and the publicans iustified 
God/ which wer baptised in the baptism of Jhon. But the 
pharyses and ^^ scribes despised the counsell off God/ agaynst 
them selves/ and wer not baptised of hym. 

And the lorde sayd : Where vnto shall I lyken the men of 
this generacion/ and whatt thynge are they lyke } They are 
lyke vnto chyldren sittynge in the market place/ and cryinge- 
one to another/ and sayinge : We have pyped vnto you/ and 
ye have not daunsed : We have mourned to you/ and ye have 
not wept. For Jhon baptist cam vnto you nether eatynge 
breed/ ner drynkynge wyne/ and ye saye : he hath the devyll. 
The Sonne off man is come and eateth and drynketh/ and ye 
saye. beholde a man which is a glotton/ and ^"^ a drynker of 
wyne/ the frende of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is 
iustified of all her chyldren. 

^ Waite, Gen. ^ Sicknesses, Cov. Gen. ^* The poore receive 
the Gospel, Gen. ^^ Glad tydinges, Cr. ^^ At me, Cr. Bps. 

By me, T. M. In me, Gen. *^ Woulde ye see a prophet ? Cov. 

^'* Aungell, Cr. ^^ Them that are begotten of woman, Gen. 

^^ Expounders of the law. Gen. Lawyers, Bps. ^' An unmeas- 

urable drinker, etc. Cr. A wine bibber, Bps. 



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And one off the pharyses desired hym that he wolde eate 
with hym. And he cam in to the pharises housse/ and sate 
doune to meate. And beholde a woman in that cite/ which 
was a synner/ as sone as she knewe that Jesus sate at meate 
in the pharises housse/ she brought ^^ an alablaster boxe of 
oyntment/ and she stode at his fete behynde hym wepynge/ 
and began to wesshe his fete/ with teares/ and did ^9 wipe them 
with the heares off her heed/ and kyssed his fete/ and anoynt- 
ed them with oyntment. 

When the pharise which bade hym to his housse/ sawe that/ 
he spake with in hym sylfe : sayinge : Yf this man wer a 
prophet/ he wolde surely have knowen who and what maner 
woman this is which toucheth him/ for she is a synner. And 
Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto hym : Simon I have somwhat 
to say vnto the. And he sayd : Master saye on. There was 
a certayne lender/ which had two detters/ the one ought five 
hondred pence/ and the other fifty. When they had nothinge 
to paye/ he forgave them boothe. Which of them tell me/ 
will love hym moost ? Simon answered/ and sayde : I sup- 
pose that he to whom he forgave moost. And he sayde vnto 
him : Thou hast truely iudged. 

And he turned to the woman/ and sayde vnto Simon : Seist 
thou thys woman ? I entred into thy housse/ and thou gavest 
me noo water to my fete : butt she hath wesshte my fete with 
teares/ and wiped them with the heeres of her heed. Thou 
gavest me no kysse : but she/ sence the tyme I cam in/ hath 
not ceased to kisse my fete. Myne heed with oyle thou didest 
nott anoynte : and she hath annoynted my 20 fete with oynt- 
ment. Wherfore I saye vnto the : many sjoines are forgeven 
her/ because she loved moche. To whom ^i lesse is forgeven/ 
the same doeth ^i lesse love. 

And he sayde vnto her thy synnes are forgeven the. And 
they that sate at meate wyth hym/ began to saye with in them 
selves : who is this whych forgeveth synnes also. And he 
sayde to the woman : Thy fayth hath saved the/ Goo in 
peace. 

E\)e fall}. ®t)apter. 

A ND it fortuned after that/ he hym silfe went troughout 
"^ 1 cities and tounes/ preachynge/ and she win ge the kyng- 

^8 A box, Gen. ^^ Wipe them cleane, Bps. ^ Redid, Cov. 

'* A little — love a little, Gen. Bps, ^ Everie citie and village 

[toune, G.], Gen. Bps, 



ifo. W. Woe CKospell of S. Su&e. 

dom of God/ and the twelve with hym. And also certayne 
wemen/ whych wer healed of ^ vnclene spretes/ and infirmi- 
ties : Mary called Magdalen/ out of whom went seven devyls/ 
and Joanna the wyfe of Chusa/ Herodes stewarde/ And Su- 
sanna/ And many other : which ministred vnto hym of their 
substaunce. When moch people wer gadred to gether/ and 
were come to him out of the cities/ he spake by a similitude : 
A sower went out to sowe his seede/ and as he sowed/ some 
fell by the waye syde/ and hit was troden vnder fete/ and the 
foules of the ayre devoured it vp. And some fell on ston/ 
and as sone as yt was spronge vp/ yt widdred a waye/ because 
yt lacked moystnes. And some fell amonge thornes/ and the 
thornes spronge vp with it/ and choked it. And some fell on 
goode grounde/ and spronge vp and bare frute/ an hondred 
foolde. And as he sayde these thynges/ he cryed : He that 
hath eares to heare/ lett hym heare. 

Hys disciples axed hym/ sayinge : what ^ manor similitude 
this shulde be. And he sayde : vnto you is it geven to knowe 
the secretes of the kyngdom of god : butt to other in simili- 
tudes/ that when they se/ they shulde nott se : and when they 
heare they shulde not vnderstonde. 

The similitude is this. The seede ys the worde of God. 
Thoose that are besyde the waye/ are they that heare/ and 
afterwarde commeth the devyll/ and taketh awaye the worde 
out of their hertes/ lest they shulde beleve and be saved. 
They on the stonnes/ are they which when they heare the 
worde receave yt with ioye. And these have noo rotes/ 
which for a whyle beleve/ and in tyme of temtacion goo 
awaye. That which fell amonge thornes/ are they which 
heare/ and goo forth/ and are choked with care and riches/ 
and 4 voluptrous livynge/ and brynge forth noo frute. That in 
the good grounde/ ar they which with ^ a goode and pure hertz 
heare the worde/ and kepe it/ and brynge forth frute with pa- 
cience. 

No man lyghteth a candell/ and coverit hyt vnder a vessell/ 
nether putteth hit vnder the table/ but setteth it on a candel- 
sticke/ that they that enter in maye se lyght. No thinge is in 
secret/ that shall not ^ come abroode : Nether eny thing hyd 
that shall not be knowen/ and come to light. Take hede ther- 
fore how ye heare. For whosoever hath/ to him shalbe ge« 

2 Evyll, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Parable that was, Gen. * Vo- 
luptuousness of this life, Gov. ^ An honest and good, Gcri- ^ Be 
evident, Gen. Be made manifest, Bps, 



m^ ^ospdi of S. nuke, ei;. bffj. 

ven : And whosoever hath not/ from him shalbe taken/ even 
that same which "^ he supposeth that he hath. 

Then cam to hym hys mother and his brethren/ and coulde 
nott come at hym for preace. And they tolde hym sayinge : 
Thy mother and thy brethren/ stonde wyth out/ and wolde se 
the. He answered/ and sayd vnto them : my mother and my 
brethren are these/ which heare the worde of God/ and do it. 

Hit chaunsed on a certayne daye that he went into a shippe/ 
and his disciples alsoo/ and he sayde vnto them : Lett vs goo 
over vnto the other syde of the lake. And they launched 
forthe. And as they sayled he fell a slope/ and there ^ arose 
a storme of wynde in the lake/ and ^ they wer fylled with wa- 
ter/ and wer in ieopardy. And they went to hym and awoke 
hym/ sayinge : Master/ Master/ we are loost. He arose and 
rebuked the wynde/ and the ^^ tempest off water/ and they 
ceased/ and it wexed calme. And he sayd vnto them : where 
is youre fayth ? They feared and wondred/ sayinge one to 
another : ^^ who is this ? for he commaundeth windes and wa- 
ter/ and they obey him ? And they sayled vnto the region of 
the gaderens/ which is over agaynst galile. 

As he went out off the shippe to londe/ there met hym a 
certayne man oute off the cite/ whych had a devyll longe 
tyme/ and ware noo cloothes/ nether aboode in any housse : 
but amonge graves. When he sawe Jesus/ he cryed/ and 
fell doune before hym/ and with a loude voyce sayde : What 
have I to do wyth the Jesus the sonne i^ off the moost hyest .? 
I beseche the torment me noot. For he commaunded the 
foule sprete to come out of the man. For ofte tymes he 
caught hym/ and he was bounde withchaynes/ and kepte mth 
fetters : and he brake the bondes/ and was caryed of the 
fende/ into wildernes. 

Jesus axed hym sayinge : what is thy name ? And he 
sayde : Legion, be cause many devyls wer entred into hym. 
And they besought hym/ that he wolde nott commaunde them 
to goo into the depe. There was therby an heerde of many 
swyne/ feadynge on an hill/ and they prayed hym/ that he 
wolde soffre them to enter into them. And he soffered them. 
Then went the devyls out off the man/ and entred into the 

' He thinketh to have, Cov. It seemeth that he hath, Gen. ^ Came 
down, Gen. Bps. ^ The waves fell upon them, Cov. ^° Waves 
of water, Gen. ^^ What (think ye), is this: for, etc. Cr. Who is 

this that commandeth, etc. Gen. ^^ of the God most highest. T. M. 
Cr. Bps. Of God the most high, Gen. 



iFo. I):bfJ. ©1)0 CKospell of <S. Hufee. 

swyne : And the heerd ^^ toke their course/ and ran heedlynge 
into the lake/ and wer choked, when the herdmen sawe what 
1^ had chaunsed/ they fleed/ and tolde it in the cite and in the 
1^ villages. 

And they cam out to se what was done. And cam to Je- 
sus/ and founde the man/ out of whom the devyls wer depart- 
ed/ sittynge att the fete of Jesus clothed/ and in hys right 
mynde/ and they wer afrayde. They also which sawe it 
tolde them by what meanes he that was possessed of the dev- 
yll/ was healed. And all the whole multitude of i^ the Gada- 
rens/ besought hym/ that he wolde departe from them : for 
they wer taken with greate feare. And he gate hym into the 
shyppe/ and returned backe agayne. The man out off whom 
the devyls were departed/ besought hym/ that he myght be 
with hym : But Jesus sent hym awaye/ sayinge : ^"^ Goo home 
agayne into thyne awne housse/ and shewe what ^^ thynges 
God hath done to the. And he went his waye/ and preach- 
ed thorowe out all the cite what thynges Jesus had done vnto 
hym. 

Hit fortuned that when Jesus was come agayne/ the people 
receaved hym. For they all ^^ longed for hym. And be- 
holde there cam a man named Jairus (and he was a ruler off 
the sinagoge) and he fell doune at Jesus fete/ and besought 
hym that he wolde come into his housse/ ffor he had but a 
doughter only/ 20 of twelve yere of age/ and she laye a dyinge. 
As he went the people thronge hym. 

And a woman havynge an issue of bloud twelve yeres 
(whiche had spent all her substaunce amonge phisicions/ ne- 
ther coulde be ^^ holpen of eny) cam behinde hym/ and touch- 
ed the hem of his garment/ and immediatly her issue off bloud 
staunched. And Jesus sayde/ Who is it that touched me P 
when every man denyed/ Peter and they that were with hym/ 
sayde : Master the people thrust the/ and 22 yexe the : and 
23 thou sayest/ who touched me.? And Jesus sayd: Some 
boddy touched me. For I perceave that vertue is gone out of 
me. When the woman sawe that she was not hid from hym/ 

^3 Rushed headlongs with a storm, Cov. Ran headlong with vio- 
lence into, etc. Cr. Bps. Was caried with violence from a steepe 
down place, etc. Gen. ^^ Was doune, Gen. Bps. '" Countrey, 

Gen. ^'^ Gen. Bps. add — The countrey about. *^ Returne, Gen. 
^^ Thynu-es soever, Cov. Cr. Bps. Great thynges. Gen. [So next 
clause.]" 19 Waited. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 20 Upon a, Cr. T. M. 
Bps. About, Gen. ^i Healed, Gen. 22 Treade on thee, Gen. 

23 Sayest thou, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



Srije ffifospell of S. 3lufte. «!), fi:. 

she cam trimblynge/ and 24 fell at his fete/ and tolde hym be- 
fore all the people/ for what cause she had touched hym/ and 
howe she was healed immediatly. And he sayde vnto her : 
Doughter be of goode comforte/ Thy fayth hath made the 
safe/ goo in peace. 

Whyll he yett speake/ there cam won from the rulers off 
the synagogis housse/ which sayde to hym : Thy doughter is 
deed/ disease not the master. When Jesus herde that/ He 
answered ^ to the may dens father sayinge : Feare nott/ be- 
leve only/ and she shalbe made whoole. And when he cam 
to the housse/ he sufFred no man to goo in with hym/ save 
Peter/ James/ and Jhon/ and the father and the mother of the 
mayden. Every body weept and sorowed for her. And he 
sayde Wepe nott : for she is nott deed butt slepeth. And 
they lewgh hym to scorne. For they knew thatt she was 
deed. And he thrust- them all out att the dores/ and caught 
her by the honde/ and cryed/ sayinge : Mayde aryse. And 
her sprete cam agayne/ and she roose strayght waye. And 
he commaunded to geve her meate. And the father and 
the mother of her were astonyed. But he warned thatt they 
shulde tell noo man/ whatt was done. 



2r|)e tj:, ®l)apter. 

IT^HEN called he the .xij. ^ to gether/ and gave them power/ 
"^ and auctorite/ over all devyls. And that they myght 
heale diseases. And he sent them to preache the kyngdom 
of god/ and to cure the sick. And he sayd to them : Take 
noo thinge ^ to sucker you by the waye : nether stafFe/ nor 
scripe/ nether breed/ nether ^ money/ nether have two cootes. 
And watsoever housse ye enter into there abyde/ and thence 
departe. And whosoever will not receave you/ when ye de- 
parte from that citie/ shake of the very dust from youre fete/ 
for a testimony agaynst them. They went forthe/ and went 
thorowe ^ the tounes/ preachynge the gospell/ and healynge 
every wheare. 

Herod the tetrarch herde off all thatt by hym was done/ 
and ^ douted because it was sayd of some/ that Jhon was rysen 
agayne from deeth. And off some that Helias had apered. 
And off other that won off the olde prophettes was rysen 

^ Fell downa before him, Gen. ^ Him, saying, Gen, Bps. 

^ Gen. adds — disciples. ^ To your journey, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Sil- 
ver, Gen. •* Every towne, Gen. ^ Took care, Cor, 
M 



Sfo. l):bfff. Eftt aSospzll of S. Suite. 

agayne. And Herod sayde : Jhon have y behedded : who is 
this of whom I here suche thynges ? And he desired to se 
hym. 

And the Apostles retourned/ and tolde hym ^ all that they 
had done. And he toke them and went a syde into a solitary 
place/ neye to a citie called Bethsaida. The people knewe 
off it/ and folowed hym. And he receaved them/ and spake 
vnto them of the kyngdom off God. And healed them that 
had nede to be healed. The daye began to weare awaye. 
Then cam the twelve/ and sayde vnto hym : sonde the peo- 
ple awaye/ that they may goo into the tounes/ and ''' villages 
round about/ and lodge/ and get meate/ for we are here in a 
s place of wildernes. Then sayd he vnto them: Geve ye 
them meate. And they sayde : We have no moo but five 
loves and two fisshes/ except we shulde goo and bye meate 
for all this people. And they wer about a five thousandde 
men. He sayde vnto his disciples : Cause them to sit doune 
by fyftie in a company. And they did soo/ and made them 
all sit doune. He toke the five loves/ and the two fisshes/ 
and loked vp to heven/ and ^ blessed them/ and brake/ and 
gave to his disciples/ to sett before the people. And they all 
ate/ and wer satisfied. And there was taken vp ofi" thatt re- 
mayned to them/ twelve baskettes full off* broken meate. 

Hit fortuned as he was alone prayinge/ hys disciples were 
with hym/ and he axed them sayinge Who saye the people 
that I am ? They answered and sayd : Jhon baptist. Some 
say Helias. And some saye/ won of the olde prophetes is 
risen agayne. He sayde vnto them : Who saye ye that I am ? 
Peter answered and sayde : thou arte the Christ off* God. 
He warned and commaunded them/ that they shulde tell no 
man that thinge/ sayinge : That the sonne off man must suf- 
fre many thynges/ and be reproved of the seniours/ and of 
the hy prestos and scribes/ and be slayne/ and the thirde daye 
rise agayne. 

And he sayde to them all/ yf eny man will come after me/ 
let hym denye hym silfe/ and ^^take his crosse on hym day- 
ly/ and folowe me. Whosoever will save his life/ shall lose 
it. And whosoever shall lose his life/ for my sake/ the same 
shall save it. For what shall itt avauntage a man/ to wyn the 
whole worlde/ ^^ yff* he loose hym silfe .'* or runne in domage 

^ What great things, Gen. ' Next villages, Cr. Fieldes, Bps. 

• Desert place, Gen. ^ Sayd grace over them, Cov. ^° Take up 
his crosse daily, Cr. Gen. Bps. " And destroy himselfe or lose 

hiraselfe. Gen. 



137 

2ri)e ©fospell of S. Sluite. «!). fjr. 

off hym silfe ? For whosoever is ashamed of me/ and off my 
sayinges : off hym shall the sonne of man be ashamed/ when 
he commeth in his awne maieste/ and in the maieste of his 
father/ and of the holy angels. I tell you of a surety : Some 
there are of them thatt here stonde/ which shall not tast of 
deeth till they se the kyngdom of God. 

And it folowed about an viij. dayes after thoose sayinges/ 
he toke Peter/ James/ and Jhon/ and went vp into a moun- 
tayne to praye. And as he prayed/ the fassion of his coun- 
tenaunce was changed/ and his garment ^^ was whyte/ and 
shoone. And beholde/ two men talked with him/ and they 
were Moses and Helias/ which apered ^^ gloriously/ and spake 
of his departinge/ whych he shulde ende att Jerusalem. Pe- 
ter and they that wer with hym/ wer hevy a slope. And when 
they woke/ they sawe his maiestie/ and two men stondinge 
with him. 

And it chaunsed as they departed from hym/ Peter sayde 
vnto Jesus : Master/ it is goode being here for us. Let us ^^ 
make thre tabernacles/ won for the/ and won for Moses/ and 
won for Helias. And wist nott what he sayde. Whyll he 
thus spake there cam a cloude and shadowed them and they 
feared when they entred into the cloude. And there cam a 
voyce out of the cloude sayinge : This is my deare sonne/ 
heare hym. And as sone as the voice was past/ Jesus was 
founde alone. And they kept it cloosse/ and tolde noo man in 
thoose dayes eny of those thynges/ which they had sene. 

Hyt chaunsed on the nexte daye as they cam doune from 
the hyll/ moche people cam and met hym. And beholde a 
man off the company cryed out saying : Master I beseche 
the beholde my sonne/ for he is all that I have : and se/ a 
sprete taketh hym/ and sodenly he cryeth/ ^^ and he teareth 
hym that he fometh agayne/ and ^^ vneth departeth he from 
him/ when he hath rent him : And I have besought thy dis- 
ciples to cast hym out/ and they coulde nott. Jesus answered/ 
and sayde : O ^'^ generacion with oute fayth/ and croked^ 
howe longe shall I be with you ? And shall suffre you .'* 
Brynge thy sonne bidder. As he yette was a commynge/ 
the fende rent hym/ and tare hym. Jesus rebuked the vn- 
clone sprete/ and healed the chylde/ and delivered hym to 

^2 Was white and glistered, Gen. Shining very white, Bps. ^^ In 
the majestie, Cr. In glory, Gen. Bps. ^^ Gen. adds — therefore. 

^= Cr. adds — (and he knocketh.) ^^ With muche paine, Ml the 

Vers. ^'^ Faithless and perverse [crooked, C] nation, Cr. Bps. 



Sn. XyXX' 2r|)e ffiospell of <S. SLuke. 

hys father. And they wer all amased att the myghty power 
of God. 

Whyll they wondred every one att all thynges whych he 
did : He sayde vnto hys disciples : ^^ Lett these sayinges 
synke doune into youre eares. The tyme wyll come/ when 
the Sonne off man shalbe delivered into the hondes off men. 
Butt they wist nott what that worde meant/ and yt was hyd 
from them thatt they ^^ vnderstod hytt not. And they feared 
to axe hym off that sayinge. 

There ^o arose a disputacion amonge them who shulde be 
the greatest. When Jesus perceaved the thoughtes off their 
hertes/ he toke a chylde/ and sett hym hard by hym/ and 
sayde vnto them : Whosoever receave thys chylde in my 
name, receaveth me. And whosoever receaveth me/ receav- 
eth hym that sent me. For he that amongest you/ ys the 
least/ the same shalbe greate. 

Jhon answered and sayde : Master we sawe won castynge 
out devyls in thy name/ and we forbade hym/ be cause he 
foloweth not with vs. And Jesus sayde vnto hym : forbid ye 
hym not. For he that is nott agaynst ^^ you/ is with ^^ you. 

And it folowed when the ^^ time was come that he shulde 
be receaved vp that he ^^ determined hym silfe to goo to Je- 
rusalem : and sent messengers before hym. And they went/ 
and entred into a citie of the Samaritans to ^4 make redy for 
hym. And they wolde nott receave hym/ because his face 
was as though he wolde goo to Jerusalem. When hys disci- 
ples/ James/ and Jhon/ sawe that/ they sayde : Lorde/ wilt 
thou that we commaunde/ that fyre come doune from heven/ 
and consume them/ even as Helias did } Jesus turned about/ 
and rebuked them sayinge : ye wote nott what manor sprete 
ye are off. The sonne of man ys not come to destroye 
mennes ^ lives/ but to save them. And they went to another 
toune. 

Hit chaunsed as they ^^ went on their iorney/ a certayne 
man sayd vnto hym : I wyll folowe the whither soever thou 
goo. Jesus sayd vnto hym : foxes have holes/ and bryddes 

1^ Comprehende these sayings in your ears, Cov. Marke these 
wordes diligently, Gen. ^^ Coulde not perceive it, Gen. ^o g^. 
tered a thought, Cov. Cr. 21 Us, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 22 Days 

were accomplished, Gen. ^ Set his face [B. adds — steadfastly] 

to go, T. M. Cr. Bps. Settled himselfe fully, Gen. ^ To pre- 

pare him lodging, Cov. Gen. ^ Souls, Cov. ^ Were [Went, B.] 
walking in the way, Cr. Bps. Went in the way, Gen. 



me es^osi)ell of S. Sufee. (!t% I 

2^ of the ayer have nestes : but the sonne of man hath nott 
where on to laye his heed. 

And he sayde vnto a nother : folovve me. And the same 
sayde : lorde sufFre me fyrst to goo and burye my father. Je- 
sus sayd vnto hym : Lett the deed/ bury the deed : but goo 
thou and preache the kyngdome off God. 

And another sayde : I wyll folowe the lorde : But lett me 
fyrst goo bid them fare wele/ which are at home at my housse. 
Jesus sayd vnto him : No man that putteth hys honde to the 
plowe/ and loketh backe/ is apte '^to the kyngdom of god. 

2r!)e ):. <a:t)aj)tei:. 

A FTER that/ the lorde apoynted other seventie ^ also/ and 
■^ sent them/ two and two/ before his face/ into every citie/ 
and place/ whither he him silfe wolde come. And sayde vnto 
them : the harvest is greate : but the laborers are feawe. 
Praye therfore the lorde of the harvest/ to send forth hys la- 
borers into hys hervest. Goo youre wayes. Beholde I sonde 
you forthe as lambes amonge wolves. Beare noo ^ wallet 
nether scryppe/ nor shues/ and salute noo man by the waye. 
In whatsoever housse ye enter in/ fyrst saye : Peace be to 
this housse : And yf the ^ sonne of peace be theare/ youre 
peace shall rest apon hym/ yff nott/ yt shall returne to you 
agayne. And in the same housse tary still eatynge and 
drynkynge/ suche as ^ they have. For the laborer is worthy 
off hys rewarde. 

Go not from housse to housse ; and in to whatsoever citie 
ye enter/ yf they reseave you/ eate ^ whatsoever is set before 
you/ and heale the sicke that are theare/ and saye vnto them : 
the kyngdom of god is come neye apon you. But into what- 
soever citie ye shall enter/ yf they receave you not/ goo youre 
wayes out into the stretes of the same/ and saye : even the 
very dust/ which cleaveth on vs of youre citie/ we wype of 
agaynst you : Nott with stondynge/ ^ marke this/ that the 
kyngdom of God was come neye apon you. Ye I saye vnto 
you : that it shalbe easier in that daye/ for Sodom then for 
that citie. 

Wo be to the Chorozin : wo be to the bethsaida. For if 

^ Under the heaven, Cov. ^ Cr. adds — and mete. * Cov. 

Cr. add— (and two.) « Bagge, Gcw. ^ Childe, Cov. ^ They 

gave, Cr. By them shall be set before you, Gen. * Such thinges as 

are, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Be ye sure of this, Cr. Bps. Know 
this, Gen. 



the miracles had bene done in Tyre and Sidon/ which have 
bene done in you/ they had a greate whyle agone repented/ 
sittyng in ''' heere and asshes. ^ Neverthelesse it shalbe easier 
for Tyre and Sidon/ at the iudgment/ then for you. And 
thou Capernaum which art exalted to heven/ shalt be thrust 
doune to hell, whosoever heareth you/ heareth me : And who- 
soever despiseth you/ despiseth me. And he that despiseth 
me/ despiseth hym that sent me. 

The seventie returned agayne with ioye/ sayinge/ Lorde 
even the very devyls are subdued to vs thorowe thy name. 
And he sayde vnto them : I sawe sathan/ as it hade bene 
lightenyng/ faule doune from heven. Beholde I geve vnto 
you power to treade on serpentes/ and scorpions/ and apon all 
maner power of the enemy/ and nothynge shall hurte you. 
Neverthelesse in thys reioyse nott/ that the spretes are ^ vnder 
youre power : Butt reioyse/ be cause youre names are' writ- 
ten in heven. 

That same time reioysed Jesus in the sprete/ and sayde : ^^ I 
prayse the father lorde of heven and erth/ because thou hast 
hyd these thynges from the wyse and imprudent/ and hast 
opened them to ^^ the folisshe. Even soo father for soo pleased 
it the/ All thynges are geven me off my father. And noo 
man knoweth who the sonne is/ butt the father : nether who 
the father is/ save the sonne/ and he to whom the sonne wyll 
she we hym. 

And he turned to his disciples/ and sayde ^^ secretly/ 
Happy are the eyes/ which se that ye se. For I tell you that 
many prophetes and kynges have desired to se thoose thynges 
which ye se/ and have nott sene them : And to heare those 
thynges whych ye heare/ and have nott herde them : 

And 14 marke/ A Certayne Lawere stode vp/ and tempted 
hym sayinge : Master what shall I do/ to inheret eternall lyfe ? 
He sayd vnto him : What ys written in the lawe ? Howe 
redest thou ? And he answered and sayde : Thou shalt love 
thy lorde god/ wyth all thy hert/ and wyth all thy soule/ and 
with all thy strengthe/ and with all thy i^mynde: and thy 
neghbour as thy sylfe. And he sayd vnto hym : Thou hast 
answered right. This do and thou shalt live. He willynge 

"^ Heare clothe, Cr. Sackcloth, Gen. Bps. ^ Therefore it shall, 

etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Subdued unto you, Cr. Gen. Bps. i° I thank 
thee, Cr. I confesse unto thee, Father, etc. that thou hast, T.M. Gen. 
Bps. " Learned, Gen. ^^ Babes, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ In 
especial, Cov. ^^ Beholde, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps, ^^ Thought, Gen. 



Hi 

to iustifie hym silfe/ sayde vnto Jesus : Who ys then my 
neghbour. 

Jesus answered and sayde : A certayne man descended 
from Jerusalem into Jericho/ And fell ^^ into the hondes off 
theves/ whych robbed hym off his rayment and wonded hym/ 
and departed levynge hym halfe deed. And yt chaunsed 
that there cam a certayne preste that same waye/ and sawe 
hym/ and passed by.^"^ And lyke wyse a levite/ when he was 
come neye to the place/ went and loked on hym/ and passed 
by. Then a certayne Samaritane/ as he iornyed/ cam neye 
vnto hym/ and behelde hym/ and had compassion on hym/ and 
cam to hym/ and bounde vppe hys wondes/ and poured in 
wyne/ and oyle/ and layed him on his beaste/ and brought hym 
to a common i^ hostry/ and i^ drest him. And on the morowe 
when he departed/ he toke out two pence/ and gave them to 
the host and said vnto him. Take care of him/ and whatso- 
ver thou spendest '^^ above this/ when I come agayne I will 
Tecompence the. Which no we off these thre/ thynkest thou 
was neighbour vnto him that fell into the theves hondes ? And 
he answered : he that shewed mercy on hym. Then sayd 
Jesus vnto hym. Goo and do thou lyke wyse. 

Hyt fortuned as he went/ that he entered into a certayne 
toune. And a certayne woman named Martha/ receaved hym 
into her housse. And this woman had a sister called Mari/ 
which sate at Jesus fete/ and herde Jesus preachyng : Martha 
was 21 combred about moche servynge/ and ^^ stode and 
sayde : Master/ doest thou not care/ that my sister hath leeft 
me to minister alone ? Bid her therfore/ that she help me. 
And Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto her : Martha/ Martha/ 
thou 2%rte busied/ and troublest thy silfe/ about many thynges : 
verely one ys nedfull/ Mary hath chosen her a good parte/ 
which shall not be taken awaye from her. 

A ND it fortuned as he was prayinge in a certayne place : 
"^ when he ceased/ won of his disciples sayd vnto him : 

^^ Among thieves, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^' Gen. Bps. add — on the other 
side. [So vs. 32.] ^^ i^ne, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Made provi- 

sion for him, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ More, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

21 Made herselfe much to do for to serve him, Gov. ^^ Came to 

him, Gen- Bps. ^s Takest thought and cumbrest thyselfe, Cov. 

Carest [Art careful, C. B.] and art troubled, T. M. Cr- Gen. Bps. 



Master teache vs to praye/ As Jhon taught his disciples. And 
he sayd vnto them : When ye praye/ saye : Oure father 
which arte in heven/ halowed be thy name. Lett thy kyng- 
dome come. Thy will/ be fulfillet/ even in erth as it is in 
heven. Oure dayly breed geve vs ^ this daye. And forge ve 
vs oure synnes : For even we forge ve every man that ^ tras- 
paseth vs/ and ledde vs not into temptacion/ Butt deliver vs 
from evyll Amen. 

And he sayde vnto them : which of you shall have a frende 
and shall goo to hym att mydnyght/ and saye vnto hym : 
frende lende me ^ foure loves for a frende of myne is come 
out off the waye to me/ and I have nothynge to sett befoi*e 
him/ And he with in shall andswer and saye : Trouble me 
nott/ nowe is the dore shett/ and my '^ servaunttes are with 
me in ^ the chamber/ I cannot ryse and geve them to the. I 
saye vnto you : though he woll not aryse and geve hym/ be 
cause he is his frende : Yet because of hys ^ importunite he 
woll ryse and geve hym as many as he nedeth. 

And I saye vnto you : axe/ and yt shalbe geven you. Soke/ 
and ye shall fynde. Knocke/ and it shalbe opened vnto you. 
For every one that axeth/ receaveth : and he that seketh/ 
fynde th : and to him that knocketh shall it be openned. Yf 
the Sonne axe breed oif eny off you which ys hys father : 
wyll he "^ proffer hym a stone ? Or yff he axe fisshe/ wyll he 
geve hym a serpent : Or yf he axe an egge : wyll he '^ proffer 
him a scorpion ? Yf ye then which are evyll/ ^ knowe howe 
to geve good giftes vnto youre chyldren ? Howe moche more 
shall ^ youre father celestiall/ geve ^^ a good sprete to them/ 
that desire it of hym. 

And he was a castynge out a devyll/ whyche was dom. 
And it folowed when the devyll was gone out/ the dom spake/ 
and the people wondred. Some off them sayde : he casteth 
out devyls by the power of Belzebub/ the chefe of the devyls. 
And other tempted hym ^i sekynge of hym a signe from hev- 
en. He knewe their thoughtes and sayde vnto them : Every 
kyngdom/ ^^ at debate with in it silfe shalbe desolate : and 
13 won housse shall fall apon another. Soo if Satan be ^^ at 

* Evermore, T. M. For the day, Gen. ^ Is indebted to. Gen. 

3 Three, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Children, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Bed, 
Gen. Bps. ^ Unshamefaced begging, Cov. ' Give, T. M. Cr. 

Gen. Bps. [C. B. vs. 12— offer.] § Can give, T. M. Cr. Gen, 

Have knowledge to give, Bps. ^ Your [The, T. M.'\ Father of hea- 
ven, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ The [An, T. M.'\ holy spirite, T. M. 
Cr. Gen. Bps. " And required, Cr. ^^ Devided, Cr. Gen. Bps. 
" An house devided against an house falleth, Gtn. Bps. 



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variaunce with in hym silve : howe shall his kingdom endure ? 
Be cause ye say that I cast out devyls ^^ by the power off Bel- 
zebub ? Yf I by the ^^ power of Belzebub caste oute devyles : 
by whose ^^ power/ do youie chyldren cast them out ? Ther- 
fore shall they be youre iudges. Butt if I with the finger off 
God cast out devyls/ noo doute/ the kyngdom of God is come 
apon you. 

When a stronge man i^ armed i" watcheth his housse : 
IS That he possesseth/ is in peace. But when a stronger then 
he Cometh apon hym/ and overcometh hym : he taketh from 
him/ 19 his harness/ wherin he trusted/ and devideth his 
20 gooddes. He that is not with me is agaynst me. And he 
that gadereth nott with me scatterch. 

When the vnclene sprete is gone out of a man/ he walketh 
through 2iwaterlesse places sekynge reest. And when he 
fyndeth none/ he sayeth : I will returne agayne vnto my 
housse whence I cam out. And when he commeth/ he fynd- 
eth it swept and garnisshed. Then goeth he and taketh seven 
other spretes with hym worsse then hym silfe/ and they enter 
in/ and dwell there. ^ And the ende off that man/ is worsse 
then the ^^ begynnynge. 

Hit fortuned as he thus spake/ a certayne woman of the 
company lyfte vp her voyce/ and sayde vnto hym : Happy is 
the wombe that bare the and the pappes/ which gave the 
sucke. Butt he sayde : Happy are they that heare the worde 
off God/ and kepe it. 

When the people wer gadered thicke to geder : He began to 
saye : This is an evyll nacion. They seke a signe/ and there 
shall noo signe be geven them/ but the signe off Jonas the 
prophet. For as Jonas was a signe to the Ninivites/ so shall 
the Sonne off man be to this nacion. The queue off the southe 
shall ryse at the iudgement/ with the men of this ^4 genera- 
cion/ and condempne them : for she cam from the ^ ende of 
the worlde/ to heare the wisdom of Solomon : and beholde a 
greater then Solomon is here. The men off Ninivite shall 
ryse at the iudgement/ with this generacion/ and shall con- 
dempne them : for they 26 repented at the preachynge of Jo- 
nas : and beholde/ a greater than Jonas is here. 

14 Through Beelzebub, Cr. Gen. Bps. [So G. B. vvs. 15, 19.] 
15 Helpe, Or. ^^ Harnessed, Cov. ^^ Keepeth his palace, 

Gen. Bps. ^^ The thynges that, etc. Cr. Gen. His goods, Bps, 

1^ Armour, Gen. ^ Spoyles, Gen. Bps. ^i Orie, Cr. Gen. Bps. 
2« So the last state, Gen. Bps. ^ First, Gen. Bps. ^4 Nation, 

Cr. Bps. [So vs. 32.] ^ Utmost parts of the earth, Cr. Gen. Bps. 
^ Were brought to repentance by, etc. Cr, 



Sfo, lr)cfj.^ 5ri)e ®os|)ell of S. Utifee. 

Noo man lighteth a candell/ and putteth it in a preve place/ 
nether vnder a busshel : Butt on a candelsticke/ that they that 
come in/ maye se Ught. The Ught off thy body is thyne eye. 
Therfore/ when thyne eye is single : then is all thy boddy 
^ full off light. Butt if thyne eye be evyll : then shall all thy 
body 28 be full of darknes ? Take hede therfore thatt the 
light whiche is in the/ be nott darknes. For if all thy body 
shalbe 29 light/ havynge noo parte darke : then shall all be 
^'' full off light/ 30 even as when a candell doeth light the with 
his brightnes. 

And as he spake/ a certayne pharise besought hym to dyne 
with him : and Jesus went in/ and sate doune to meate. When 
the pharise sawe that he marveylled that he had nott wessehed 
before dynner. And the lorde sayde to hym : Nowe do ye/ 
O pharises/ make clene the out syde of the cuppe/ and of the 
platter : but youre inwarde parties are full of raveninge and 
wickednes. Ye foles ^i did not he that made that which is 
with out : make that which is within alsoo ? ^2 Neverthelesse 
ye geve of that ye have/ and beholde all is clene to you. 

But wo be to you pharises/ for ye tythe the mynt/ and 
rewe/ and all manner erbes/ and passe over iudgment/ and 
the love of God. These ought ye to have done/ and nott to 
have left the other ondone. 

Wo be to you pharises : for ye love the vppormost seates 
in the sinagoges/ and gretynges in the markettes. 

Wo be to you scribes and pharises ypocrites/ for ye are as 
graves which apere not/ and men that walke over them/ ^3 are 
nott ware of them. 

Then answered one of the lawears/ and sayd vnto hym : 
Master/ thus sayinge/ thou puttest vs to rebuke also. Then 
he sayde : Wo be to you also ye ^4 lawears : for ye lade men 
with burthens ^^ greveous to be borne/ and ye youreselves 
touche nott the packes with one of youre fingers. 

Wo be to you ^^ that bilde the sepulcres off the prophetes : 
^"^ for youre fathers killed them : Truely ye beare witnes/ 
28 that ye alowe the dedes of youre fathers : for they killed 
them/ and ye bilde their sepulcres. 

27 Light, Gen. ^ Be darke, Gen. ^ Cleare, Cr. Bps. ^ And 
shall light thee even as a cleare lightening, Gov. ^^ Is a thinge 

made cleane within, because the outside is cleane ? Gov. ^^ Nev- 

erthelesse give alms of that ye have, Gr. T. M. Therefore [But rath- 
er, JB.] give alms of those things that are within, Gen. Bps. ^^ Per- 
ceive not, Gen. ^ Scribes, C<w. Interpreters of the law, Gen. [So vs. 
52.] ^ Which they be not able to beare, Cr. ^ For ye buylde, 
Gen. Bps. ^^ And you, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ And alowe. Gen, 



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Srije CKospell of S. 2lufte. €!). ):(;. 

Therfore sayde the wisdom off God : I will send them pro- 
phetes and Apostles/ and off them they shall slee and perse- 
cute. That the bloud off all the prophettes/ which was sheed 
from the begynnynge off the worlde/ maye be requyred off 
this generacion/ from the bloud of Abel vnto the bloud off 
Zacary/ whiche ^^ perisshed bitwene the aulter and the tem- 
ple. Verely I saye vnto you : it shalbe requyred of this na- 
cion. 

Wo be to you lawears : for ye have ^^ taken awaye the 
kaye of knowledge/ ye entred not in youreselves/ and them 
that came in ye forbade. 

When he thus spake vnto them/ the ^^ lawears/ and the 
pharises/ began to ^'^ wexe busy about hym and ^^ to stoop his 
mougth with many questions/ Layinge wayte for hym/ and 
seckynge to catche some thyng of his mought/ wherby they 
myght accuse hym. 

1 A S there gadered to gedther an innumerable multitude off 
-^^ people (in so moche that they trood won another) he be- 
gan to saye vnto his disciples : Fyrst of all beware of the 
leven off the pharises/ which is ypocrysy. For there is no- 
thinge covered/ that shall not be uncovered : nether hid/ that 
shall not be knowen. Wherfore whatsoever ye have spoken 
in darknes : that same shalbe hearde in light. And that which 
ye have spoken in the eare/ even in secret places/ shalbe 
preached ev«n ^ on the toppe of the housses. 

I saye vnto you my frendes : feare ye not them that kyll 
the body/ and after that ^ have nothjmge that he can moare 
do. I will ^ shewe you/ whom ye shall feare. Feare hym 
which after he hath kylled/ hath power to cast in to hell. Ye 
I saye vnto you/ hym feare. Are nott five sparowes bought 
for two farthynges ? and none off them is forgotten of God. 
Ye the very heers of your heed are nombred. Feare nott 
therfore : Ye are ^ moare off value then many sparowes. 

I saye vnto you : Whosoever confesseth me before men/ 
even hym shall the sonne off man ^ confesse also before the 

39 Was slaine, Gen. ^o Received, Cov. ^^ Scribes, Gen. 

''^ Press upon him, Cov. Urge him sore [vehemently, B.], Gen. Bps. 
^ Captiously to aske him [Provoke him to speake of, G. B.^ many 
things, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ In the meane time there gathered. Gen. 

Bps. 2 On the houses, Gen. ^ Are not able to doe any more, 

Gen. ■* Forewarne, Gen. Bps. ^ Better, Cov. ^ Knowledge, 
Cr. Bps. ^ ^ S ' 



angels of God. And he that denyeth me before men : shalbe 
denyed before the angels off God. And whosoever speaketh 
a worde agaynste the sonne of man itt shalbe forgeven hym. 
Butt vnto hym that blasphemeth the holy goost/ it shall not be 
forgeven. 

When they brynge you into their sinagoges/ and vnto their 
rulers/ and "^ officiers/ take noo thought how or what thynge 
ye shall answere/ or what ye shall speake. For the holy 
goost shall teache you in the same houre/ what ye ought to 
saye. 

Won off the company sayde vnto hym : Master/ ^ bid my 
brother devide the enherytaunce with me. And he sayde vn- 
to him : Man/ who made me a iudge/ or ^ a devider over you .'* 
And he sayde vnto them : take hede/ and beware of covete- 
ousness. For ^^ no mannes life stondeth in the haboundaunce 
of the thynges which he possesseth. And he put forth a 
similitude vnto them sayinge : 

The 11 londes of a certayne ^^ man brought forth frutes plen- 
teously/ and he thought in hym silfe sayinge : whatt shall I 
do/ because I have noo roume where to bestowe my frutes ? 
And he sayde : This will I do. I will destroye my barnes/ 
and bilde greater/ and ther in will I gadder all my ^^ fruetes/ 
and all my goodes : and I will saye to my soule : Soule thou 
hast moche goodes layde vp in stoore for many years/ take 
thyne ease : eate/ drynke and be mery. But God sayde vn- 
to hym : Thou fole/ this nyght ^^ will they fetche away thy 
soul agayne from the. Then whose shall those thynges be 
which thou hast provided ^ So is itt with hym thatt gaddreth 
ryches/ 1^ and is not ryche in God. 

And he spake vnto his disciples : Therefore I saye vnto 
you : Take no thought for youre lyfe/ what ye shall eate/ 
Nether for youre body/ what ye shall putt on. The lyfe is 
moore then meate/ and the body is moore then rayment 
16 Marcke wele the ravens/ for they nether sowe/ nor repe/ 
which nether have stoore housse ner barne/ and yet God 
fedeth them. Howe moche are ye better then ^"^ the foules. 

' Princes, Gen. ^ Speake to my brother, that he, etc. Cr. Bps. 

^ Heritage parter, Cov. ^° No man liveth thereof that he hath 

abundance of goods, Cov. Though a man have abundance, yet his 
life standeth not in his riches, Gtn. ^^ Ground, T. M. Cr. Gen. 

Bps. ^2 Ryche man, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Goodes that are 

growen unto me, Cr. ^'^ Doe they [They shall, 6'.] require thy 

soule agayne, etc. Cov. Bps. ^'^ Cr. Gen. Bvs. add — To himselfe, 

16 Consider, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Fethereti foules, Cr. 



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Srte ffiospell of S. Slufee. €|). xif- 

Which of you with takynge tought can add to his stature 
won cubytt ? Yf ye then be nott able to do that thynge which 
is least : why take ye thought for the remnaunt ? Consyd- 
ere the lyUes howe they growe : they laboure nott : They 
spyn not : and I saye vnto you/ Solomon in all his royalte 
was nott clothed lyke vnto one of these. 

Yf God then soo clothe the grasse which is to daye in the 
feldes/ and to morowe shalbe cast into the ^^ fornace : howe 
moche moore wyll he clothe you/ o ye endued with litell 
faith ? And axe nott what ye shall eale/ or what ye shall 
drynke/ nether i9 clyme ye vp an hye/ for all suche thynges 
the 2^ [hethen] people of the worlde seke for. Youre father 
knoweth that ye have node off suche thynges. ^i Wherfore 
seke ye after the kyngdome off heven/ and all these thynges 
shalbe ministred vnto you. 

Feare not litell flooke/ for it is youre fathers pleasure/ to 
geve you a kyngdom. Sell that ye have/ and geve almes. 
And make you bagges/ which wexe noot olde/ and treasure 
that ^2 fayleth nott in heven/ where noo thefe commeth/ neth- 
er moth corrupteth. For where youre treasure ys/ There 
will youre hertes be also. 

Lett youre loynes be gerdde about/ and youre lightes bren- 
nynge/ ^ and ye youre selves/ lyke vnto men/ that watche 
for their master when he woll returne from a weddynge : that 
24 as sone as he commeth and knocketh/ they maye open vn- 
to hym. 2'* Happy are thoose servauntes/ which their lorde/ 
when he commeth/ shall fynde wakynge/ verely I saye vnto 
you/ he will gerdde hym silfe about/ and make them sitt 
doune to meate/ and ^s^alke by them/ and minister vnto 
them. And yf he come in the seconde watche/ ye yf he 
come in the thyrd watche/ and shall fynde them soo/ happy 
are thoose servauntes. 

This shall ye vnderstonde/ that yff the good man of the 
housse/ had knowen what houre the thefe wolde have common/ 
he wolde suerly have watched : and not have suffered his 
housse to -'^ have bene broken vppe. Be ye ^"^ prepared ther- 
fore for the sonne of man will come att an houre when ye 
thynke/ not. 

*^ Oven, Gen. ^^ Be ye of doubtful mind, Gen. Bps. ^^ Gen. 

Bps. omit. 21 But rather seek ye, Gen. Bps. ^^ Can never faile, 
Gen. ^ Cr. adds — in your hands. ^4 "When he commeth, etc. 

— open unto him immediately, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Will come forthe, 
Gen. Bps. ^ Be digged through. Gen. ^ Readie, Cr. Bps. 

N 



Then Peter sayde vnto him : Master tellest thou this simiU- 
tude vnto vs/ or to all men ? And the lorde saide : ^8 who is 
a faithfull ^^ stewarde/ and a discrete/ whom his lorde ^o shall 
make ruler over his housholde/ to geve them their ^i dueti of 
meate/ at due season. Happy is that servaunt/ whom his 
master when he cometh shall finde soo doinge. Of a trueth 
I saye vnto you : that he will make him rueler over all ^2 that 
he hathe. But and if the ^3 [evyll] servaunt shall saye in his 
hert : My master wyll differre his commynge/ and shall be- 
gyn to smyte the servauntes/ and maydens/ and to eate and 
drynke/ and to be dronken : the lorde off that servaunt wyll 
come in a daye/ when he thynketh nott/ and att an houre 
when he is not ware/ and wyll ^^ devyde hym/ and will geve 
him his rewarde/ with the onbelevers. 

The servaunt that knewe his masters wyll/ and prepared 
nott himselfe/ nether did accordynge to his will/ shalbe beten 
with many strypes. Butt he that knewe nott/ and hath com- 
mitted thynges worthy of strypes/ shalbe beaten with feawe 
strypes. For vnto whom moche ys geven : off him shalbe 
moche requyred. And to whom/ men moche commytt/ the 
moare of hym will they axe. 

I cam to sonde fyre on erth : and ^s what ys my desyre 
36 but that yt were all redy kyndled ? Nott with stondinge I 
muste be baptised with a baptism. And how am I 37 payned 
till it be ended .? Suppose ye that I am come to sende peace 
on erth ? I tell you/ naye : but rather ^^ debate. For hence 
forthe there shalbe five in won housse devided/ thre agaynst 
two/ and two agaynst thre. The father shalbe devided agaynst 
the Sonne/ and the sonne agaynst the father. The mother 
agaynst the doughter/ and the doughter agaynst the mother. 
The motherelawe agaynst the doughterelawe/ and the dough- 
terelawe agaynst the motherelawe. 

Then sayde he to the people : when ye se a cloude ryse 
out off the west strayght waye ye saye : ^9 we shall have a 
shewer/ and soo it is. And when ye se the south wynde 
blowe/ ye saye : we shall have beet/ and it commeth to passe, 

^ How great a thynge is a faithful and wise, etc. Cov. ^ And 

wise steward, Cr. Gen. Bps. 3° Setteth, Cov. ^i Portion, Gen. 

Bps. ^^ His substance, £j05. ^ Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^* He we 
him in peeces, Cr. Bps. Cut him off, Gen. ^'^ Woulde I rather than 
that it were, etc. Cov. ^^ If it be already, etc. Gen. Bps. ^7 Griev- 
ed, Gen. ^ Division, Cr. Gen. ^^ A shower cometh, Cr. Gen. 
Bps. 



Stje fflfospell of S- Hutte. €i). ^J. 

Ypocrites/ ye can ^^ skyll of the fassion of the erth/ and of 
the skye : but what is the cause/ that ye cannot ^^ skyll of this 
tyme ? Ye and why iudge ye not off youre selves/ that which 
is ^2 rightewes. 

Whill thou goest with thyne adversary to the "^^ rueler : as 
thou arte in the waye/ geve diligence that thou mayst be de- 
livered from hym/ least he brynge the to the iudge/ and the 
iudge deliver to the ^ ioylar/ and the ^^ ioylar cast the in to 
preson. I tell the thou departest not thence/ tyll thou have 
^^ made goode the vtmose ^ farthynge. 

e:i)e pi], ©tjaptrr. 

nnHERE were present at the same season/ ^ that shewed 
-*■ hym of the galileans/ whose bloude Pilate mengled \vith 
their awne sacrifice. And Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto 
them : Suppose ye that these galileans/ were greater synners 
then all other galileans be cause they suffred suche punyssh- 
ment ? I tell you naye : but except ye ^ repent/ ye shall all 
in lyke wyse perysshe. Or thynke ye that those xviij. apon 
whom the toure in siloe fell and slewe them/ were synners 
above all men that dwell in Jerusalem ? I telle you naye : 
Butt excepte ye repent/ ye all shall lyke wyse perisshe. 

He 3 put forthe this similitude/ A certayne man had a 
fygge tree ^ in his vyneyarde/ and he cam and sought frute 
thereon/ and founde none. Then sayde he to the dresser of 
his vyneyarde : Beholde/ this thre yeare have I come and 
sought frute in this fygge tree/ and fynde none/ cut it doune/ 
why ^ cumbreth hit the grounde ? And he answered and 
sayde vnto him : lorde lett it alone this yeare also/ till I digge 
rounde aboute it/ and donge it/ to se whether it will beare 
frute. yf not/ then after that/ cut hym doune. 

He taught in won of their sinagogges on the saboth dayes/ 
And beholde there was a woman which had a sprete off in- 
firmitie .xviij. yeares : and was ^ bowed to gether/ and "^ coulde 
nott well lifte vp her silfe. When Jesus sawe her/ he called 

4° Discerne the face [outward aperance, Cr.] Con. Cr. Gen. Bps. 
<i Discerne, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. 42 Right, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

43 Prince, Cov. *^ Officer, Cov. ^ Payed, Gen. ^ Mite, 

T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Cr. Bps. add — certaine men, ^ Amende 

your lives, Gen. [So vs. 5.] 3 Tolde [Spake, G.] also, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. * T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. add — planted. ^ Hindereth, Cov. 

Kepeth it also the ground baren, Gen. ^ Crooked, Cov. ' Coulde 
not well look up, Cov. Coulde not lifte up herselfe at all, T. M. 
Coulde in no wise lifte up herselfe [her head, C] Cr. Gen. Bps. 



her to hym/ and sayde to her : woman thou arte dehvered 
from thy disease. And he layde his hondes on her/ and im- 
mediatly she . was made strayght/ and glorified God. The 
ruler off the sinagoge answered with indignacion (be cause 
that Jesus had healed on the saboth daye) And sayde vnto the 
people : there are sixe days in the weke/ in which men ought 
to worke/ in them come and be healed/ and nott on the saboth 
daye. 

Then answered hym the lorde and sayd : Ypocrite/ doth 
not cache one of you on the saboth daye. loose his oxe/ or 
his asse/ from the ^ stall/ and leade hym to the water ? And 
shulde not this doughter of Abraham/ be loosed from this 
bonde on the saboth daye/ whom Sathan hath bounde loo/ 
xviij. yeares ? And when he thus sayde/ all his adversaris 
were ashamed/ and all the people reioysed on all the excel- 
lent 9 dedes/ that were done by him. 

Then sayde he : What is the kyngdom of God like ? or 
where to shall I compare it ? It is lyke a gmyne of mustard 
seede/ which a man toke and sowed in his garden : and it 
grevve/ and wexed a greate tree/ and the foules off the ayer 
1*^ bilt in the braunches of it. 

And agayne he sayde : where vnto shall I lyken the k3nig- 
dom of God ? it is lyke leven/ which a woman toke/ and 
11 hidde in thre ^^ busshels of floure/ till all was thorow leven- 
ded. And he went thorowe cities and tounes teachynge/ and 
toke his iorney towardes Jerusalem. 

Then sayde won vnto hym : Lorde/ are there feawe that 
shalbe saved ? And he sayde vnto them/ stiyve ^^ [with 
youreselves] to enter in at the strayte gate : For many I saye 
vnto you/ will seke to enter in/ and shall nott be able. When 
the good man of the housse is risen vp/ and hathe ^^ shett fast 
the dore/ and ye begyn to stonde with out/ and to knocke at 
the dore saynge : Lorde/ lorde/ open vnto vs : and he shall 
answer and saye vnto you : I knowe nott whence ye are. 
Then shall ye begyn to saye. We have eaten/ and dronken 
in thy presence/ and thou hast taught in oure stretes. And 
he shall saye : I tell you/ 1 wott nott whence ye are : departe 
from me all ye workers off iniquytie. There shalbe wepynge/ 
and gnasshynge of teth : when ye shall se Abraham/ and 

8 Cribb, Cov. ^ Thynges, Gen. ^° Made nestes, T. M. Cr. 

Gen. Bps. " Mixed, Cov. ^^ Pecks of meal [floure, G.] Cov. 

Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Cr. Gen. Bps. omit, ^^ Shut to, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. 



B\)t ffiosjjcll of S. auke. ®t>, jrffff. 

Ysaac/ and Jacob/ and all the prophetes in the kyngdom of 
God/ and youre selves thrust oute a dores. And they shall 
come from the eest/ and from the weest/ and from the northe/ 
and from the southe/ and shall ^^ reest in the kyngdom of god. 
And beholde/ there are last/ which shalbe fyrst : And there 
are fyrst which shalbe last. 

The same daye there cam certaine of the pharises/ and 
sayde vnto hym : Gett the out of the waye/ and departe hence : 
for Herode will kyll the. And he sayd vnto them : Goo ye 
and tell that foxe/ beholde I cast oute devils/ and heale the 
people to daye and to morowe/ and the thj-rd daye I ^^ make 
an ende. Neverthelesse/ I muste walke to daye and to mor- 
owe/ and the daye folowinge : For it cannott be/ that a pro- 
phet perisshe eny other where/ save att Jerusalem. 

O Jerusalem/ Jerusalem/ which killest prophetes/ and sto- 
nest them that are sent to the : hovve often wolde I have gad- 
ered thy children to gedder/ as ^'' the hen her nest vnder her 
wynges/ and thou woldest nott. Beholde youre habitacion 
shalbe left vnto you desolate. For I tell you/ ye shall not se 
me vntill the time come that ye shall saye/ blessed ys he that 
commeth in the name off the lorde. 

(Cf)c j:iu]. €:t)npter. 

A ND it chaunsed that he went into the housse of won off 
~^ the chefe pharises to eate breed/ on a saboth daye : and 
they watched hym. And beholde there was a man before 
hym/ which had the dropsy. And Jesus answered and spake 
vnto the la wears and pharises/ sayinge : is it lawfull to heal on 
the saboth daye ? And they helde their peace. He toke the 
man and healed him/ and let hym goo. ^ And answered them 
sayinge : whiche of you shall have an asse/ or an oxe/ fallen 
into a pitt/ and will nott straight waye pull him out on the 
saboth daye ? And they coulde not answer hym agayne 
to 1 that. 

He putt forthe a similitude to the gestes/ when he marked 
howe they ^ preased to the hyest roumes/ and sayd vnto them : 
When thou arte bidden to a weddynge of eny man/ sitt nott 
doune in the hyest roume/ lest a more honorable man then 

»5 Sit downe, T. M. Cr. Bps. Sit at table. Gen. ^^ Shall be per- 

fected, Gen. Bps. ^^ The henne [A byrd, C] doth gather her 

young [brood, G.] Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ These things, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

^ Chose out, Gen. Bps. 



jFo. Irv^' 2r|)e ^os^dl of S. Slufee. 

thou be bidden of hym/ and he that badde both hym and the/ 
come and saye to the : geve this man roume. And thou then 
begyn with shame to take the lowest roume. But rather 
when thou arte bidden/ goo and sit in the lowest roume/ that 
when he that bade the commeth/ he maye saye vnto the : 
frende sitt vp hyer. Then shalt thou have ^ preyase in the 
presence of them that sitt at meate with the. For whosoever 
exalteth hym silfe/ shalbe brought lowe : And he that hum- 
bleth him silfe shalbe exalted. 

Then sayde he also to him that ^ bade him to diner : When 
thou makest a diner/ or a supper : call not thy frendes/ nor 
thy brethren/ nether thy kinsmen/ nor yet riche neghbours : 
lest they bidde the agyne/ and make the recompence. Butt 
when thou makest a feast/ call the povre/ ^ the maymed/ the 
lame/ and the blinde/ and thou shalt be happy : For they 
cannot recompence the. ^ Butt thou shalt be recompensed at 
the resurreccion of the iuste men. 

When won of them that sate at meate also herde that/ he 
sayde vnto hym : happy is he that eateth breed in the kyng- 
dome of god. Then sayd he to hym : A certayne man "^ or- 
dened a greate supper/ and bade many/ and sent his servaunt 
att supper time/ to saye to them that were bidden/ come : for 
all thynges are redy. And they all ^ atonce began to make 
excuse. The fyrst sayd vnto hym : I have bought ^ a ferme/ 
and I must nedes goo and se it/ I praye the have me excused. 
And another sayd : I have bought fyve yooke of oxen/ and I 
must goo to prove them/ 1 praye the have me excused. The 
thyrde sayd : I have maried a wyfe/ and therfore I cannot 
come. And the servaunt went agayne/ and i^ brought his 
master worde there of. 

Then was the good man of the housse displeased/ and sayd 
to his servaunt : Goo out quickly into the ^^ stretes and quar- 
ters of the citie/ and brynge in bidder the povre/ and the 
12 maymed/ and the halt/ and the blinde. And the servaunt 
sayd : lorde it is done as thou commaundest/ and yet there is 
roume. And ^^ the lorde sayd to the servaunt : Go out into 
the hie wayes and hedges/ and compell them to come in/ that 

2 Worshippe, T. M, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Had desired him, etc. Cr. 

° The cripple, Cov. ^ For thou shalt, etc. Gen. Bps. '' Made, 

Gen. ^ With one mind. Gen. ^ A piece of ground, Bps. 

^° Shewed his master these things. Gen. Bps. " Places and streets, 
Gen. Broad streets and lanes, Bps. ^^ Feeble, Cr. ^^ The mas' 
ter, Gen. 



ffit)e eKospcll of S. ILufte. <th ):b. 

my housse maye be filled. For I saye vnto you/ that none 
of those men which were bidden/ shall tast of my supper. 

There went a greate ^^ company with him/ and he turned 
and saide vnto them : Yf a man come to me/ and hate not his 
father and mother/ and wyfe/ and children/ and brethren/ and 
sisters/ i^more over and hys awne life/ he cannot be my dis- 
ciple. And whosoever beare nott hys crosse and come after 
me cannot be my disciple. 

Which of you ^^ is he that is desposed to bilde a toure/ and 
sitteth not doune before and counteth the cost. Whether he 
have sufficient to performe it ? lest after he hath layde the 
foundacion/ and is nott able to performe it/ all that beholde it/ 
begyn to moocke hym sayinge : This man began to bUde/ 
and was not able to make an ende. What kynge goeth to 
make ^"^ batayle agaynst another kynge/ and sitteth not doune 
fyrst/ and ^^ casteth in his mynde/ wether he be able with ten 
ihousande to mete him that cometh agaynst hym with twenty 
thousand/ or els ^^ whill the other is yett a greate waye off/ 
he will sende embasseatours/ and desyre ^^ peace. Soo lyke 
wyse/ 21 none of you that forsaketh nott all that he hathe/ can 
be my disciple. 

Salt is good/ but if salte ^ be corupte/ ^ what shalbe sea- 
soned there with ? It is nether good for the londe/ nor yet for 
the donge hill/ men cast it out at the dores. He that hath 
eares to heare/ let him heare. 



5rte ):b. <!l:|)a|ster. 



'T^HEN resorted vnto him all the publicans and synners/ 
■*• for to heare him. And the pharises/ and scribes grudged 
sainge : He receaveth ^ [to his company] synners/ and eateth 
with them. Then put he forthe this similitude to them say- 
inge : What man of you havynge an hundred shepe/ if he 
loose one of them doth not leave nynty and nyne in the wild- 
ernes/ and goo after hym which is loost/ vntill he fynde hym ? 
And when he hath founde hym/ he putteth hym on his shuld- 
ers with ioye : And as sone as he commeth home he calleth 

14 Multitude, Gen. ^= Yea and his, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Mind- 
ing to builde, etc. Gen. ^^ War, Gen. ^^ Taketh counsel. Gen. 
19 While he, etc. Gen. so Conditions of peace, Gen. 21 ^^y^q. 
soever he be of you, that, etc. ^^ Have lost his saltness 
[savour, G.] T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 23 Wherewith [wherein, £.] 
shall it be salted [seasoned, Bf\ Gen. Bps. * Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. 



to gedder his ^ lovers/ and neghbours sayinge vnto them : re- 
ioyse with me/ for I have founde my shepe which was loost. 
I say vnto you/ that lyke wyse ioye shalbe in heven over one 
synner that ^ repenteth/ moore then over nynety and nyne iuste 
persons/ whiche nede noo repentaunce. Other what woman 
havynge .x. "* grotes/ if she loose won/ doth not light a candell/ 
and swepe the housse/ and seke diligently/ till she finde it ? 
And when she hath founde it she calleth her lovers and her 
neghbours saynge : Heioyse v/ith me/ for I have founde the 
groate which I had loost. Lykwyse I saye vnto you/ ioye 
shalbe in the presence off the angels off God over one synner 
that repentheth. 

And he sayde : a certayne man had two sonnes/ and the 
yonger of them sayde to his father : father geve me ^ my parte 
off the 6 goodes that to me belongeth. And he devided vnto 
them his substaunce. And not longe after/ the yonger sonne 
gaddered all that he had to gedder/ and toke his iorney into a 
larre countre/ and there he wasted his goodes with royetous 
livinge. And when he had spent all "^ [that he had/] there rose 
a greate derth thorow out all that same londe. And he began 
to ^lacke. And he went/ and ^ clave to a citesyn of that 
same countre : which sent hym to ^^ the felde/ ^^ to kepe his 
swyne. And he wold fayne have filled his bely with the 
i^coddes/ that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym. 

Then he ^^ remembred hym silfe and sayde : howe many 
hyred servauntes at my fathers have breed ynough/ and I 
1^ dye for honger. I will a ryse/ and goo to my father/ and 
will saye vnto hym : father/ I have synned agaynst heven/ 
and before the : ^^ nowe am I not worthy to be called thy 
Sonne/ make me as one of thy heyred servauntes. And he 
arose/ and cam to his father. When he was yett a greate 
waye of/ his father sawe hym/ and had compassion on hym/ 
and ran vnto hym/ and fell on his necke/ and kyssed hym. 
And the sonne sayd vnto hym : father I have synned agaynst 
heven/ and ^^ in thy sight/ nether am I worthy hence forthe 
to be called thy sonne. Then sayde the father to his ser- 

2 Friends and neighbours, Gen. Bps. [So vs. 9.] ^ Convert- 

eth, Gen. [So vs. 10.] ^ Pieces of silver, Gen. Bps. [Piece, vs. 9.] 

^The portion, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Substance, Bps. ' Cr. Gen. Bps. 
omit. ^ Be in necessitie, Gen. ^ And cam, Cr. Joyned him- 

selfe, Bps. i° His farme, Cr. Gen. ** To feede, Gen. Bps. 

»2 Huskes, Gen. ^^ Came to himselfe, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

^^ Peri she with, etc. Cr. Bps. ^'^ And am no more worthy, T. M. 

Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Before thee, Gen. 



tH'^e ffiospell of S. Slufee. it'^, Vbj. 

vauntes : bringe forthe that best garment/ and put it on him/ 
and put a rynge on his honde/ and shewes on his fete. And 
brynge bidder that fatted caulfe/ and kyll hym/ and let vs 
eate and be mery : for this my sonne was deed/ and is aUve 
agayne. He was loste/ and ys nowe founde. And they be- 
gan 1"^ to make good cheare. 

The elder brother was in the felde/ and when he cam and 
drewe nye to the housse/ he herde ^^ minsttelcy/ and dauns- 
ynge/ and called one of his servauntes/ and axed what thoose 
thynges meante. He said vnto him : thy brother is come/ 
and thy father hath killed ^^ the fatted caulfe/ be cause he hath 
receaved him safe and sounde. And he was angry/ and 
wolde not goo in. Then cam his father out/ and entreated 
him/ he answered and sayde to hys father : Loo these many 
yeares have I done the service/ nether brake at eny time thy 
commaundment/ and yet gavest thou me never soo moche as 
a kyd to make mery with my ^^ lovers : but as sone as this 
thy Sonne was come/ which hath devoured ^^ thy goodes wyth 
harloottes/ thou haste for ^2 his pleasure killed ^^ the fatted 
caulfe. And he sayd vnto hym : Sonne/ thou wast ever with 
me/ and all that I have is thine : it was m.ete that we shulde 
make mery and be glad : for this thy brother was deed/ and 
is alive agayne : and was loste/ and is founde. 

TTE sayd also vnto his disciples : There was a certayne 
-■-■^ riche man/ which had a stewarde/ that was acused vnto 
him that he had wasted his goodes. And he called him/ and 
said vnto him : Howe is it/ that I heare this of the ? Geve a 
comptes off thy steward shippe. For thou mayste be no 
longer my stewarde. The stewarde said with in him silfe : what 
shall I do.? for my master will take awaye from me my 
stewardeshippe. I cannot digge/ and to begge/ 1 am asham- 
ed. I woote what to do/ that when I am put out of my stew- 
ardshippe/ they maye receave me in to there houses. 

Then called he all his masters detters/ and sayd vnto the 
fyrst : howe moche owest thou vnto my master ? And he 
sayd : a hondred i tonnes of oyle/ and he sayd to him : take 
thy 2 bill/ and sitt doune quickly/ and write fiftie. Then said 

17 To be merie, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Melodie, Gen. ^^ A fed 

calfe, Gov. The fat calfe, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Frendes, Cr. Gen. Bps. 
21 His goods, Gov. Thy living, Bps. "2 jjig g^ke^ (jg„ i Mea- 

sures, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Writing, Gen. 



iTo. irrmj, m^ ©ospeii of s. auite. 

he to another : what owest thou ? And he sayde : an hond- 
red quarters of wheate. He sayd to him : Take thy bill/ and 
writte foure scoore. And the lorde commended the uniust 
stewarde/ be cause he had done wysly. 3 Por the chyldren 
of this worlde/ are in their ^ kynde/ wyser then the chyldren 
off light. And I saye also vnto you : make you frendes ^ of 
the wicked mammon/ that when ye shall ^ have nede they 
may receave you into everlastinge habitacions. 

He that is faitful in that wiche is leste : the same is faithful 
in moche : ^ So then if ye have not byn faithful in the ^ wick- 
ed 9 mammon/ who will ^^ beleve you in that which is true ? 
and if ye have not bene faithfullin another mannes ^busines: 
whoo shall geve you youre awne ? No servaunt can serve 
two masters, for other he shall hate the one and love the oth- 
er or els he shall lene to the one/ and despyse the other. Ye 
cannot serve God and mammon. 

All these thinges herde the pharises also which were cov- 
eteous. And they mocked him/ and he sayd vnto them : Ye 
are they/ which justifie youre selves before men : but God 
knoweth youre hertes. For that which ^^ men magnifie/ is 
abhominable in the sight of god. 

The lawe/ and the prophettes ^^ raygned vntyll the tyme of 
Jhon : Sence that tyme/ ^^ the kyngdom of god is preached. 
And every man ^^ stiyveth to goo in. 

16 Soner shall heven and erth i^ perisshe/ then won title of 
the lawe shall ^^ perisshe. Whosoever ^^ forsaketh his wyfe/ 
and marie th another/ breaketh matrimony. And every man 
which marieth her that is ^9 divorsed from her husbande com- 
mitteth advoutiy also. 

There was a certayne riche man/ which was clothed in 
purple/ and ^o fy^e raynes/ and fared ^i deliciously eveiy 
daye. And there was ^ a certayne begger/ named Lazarus/ 

2 Wherefore, Gen. * Nation, Cr. Bps. Generation, Gen. ^ Of 
the unrighteous mammon, Cr. Bps. With the riches of iniquitie. Gen. 
* Want, Gen. ^ t. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. add — And hee that is unright- 
eous [unfaithful, T. M. unjust, G. So the next clauses] in the leaste, 
is unrighteous also in much. ^ Unrighteous, Cr. Bps. ^ Riches, 
Gen. [So vs. 13.] ^° Trust you in the true treasure^ Gen. Bps. 

" Goods, Gen. ^^Is high, Cov. Is highly esteemed among, T. M. 

Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Endured, Gen. ^^ Bpts. adds — the glad tydings 
of IS Preasseth into it. Gen. ^^ Easier is it for, etc, Cr. Bps. 

No we it is more easy that, etc. Gen. '^'' Passe away. Gen. Bps. 

^* Faile, Cr. Bps. Fall, Gen. ^^ Putteth away — is put away, Gen. 

^ Costly linen, Cov. Fine bysse, T. M. Fine white, Cr. Bps. Fine 
linen, Gen, ^i y^Qi] and delicately, Gen. Very deliciously, Bps. 

^2 A poor man, Cov, 



|C7 

2ri)e eKospell of S. Hufee. €1). rWf. 

whiche laye at hys gate full of scores desyrynge to be refressh- 
ed with the cromes whiche fell from the ryche mannes horde. ^ 
Neverthelesse/ the dogges cam/ and licked his scores. And 
yt fortuned that the begger dyed/ and was carryed by the an- 
gelles into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also died/ and 
24 was buried in hell. 

When he lifte vppe his eyes/ as he was in tourmentes/ he 
sawe Abraham a farre off/ and Lazarus in his bosome/ And 
cryed and sayd : father Abraham/ have mercy on me/ and 
sende Lazarus that he maye depe the tippe off his fynger in 
water/ and cole my tonge/ for I am tourmented in this flame. 
Abraham sayd vnto hym : Sonne/ remembre/ that thou in thy 
lyfe tyme receavedst thy pleasure/ and ^5 contrary wyse Laz- 
arus payne. Nowe therfore is he comforted/ and thowe art 
26punysshed. ^vgeyonde all this bitwene you and vs there 
is a greate "^8 space sett/ so that they which wolde goo from 
hence to you/ cannot : nether from thence come bidder. 

And he sayd : I praye the therfore father/ send him to my 
fathers housse. For I have fyve brethren : ^ for to warne 
them/ lest they also come into this place off tourment. Abra- 
ham sayd vnto hym/ they have Moses and the prophettes/ 
lett them heare them. And he sayd : naye father Abraham/ 
but yf won from the ded cam vnto them they wolde repent. 
He sayd vnto hym : Yf they heare not Moses and the proph- 
ettes nether woll they ^o beleve/ though won roose from deeth 
agayne. 

®i)e ):bff. (Efjapter. 

npHEN sayde he to his disciples/ it can not be ^ [avoyded/] 
-^ but that occasions of evyll come Neverthelesse wo be to 
hym throw whom they come. It were better for hym if a^ 
mylstone wer hanged aboute his necke/ and that he were cast 
into the see/ rather then he shulde oifende won off this litle 
wons. Take hede to youre selves/ if thy brother trespas 
agaynst the/ rebuke hym/ and if he repent/ forgeve hym. 
And though he syn agenst the seven tymes in won daye/ and 

^ Or. adds — And no man gave unto him. [So Bps. in smaller type.] 
^ Was buried. And being in hell in torments, he lift uo his eyes and 
saw, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Likewise, Gen. Bps. ^ Tormented, 

Gen. Bps. 27 Besides, Gen. Bps. '^ Gulfe [J5 adds— stedfastly] 
set, Gen. Bps. ^ That he may witnesse [testifie. G.], Gen. Bps. 

2*^ Be persuaded, Gen. ^ Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^ Q(,ji .adds — 

great. 



JFo. IrvtV^ 2r!)e ®fos|)eIl of S. Suite. 

seven tymes in a daye tourne agayne to the sayinge : it re- 
penteth me/ forgeve hym. 

And the apostles sayde vnto the lorde : in crease oure fayth. 
The lorde sayde : yf ye had fayth ^ lyke a grayne off mus- 
tard sede/ and shulde saye vnto thys ^ sycamyne tree/ plucke 
thy silfe vppe by the rotes/ and plant thy silfe in the see : he 
shoulde obey you. 

Which of you havynge a servaunte a plowynge/ or fedynge 
catell/ wolde saye vnto hym ^ when he were come from the 
felde : Goo quickly and sitt doune to meate/ ^ And rather 
sayeth not to hym/ dresse wherwith I maye suppe/ and 
''' apoynt thy silfe and serve me/ tyll I have eaten and dronk- 
en : and afterwarde/ eate thou/ and drynke thou/ Doeth he 
thanke that servaunt be cause he did that which was com- 
maunded vnto hym ? I trowe not. Soo lykewyse ye/ when 
ye have done all thoose thynges which are commaunded vnto 
you : Saye/ we are vnprofitable servauntes. We have done 
that ^ which was oure duety to do. 

And it chaunsed as he went to Jerusalem/ that he passed 
thorowe ^ Samaria and Galile. And as he entered into a cer- 
tayne toune/ there met hym ten men/ that were lepers/ which 
stode a farre of/ and put forth their voices/ and sayde : Jesu 
master/ have mercy on vs. When he sawe them/ he sayde 
vnto them : Goo and shewe youreselves to the prestes. And 
hit chaunsed as they went/ they were clensed. And won of 
them/ when he sawe that he was clensed/ turned backe 
agayne/ and with a loude voice praysed God/ and fell doune 
on his face at his fete/ and gave hym thankes. And the 
same was a Samaritan. Jesus answered and sayde : Are there 
not ten clensed ? But were are those nyne ? There are not 
founde that returned agane/ to geve God prayse/ save only 
this straunger/ And he sayde vnto hym : Aryse/ and goo thy 
waye/ thy fayth hath i^ saved the. 

When he was demaunded off the pharises/ when the kyng- 
dom off God should come : he answered them and sayde : 
The kyngdom of God cometh not with ^^ waytingefore. 
Nether shall man saye : Loo here/ loo there. For beholde/ 
the kyngdom of God is with in you. 

^ As muck as, Gen. Bps. * Mulberie, Cov. Gen. ^ By and by, 
when he etc. Goe and sit downe, Gen. Bps. ^ Is it not thus? that 
he saith unto him, etc. Cov. "^ Gyrd, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ We 
were bound to do, Cov. ^ G^en. Bps add — the middes of. ^° Made 
thee whole, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Outward appearance, Cov. Ob- 
servation, Gen. Bps. 



mt eSfosjpell of S. ILufte. €!>. ):biii. 

And he saye vnto hys disciples : The dayse will come/ 
when ye shall desire to se won daye of the sonne of man/ and 
ye shall not se it. And they shall saye to you. Se here/ 
Se there/ Goo not after them/ nor folowe them/ for as the 
lightenynge that ^^ apereth out of the one parte ^^ of the heven 
and shyneth vnto the other parte ^^ of the heven : Soo shall the 
sonne of man be in his dayes. But fyrst must he sufFre many 
thinges/ and be ^'^ reproved of this nacion. 

As it happened in the tyme of Noe : Soo shall it be in the 
tyme of the sonne of man. They ate/ they dranke/ they 
maryed wyves/ and ^^ were maryed even vnto that same daye 
that Noe went into the arke/ and the floud cam/ and destroy- 
ed them all. Likewise also/ as it chaunsed in the dayes of 
Lot. They ate/ thei dranke/ thei bought/ thei soldo/ thei plant- 
ed/ they bilte. And even the same daye that Lot went out 
of Zodom/ hit rayned fyre and bryrnstone from heven/ and 
destroyed them all. ^^ After these ensamples/ shall the daye 
be/ when the sonne of man ^'^ shall apere. 

Att that daye he that is ^^ on the housse toppe/ and his 
stuffe in the housse : lett hym nott come doune to take hit out. 
And lyke wyse lett not him that is in the feldes/ turne backe 
agayne to that he lefte behynde hym. Remember Lottos 
wyfe. Whosoever will goo about to save ^^ his lyfe/ shall loose 
it : And whosoever shall ^^ loose his life/ shall ^^ quycken it. 

I tell you : In that night/ there shalbe two in one beed/ the 
one shalbe receaved/ and the other shalbe forsaken. Two 
shalbe also a gryndynge to gedder : the one shalbe receaved/ 
and the other forsaken. ^^ And they answered/ and sayde to 
him : wheare lorde ? And he said vnto them : whersover the 
body shalbe/ thidther will the egles ^^ resoorte. 

E'^e irbifj. €|)a|)ter. 

TTE put forth a similitude vnto them/ ^ signifyinge that men 
•^ ought alwayes to praye/ and not to ^ be wery/ sayinge ; 

^2 Shineth above from the heaven and lighteth over all that is un- 
der the heaven, Cov. Lighteneth, Gen. Bps. '^ Under heaven, 
Gen. Bps. ^^ Refused, Cr. Disallowed, Bps. ** Gave in mar- 
riage. Gen. '^ Even thus shall it be in the day, when, etc. Cr. Bps. 
^' Is revelled, Gen. Bps. ^^ Upon the house, Gen. ^^ His soule, 
Gen. 20 Lose it, shall get life, Gen. 21 gave it, T. M. Cr. 
22 Gen. Bps. add, as does Cr. in crotchets — Two [B. adds — ('men)'\ 
shall be in the fielde ; the one shall be received and the other forsa- 
ken [shall be left, G.] 23 Be gathered together, Cr. Bps. ^ To 
this end, Gen. Bps. ^ Leave off, Cov. Waxe faint, Gen. 
O 



jFo. l):j:p S:i)e ^osjjell of <S. Etifee. 

There was a Judge in a certaine cite/ which feared not god 
nether ^ regarded man. And there was a certayne widdowe 
in the same cite/ whych cam vnto hym sayinge : ^ A venge 
me of myne adversary. And ^ a greate whyle he wolde noott. 
Afterwarde he sayd vnto hym silfe : Though I feare nott god/ 
nor ^ care for man/ yett be cause this widdowe ''' troubleth me/ 
I woU a venge her/ lest at the last she come/ and ^ rayle on 
me. 

And the lorde sayd : heare what the vnrightewes iudge 
sayeth. And shall not god avenge his electe/ which crye 
nyght and daye vnto him ? Ye though he ^ differre them : I 
tell you/ he will avenge them/ and that quicly. Neverthe- 
lesse/ when .the sonne of man commeth/ suppose ye/ that he 
shall fynde faithe on erthe. 

And he put forthe this similitude/ vnto certaine which trust- 
ed in them selves/ that they wer perfect/ and despysed other. 
Two men went vp into the temple to praye : the one a phari- 
se stode and prayed thus with hym silfe. God I tanke the 
that I am nott as other are/ ^^ extorsioners/ vniuste/ ad ventres/ 
and even as this publican is. I faste twyse in the weke. I 
geve tythe of all that I possesse. And the publican stode 
afarre of/ and wolde not lifte vp ^^ his eyes to heven/ but smote 
hys brest/ sayinge : God be mercyfull to me a sinner. I tell 
you : this man departed home to his housse iustified moore 
then the other. For every man that exalteth hym silfe/ shalbe 
brought lowe : And he that humbleth hym silfe/ shalbe exalted. 

They brought vnto hym also i^ babes/ that he shoulde 
touche them. When his disciples sawe that/ they rebuked 
them. But Jesus called them vnto him/ and sayde/ Suffre 
children to come vnto me/ and forbidde them not. For ^^ vn- 
to souche belongeth the kyngdom of god. Verely I say vnto 
you : whosoever receaveth not the kyngdom of god/ as a 
chylde : he shall not enter there in. 

And a certayne ruler axed him : sayinge : Goode Master : 
what ought I to do/ to obtaine eternall lyfe ? Jesus sayd vnto 
hym : Why callest thou me goode/ ^^ No man is goode/ save 
god only. Thou knowest the commaundmentes : Thou shalt 

3 stood in awe of, Cov. Reverenced, Gen. * Deliver me from, 

Cov. Do me justice against. Gen. [vs. 5, Do her right, G.] ° For 
a whyle [a time, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Reverence, Gen. '' Is 

importune upon, Cr. ^ Make me wearie, Gen. Bps. ^ Suffer 

long for, Gen. ^° Robbers, Cov. ^^ Gen. adds — So muche as. 

-2 Infants, Bps, [Babes — babe (vvs. 16, 17), Gen.'] ^^ Of suche is, 

T. M. Cr. Gen. ^^ None, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



m^ eSosjjell of S. 3Lufee. (t% vm']. 

nott commit advoutry/ thou shalt nott kill/ thou shalt nott steale/ 
thou shalt not beare false witnes Honoure thy father/ and thy 
mother. And he sayde : All these have I kept from my 
youthe. When Jesus herde that/ he sayde vnto hym : Yett 
lackest thou one thynge. Sell all that thou hast/ and distri- 
bute it vnto te povre/ and thou shalt have treasure in heven/ 
and come/ and folowe me. When he heerd that/ he was 
^^hevy/ for he wecs ^^ryche. 

When Jesus sawe ^^ hym morne/ he sayde : with whath 
difficulte shall they that have ryches/ enter into the kyngdom 
off God : 18 Esyer it is for a cammell to passe thorowe a ne- 
dles eye/ then for a ryche man to enter into the kyngdom off 
God. Then sayde they that herde that : And who ^^ shall 
then be saved ? He sayde : Thynges which are vnpossible 
with men : are possible with God. 

Then Peter sayde : Loo we have ^o forsaken all/ and have 
folowed the. He sayde vnto them : Verily I say unto you/ 
there is noo man that ^o forsaketh housse/ ^^ other father and 
mother/ other brethren/ or wyfe/ or children/ for the kyng- 
dom of goddes sake/ which same shall nott receave moche 
moore in this worlde : and in the worlde to come/ lyfe ever- 
lastynge. 

He toke vnto hym the twelve/ and sayde vnto them : Loo 
we go vp to Jerusalem/ and all shalbe fulfilled 22 that are writ- 
ten be the prophettes off the sonne off man. He shalbe de- 
livered vnto the gentyls/ and shalbe mocked/ and shalbe des- 
pyitfuUy entreated/ and shalbe spetten on : and when they 
have scourged hym/ they will putt hym to deeth/ and the 
thyrde daye shall he aryse agayne. They vnderstode none 
of these thynges. And this sayinge was hid from them. And 
they perceaved nott the thynges which were spoken. 

Hit cam to passe/ as they were come neye vnto Jerico/ a 
certayne blynde man sate by the waye syde beggynge. And 
when he herde the people passe by/ he axed what it meant. 
They sayd vnto hym that Jesus off Nazareth/ went by. And 
he cryed/ saynge : Jesus the sonne of David/ have mercy on 
me. And they which went before rebucked hym/ be cause 
he shulde holde his peace. And he moche the moare cryed/ 

^^ Sorye, Cr. Bps. i^ Verye ryche, T. M. Cr. Bps. Marvellous 

ryche, Gen. ^^ That he was [B. adds — verye] sorye, Cr. Bps. Him 
sorrowful, Gen. is Surely it is, etc. Gen. ^^ Can be, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. 20 Left— Hath left, Gen. 21 Elders, Cov. 22 To the 

son of man, that are written, etc. Gen. Bps. 



The Sonne of David have mercy on me. Jesus stode styll/ 
and commaunded him/ to be brought vnto hym. And when 
he was come neare/ he axed hym sayinge : What wilt thou/ 
that I do vnto the ? And he sayde : Lorde/ that I maye re- 
ceave my sight. Jesus sayde vnto hym : Receave thy sight. 
Thy faith hath saved the. And immediately he ^3 sawe/ and 
folowed hym/ praysinge God. And all the people/ when 
they sawe it/ gave laude to God. 



A ND he entered in/ and went thorow Jerico. And beholde/ 
"^^ there was a man named Zacheus/ and he was ^ a rueler 
amonge the publicans/ and ryche alsoo. And he ^made 
meanes to se Jesus/ what he shulde be : and he coulde nott 
for the preace/ be cause he was off a lowe stature. And he 
ran before/ and ascended vppe/ into ^ a sicomore tree/ to se 
hym. For he wolde come that same waye. And when 
Jesus cam to the place/ he loked vp/ and sawe him/ and sayd 
vnto hym : Zache/ attonce come doune/ for to daye I muste 
^ abyde at thy housse. And hastely he cam doune/ and re- 
ceaved hym ioyfully. And when they sawe that/ they all 
groudged sayinge : He is gone/ ^ into tary with a man that is 
a synner. 

Zache stode forthe and sayde vnto the lorde/ : Beholde lorde/ 
the haulfe of my gooddes I give to the povre/ and if I have 
6 done eny man wronge/ 1 wyll restoore hym fewer folde. 
Jesus sayd vnto hym : This daye is healthe come vnto this 
housse : for asmoche as ''' it also is become the childe off Abra- 
ham. Forthe sonne off man is come to seke/ and to save 
that which was looste. 

As they herde these thynges/ he ^ added thertoa similitude/ 
be cause he was neye to Jerusalem/ And be cause also/ they 
thought that the kyngdom of God shulde shortely apere. He 
sayde therfore : A certayne noble man/ went into a farre 
country/ to receave ^ a kyngdom/ and then to come agayne. 

^ Received sight, Cr. Gen. Bps. * The chiefe receiver of the 

tribute, Gen. The chiefe among the publicans, Bps. ^ Sought 

means [Sought, G.] Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ A wilde figge tree. Ml the 

Vers. '* Turn into, Gov. ^ In to lodge with a sinful man, Gen. 
' Defrauded any man, Gov. Taken from any man by forged cavilla- 
tion. Gen. Bps. ' He, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Continued and spake. Gen. 
5 T. M. Cr. add — him. Gen. Bps. — for hijnselfe, 



e:|)e CKos(|)elt of <S. iLufee. <t% pp 

He called his ten servauntes/ and delivered them ten ^^ pounde 
saying vnto them : " By and sell till I come : But his citesens 
hated hym/ and sent ^^ messengers after hym/ saynge : We 
will not have this man to raigne over vs. 

And it cam to passe/ when he was come agayne and had 
receaved his kyngdom/ he commaunded his servauntes to be 
called to hym (to whom he gave his money) ^^ to witt what 
every man had i"* done. Then cam the fyrst sayinge : Lorde/ 
thy 1^ pounde hath encreased ten ^^ pounde. And he sayde 
vnto hym : Well good servaunte/ because thou wast faithfull 
in a veiy litell thynge/ Take thou auctorite over ten cities. 
And the other cam sayinge/ Lorde thy pounde/ hath encreas- 
ed fyve pounde. And to the same he sayde : And be thou 
alsoo rueler over fyve cities. And the thirde cam/ and sayde : 
Lorde/ beholde here thy pounde/ which I have kepte in a 
napkyn/ for I feared the/ be cause thou arte a strayte man : 
thou takest vp that thou laydest nott doune/ And repest that 
thou diddest nott sowe. And he sayde vnto him : Of thyne 
awne mougthe iudge I the thou evyll servaunt. ^^ Knewest 
thou that I am a stmyte man/ takynge vppe that I layde not 
doune/ And repinge that I did not sowe ? Wherfore then 
gavest not thou my money into the ^'^ banke ? And then at 
my commyng shulde I have required myne awne/ with vaun- 
tage. And he sayde to them that stode by : Take from hym 
that pounde/ and geve it hym that hathe ten pounde. And 
they sayd to hym : Lorde he hath ten pounde. I saye vnto 
you/ that vnto all them that have/ it shalbe geven : ^^ and 
from hyme that hath not/ even that he hath shalbe taken 
awaye. Morover thoose myne enemys which wolde not/ 
that I shulde raigne over them/ brynge bidder/ and slee them 
before me. And when he hadd thous spoken/ he preceded 
forthe before them/ and went vppe to Jerusalem. 

And it fortuned/ when he was come noye to bethfage/ and 
bethany/ besydes mounte olivete/ he sent two of his disciples 
sayinge : Goo ye into the toune which is ^^ over against you. 
In the which as sonne as ye are come/ ye shall fynde a coolte 
tyed/ wher on/ yett never man sate, loose hym and brynge 

^'^ Peeces of money, Gen. Bps. ^^ Occupie, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ A 
message, Cr. Bps. An ambassage, Gen. ^^ That he might know 

how much [what, G.], Gen. Bps. ^"^ Gained, Gen. Gained in oc- 

cupying, 5/5. ^'Peece — Feeces, Gen. Bps. fSopost.] ^sThou 
knewest, Gen. ^"^ Exchange bank. Gov. ^^ Cr. adds — And he 

shall have aboundaunce. ^^ Before you, Gen. 



hym bidder. And if eny man axe you/ why that ye loose 
hym : thus saye vnto hym/ The lorde hath nede of hym. 

They that wer sent went their waye/ and founde/ even as 
he had sayde vnto them. And as they were aloosynge the 
coolte/ the owners sayde vnto them : why loose ye the coohe ? 
And they sayde : For the lorde hath nede of hym. And they 
brought hym to Jesus. And they cast their ^^ rayment on the 
coolte and sett Jesus theron. As he went they spredde their 
cloothes in the waye. 

When he was come ^i wheare he shulde goo doune from 
the mount olivete/ the whole multitude of his disciples/ began 
to reioyce/ and to lawde God with a loude voyce/ for all the 
miracles that they had sene/ sayinge : Blessed be the kynge 
that commeth in the name off the lorde/ Peace in heven/ and 
glory in the hyest. And some off the pharises off the com- 
pany/ sayde vnto hym : Master rebuke thy disciples. He 
answered/ and sayde vnto them : I tell you/ yff these holde 
their peace/ the stones will crye. 

And when he was come neare/ he behelde the citie/ and 
wept on hit sayinge : ^ YfF thou haddest knowen ^3 thoose 
thynges whych belonge vnto thy peace/ even att thys daye : 
Butt nowe are they hidde from thyne eyes. For the dayes 
shall come apon the/ ^"^ and thyne enemys shall ^5 compas the 
about with a banke. And shall besege the rounde aboute/ 
and kepe the in on every syde/ And make the even wyth the 
grounde/ wyth thy chyldren whych are in the. And they 
shall nott leve in the ^^ one stone apon another/ because thou 
knewest nott the tyme of thy visitacion. 

And he went into the temple/ and began to cast out them 
that soldo therin/ and them that bought sayinge vnto them/ 
Hyt is written/ my housse is the housse off prayer : Butt ye 
have made it a den off theves. And he taught dayly in the 
temple. The hye prestes and the scribes and the chefe off 
the people/ went about to destroye hym : Butt coulde nott 
fynde what to do. for all the people ^7 stocke by hym. And 
gave him audience. 

2'^ Garments, Gen. Bps. ^^ Neere to the going downe of the 

Mount, etc. Or. Gen. Bps. ^s If thou knewest what were for thy 

peace, thou shouldst remember even in this present day of thine, Gov. 
23 Gen. adds— at the least. 24 That, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 25 Cast 
a bank [a trench, G,] about thee, and compasse thee round. Ml the 
Vers. 26 A stone upon a stone, Gen. 27 jjajjgg(j upon [Stuck© 

by, C] hym when they hear de him, Cr. Gen. Bps. 






Srije ):):. Ctijaptet. 



A ND yt fortuned in one off those dayes/ As he taught the 
"^ people in the temple/ And preached the gospell. The 
hye prestes and the scrybes cam vnto hym wyth the seniours/ 
And spake vnto hym/ sayinge : Tell vs by what auctoritie 
thou doest these thynges ? Other who is he that gave the 
thys auctorite ? He answered and sayde vnto them : I also 
will axe you ^ a question/ And answer me : was the baptem 
of Jhon/ from heven/ or of men ? They ^ thought wyth in 
them selves sayinge : YfF we shall saye from heven : he will 
saye : Why then beleved ye hym not ? But and yif we shall 
saye of men/ all the people will stone vs. For they ^ suerly 
beleved that Jhon was a prophett. And they answered that 
they coulde nott tell whence it was. And Jesus sayde 
vnto them : Nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these 
thynges. 

Then began he to put forthe to the people/ this similitude : 
A certayne man planted a vineyarde/ and lett it forthe to 
^ formers/ and went hym silfe into a straunge countre for a 
greate season. And when the time cam/ he sent a servaunt 
to his tennauntes that they shulde geve hym of the frutes/ of 
the vyneyard. The tennauntes bett hym/ and sent him awaye 
empty. ^ And he ceased nott thereby but sent yett another 
servaunt. And they bett hym/ and ^foule entreated hym 
alsoo/ and sent hym awaye empty. Morover/ he sent the 
thyrde alsoo/ And hym they wounded/ and cast hym out. 
Then sayde the lorde off the vyneyarde : what shall I do ? I 
wyll sonde my deare sonne/ hym "^ peradventure they wyll 
^ reverence/ when they se hym. 

When the formers sawe hym/ they thought in them selves/ 
sayinge : this is the heyre/ come lett vs kyll hym/ that the in- 
herytaunce maye be oures. And they cast hym out of the 
vyneyarde/ and kylled hym. Nowe what shall the lorde off 
the vyneyarde do vnto them > He wyll come and destroye 
those formers/ and will lett out his vyneyarde to other. When 
they herde that/ they sayde : God forbid. 

* One thinge, Cr. Gen. One word, Bps. ^ Reasoned, Gen. Bps. 
[So vs. 14.] 3 Bg persuaded, Gen. Bps. * Husbandmen, Cr. 

Gen. Bps. [So post.'] ^ Againe he sent, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

s Entreated him shamefully, Cr. Bps. ' It may be, Gen. Bps. 

^ Stande in awe of him, Cr. 



He behelde them and sayd : what meaneth thys then that 
is written : The stone that the bylders ^ refused/ is made the 
heed corner stone ? whosoever ^^stomble at that stone/ shalbe 
11 brused : but on whomsoever it faul/ it wyll ^^ alto breake 
hym. And the hye prestos and the scrybes/ the same howre 
went about to laye hondes on him/ but they feared the peo- 
ple. For they perceaved that he had spoken this similitude 
agaynst them. 

And they watched him/ and sent forth spies/ whych shulde 
fayne them selves perfecte/ to take hym in hys wordes/ and 
to delyvre hym vnto the power/ and auctorite off the i^presy- 
dent. And they axed hym sayinge : Master/ we knowe that 
thou sayest/ and teachest ryght/ nether ^"^ considerest thou 
i^eny mannes degre/ but teachest the waye of god truely. 
Ys it laufuU for vs to geve Cesar tribute/ or noo ? He per- 
ceaved their craftynes/ and sayde vnto them : Why tempt ye 
me ? Shewe me a peny. Whoose ymage and superscrip- 
cion hath it ? They answered and sayd : Cesars. And he 
sayde vnto them : Geve then vnto Cesar/ ^^ that which be- 
londeth vnto Cesar : And to God/ i^ that which pertayneth to 
God. And they coulde nott reprove his sayinge before the 
people. And they mervayled at his answer/ and helde their 
peace. 

Then cam to hym certayne off the Saduces which denye 
that there is eny resurreccion. And they axed hym sayinge : 
Master Moses wrote vnto vs/ if eny mannes brother dye hav- 
inge a wyfe/ And the same dye wyth out ^^ issue : that then 
hys brother shulde take his wyfe/ and rayse vp seede vnto 
hys brother. There were ^^ seven brethren/ and the fyrst toke 
awyfe/ and died with out children. And the seconde toke the 
wyfe/ and he dyed chyldlesse. And the thyrde toke her/ and 
in lyke wyse ^^ the resydue off the seven/ and leeft noo chyl- 
dren be hynde them/ and dyed. Last of all the woman dyed 
also. Nowe at the resurreccion whose wyfe of them shall 
she be ? for vij. had her to wyfe. 

Jesus answered and sayd vnto them : The chyldren off 

9 Disallowed, Bps. ^o Shall fall upon, Gm. " Broken, T. M. 
Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Grind him to powder, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

^3 Debitye, Cov. T. M. Cr. Bps. Governour, Gen. ^'^ Regardest, 

Gov. Dost thou accept any man's person. Gen. ^^ The outward 

appearance of any man, Cov. Cr. Bps. ^^ The things which are 

Caesar's — those which are God's, Gen. ^' Children, T. M. Cr. Gen. 
Bps. ^8 Cr. Bps. add — therefore. *^ The seven died and left no 
children, Gen. 



STfje ©ospell of S. Sluite. ^h VVh 

this worlde mary wyves/ and are maryed/ but they which 
shalbe ^^ worthy of that worlde/ and of the resurreccion from 
deeth/ nether mary wyves/ nether are maryed/ nor yet can 
dye eny moare. For they are equall vnto the angels : and 
are the sonnes of god/ in as moche as they are the chyldren 
off the resurreccion. And that the deed shall lyse agayne/ 
even Moses signified besydes ^i busshe/ when he 22 sayde : 
the lorde god of Abmham/ and the god off Isaac/ and the god 
of Jacob. For he is not the god off the deed/ but off them 
whych live. For all live in hym. Certayne off the pharises 
answered and sayd: Master/ thou hast wele sayde. And 
after that durst they not axe hym eny question at all. 

Then sayd he vnto them : howe saye they that Christ ys 
Davides sonne ? And David hym silfe sayth in the boke off 
the psalmes : The lorde sayde vnto my lorde/ Sytt on my 
ryght honde/ tyll I make thyne enemys thy fote stole. ^ Da- 
vid then called hym lorde : Howe ys he also hys sonne ? 

Then in the audience off all the people/ he sayd vnto 
his disciples/ beware off the scrybes/ whych desyre to goo 
in longe ^^ clothynge : and love ^ gretynges in the marketes/ 
and the hyest seates in the sinagoges/ and chefe roumes 
at feastes/ whych devoure widdowes houses/ ^^and praye 
longe vnder a coloure : The same shall receave greater dam- 
nacion. 

Stic xji], ©tiapter. 

A S he behelde/ he sawe the ryche men/ howe they cast 
■^^ in their ^ offeringes into the tresuiy. He sawe also a 
certayne povre widowe/ which cast in thydre two mytes. 
And he said : of a trueth I saye vnto you/ this povre widdowe 
hath putt in moare then they all. For they all have of their 
^superfluyte ^ added vnto the offerynge off God: But she/ 
of her penury/ hath cast in all the ^ substance that she 
hadde. 

As some spake of the temple/ howe it was garnesshed with 

20 Counted [Made, T. M.} worthy to enjoy that worlde, etc. T. M. 
Gen. Bps. 21 tj^^ bramble bush, Bps. 22 Called the Lorde, the 

God, etc. Cr. Bps. Said, The Lord is the God, etc. Gen. 23 ggg. 

ing David calleth, etc. T. M. Gen. ^Rohes, Gen. Bps. ^ Salu- 
tations, Gen. 26 And that [Even, G.] under a colour of long pray- 
ing, Cov. T. M. Gen. Bps. Fayning long prayers, Cr. ^ Gifts, 
Gen. Bps. 2 Excess, Cov. ^ Cast into, Gen. Bps. ^ Living, 
Gen. Bps, 



goodly stones/ and ^ iewels/ he sayde. The dayes wyll come/ 
when off these thynges whych ye se/ shall nott be lefte ^ stone 
apon stone/ that shall nott be thro wen doune. And they ax- 
ed him sayinge : Master when shall these thynges be. And 
what signes will there be/ when suche thynges shall come to 



And he sayd : Take hede/ that ye be not deceaved. For 
many will come in my name/ saying "^ of them selves/ 1 am 
he. And the tyme draweth neare. Folowe ye nott them 
therfore. Butt when ye heare of warre/ and ^ dissencion : be 
not afrayd/ for these thynges must fyrst come : butt the ende 
foloweth not by and by. Then sayd he vnto them : Nacion 
shall ryse agaynst nacion/ and kyngdom agaynst kingdom. 
And greate erthquakes shalbe in ^ all quarters/ and honger : 
and pestilence/ and fearfull thinges. And greate signes shall 
there be from heven. 

But before all these/ they shall laye their hondes on you/ 
and persecute you/ delyverynge you vppe/ to the synagoges/ 
and into preson/ and brynge you before kynges/ And rulers 
for my names sake. And this shall ^^ chaunche you ffor a 
testimonial!, ii Lett it sticke therfore faste in youre hertes/ 
nott once to stody before/ whatt ye shall answere for youre 
selves : For I will geve you a mouth and wysdom/ were 
agaynste/ all youre adversarys shall not be able to speake 
nor resist. Ye and ye shalbe betrayed of youre ^^ fathers and 
mothers/ and of youre brethren/ and kynsmen/ and ^^ lovers. 
And some of you shall they put to deeth. And hated shall 
ye be off all men for my names sake. Yet there shall i^ not 
one heer of your heedes perissh. ^^ with your pacience/ pos- 
sesse your soules. 

And when ye se Jerusalem beseged with ^^ an hoste/ then 
vnderstonde/ that the desolacion of the same is nye. Then 
lett them which are in the myddes off hit/Meparte oute. And 
lett not them that are in i"^ other countries/ enter there in. 
For these be the dayes of vengeaunce/ to fulfill all that are 

5 Consecrate things, Gen. Gifts, Bps. ^ One stone upon an- 

other, Cr. Bps. ' That they are Christ, Cr. I am Christ, Gen. Bps. 
8 Insurrections, Gov. Seditions, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Certaine places, 

T. M. All places, Cr. Divers places, Gen. Bps. i° Turne to you, 
Gen. Bps. ^^ Be at a sure point therefore in your hearts not to 

study before, Cov. Cr. Bps. Lay it up therefore in your hearts that 
ye premeditate not. Gen. ^^ Parents, Gen. Bps. ^^ Friends, Cr. 
Gen. Bps. " In no case, Bps. ^^ Holde fast your souls with 

patience, Cov. '^^ Soldiers, Gen. ^^ The countrey. Gen. 



2rj)e €Kospell of <S. llufte. dtf}. rj:J. 

written. Butt wo be to them that be with chylde : and to 
them that geve sucke in those dayes for there shalbe greate 
1^ trouble in the londe : and wrathe over all this people. And 
they shal fal on the edge of the swearde. And they shalbe 
leed captive in to all nacions/ And Jerusalem shalbe trooden 
vnder fote off the gentyls/ vntyll the tyme of the gentyls be 
fulfilled. 

And there shalbe signes/ in the sunne/ and in the mone/ 
and in the starres : and in the erth ^^ the people shalbe in 
soche perplexite/ that they shall not tell which waye to tume 
them selves. The see and the ^o waves shall roore/ and 
21 mennes hertes shall fayle them for feare/ and for lokynge 
after thoose thinges which shall come on the ^"^ erth. For the 
powers of heven shall move. And then shall they se the 
Sonne of man come in a clowde with power and greate glory. 
When these thynges begyn to come to passe : then loke vppe/ 
and lifte vppe youre heddes/ for youre redemcion drawith neye. 

And he shewed them a similitude : beholde the fygge tree/ 
and all other trees/ when they shute forth their buddes/ ye 
^ se and knowe of youre awne selves that sommer is then 
neye att bond. Soo lyke wyse ye (when ye se these thynges 
come to passe) ^4 vnderstonde/ that the kyngdom of god is 
neye. Verely I sale vnto you : this ^^ generacion -shall not 
passe/ tyll all be fulfilled. Heven and erth shall passe : but 
my wordes shall not passe. 

Take hede to youre selves/ lest youre hertes be ^6 over- 
come/ with 2^ surfettynge and dronkennes/ and cares of this 
worlde : and that/ that daye come on you vnwares. For as 
a snare shall hit come on all them that ^ sit on the face of the 
erthe. Watche therfore continually and praye/ that ye maye 
^ scape all this that shal come/ And that ye maye stonde be- 
fore the Sonne of man. 

In the daye tyme taught he in the temple/ and at nyght/ he 
went out/ and had abydynge in the mounte olivete. And all 
the people cam in the mornynge to hym into the temple/ for 
to heare hym. 

^^ Distresse, Gen. Bps. ^^ The people shall be at their wittes 

ende through dispaire. The see, etc. Cr. Trouble among the na- 
tions with perplexitie, Gen. Bps. ^ Waters, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 
21 Men shall pine away, etc. Cov. ^s-yVorlde, Gen. Bps. ^^ee- 
ing them [Beholding, B.] knowe, Gen. Bps. ^Be ye sure, Cov. 
Cr. Bps. Knowe ye, Gen. ^ Kge.^ Gen. ^^ Oppressed, Gen. 
27 Excess of eating, Cor. ^^TyweW, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Obtayne 
grace to flye all this, etc. T.M. Be accounted worthy to escape, 
etc. Gen'Bps. 



jFo. Ijrjrpb. E'^t CKospell of S. JLutt. 



^T^HE feaste ofFswete breed drue nye whych is called ester/ 
-*- and the hye prestes/ and scrybes sought howe to kyll 
Jesus/ 1 but they feared the people. Then entred Satan into 
Judas/ 2 whose syr name was iscariot (which was of the nora- 
bre off the twelve) and he went his waye/ and commened with 
the hye prestes and ^ officers/ how he wolde betraye hym vn- 
to them. And they were glad : and ^ promysed to geve hym 
money. And he consented/ and sought oportunite to betraye 
hym vnto them/ ^ when the people were awaye. 

Then cam that daye of swete breed/ when ^ [off necessite] 
the ester lambe muste be offered. And he sent Peter/ and 
John seiynge : Goo and prepare vs the ester lambe/ that we 
maye eate. They sayde to hym : Where wilt thou/ that we 
prepare ? And he sayde vnto them. Beholde as ye enter 
into the cite/ there shall a man mete you bearynge a pitcher 
off water/ hym folowe into the same housse that he entreth in/ 
and ye shall saye vnto the goode man off the housse/ The 
master "^ sayeth : Where is the ^ gest chamber/ where I shall 
eate myne ester lambe wyth my dissciples ? And he shall 
shewe you a greate ^ parloure paved. There make redy. 
They went and founde/ as he had sayde vnto them : and made 
redv the ester lambe. 

And when the houre cam/ he sate doune and the twelve 
Apostles with hym. And he sayde vnto them : I have ^^ in- 
wardly desyred/ to eate this ester lambe with you before that 
y suffre. For I saye vnto you : hence forthe/ I will nott eate 
of it eny moore/ untill itt be fulfilled in the kyngdom of God. 
And he toke the cuppe/ and gave thankes/ and sayde : Re- 
ceave this/ and devyde itt amonge you : For I saye vnto you : 
I will not drynke of the frute of the vyne/ vntill the kyngdom 
of God be come. 

And he toke breed/ and gave thankes/ i^ [and brake itt/] and 
gave it vnto them/ sayinge : Thys is my body which is geven 
for you/ Thys do in the remembraunce of me/ Lyke wyse 
alsoo/ when they had supped/ he toke the cuppe sayinge : 

^ For, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Who was called, Gen. ^High officers, 
Cov. Captains, Gen. Bps. ■* Agreed, Gen. '" Without any ru- 

mour, Cov. ^ Gen. omits. ' Sendeth thee word, Coz?. ^Lodg- 
ing, Ge7i. ^ Hie chamber trimmed, Gen. Upper chamber prepar- 
ed, Bps. ^° I have heartily [earnestly, G.] desired, Cov. Gen. 
With hcartie desire I have desired, Bps. ^^ Cov. omits. 



E\)e €Kospcll of S. Suite. €:lj. nV), 

This 12 is the cuppe/ the newe testamentt/ in my bloud/ which 
shall for you be shedde. 

Yet beholde/ the honde off hym that betrayeth me/ is with 
me on the table. Arid the sonne of man goeth as hit is ap- 
poynted : But wo be to that man by whom he is betrayed. 
And they began to enquyre amonge them selves/ which off 
them it shulde be/ that shulde do that. 

And there was a strife amonge them/ which of them shulde 
seme greatest. And he sayde vnto them : The kynges ^^ of 
the gentyls ^^ raigne over them And they that i^ beare rule 
over them/ are called ^^ gracious lordes. But ye shall not be 
soo. But he that is greatest amonge you/ shalbe as ^^ the 
yongest : And he that is chefe/ shalbe as ^^ minister. For 
whether is greater/ he that sitteth at meate : or he that ser- 
veth ? is not he that sitteth at meate : And I am amonge you/ 
as he that ministreth. Ye are which have bidden with me in 
my temptacions. And I apoynt vnto you a kyngdom/ as my 
father hath apoynted to me. that ye maye eate/ and drynke 
at my table in my kyngdome/ and sit on seates/ and iudge the 
twelve tribes of Israeli. 

And the lorde sayde : Simon/ Simon/ beholde Satan hath 
desired you/ to ^^ sifte you/ as it were wheate : But I have 
prayed for the that thy fayth fayle nott. And when thou arte 
converted/ strengthen thy brethren. And he sayd vnto hym : 
Lorde/ I am redy to goo with the in to preson/ and to deth. 
And he sayde : I tell the Peter/ the cocke shall nott crowe 
this daye/ till thou have thryse denyed that thou knewest me. 

And he sayde vnto them : when I sent you with out -^ wal- 
let/ and scrippe/ and shoues/ lacked ye eny thynge ? And 
they sayd/ nothynge. And he sayde to them : But nowe he 
that hath a wallet let him take itt/ and lyke wyse his scrippe. 
And he thatt hath noo swearde/ let hym sell his coote and bye 
won. I saye vnto you that yet/ that which is written must 
be performed in me. (Even with the wicked was he nom- 
bred) for "^i for those thynges which are written of me have 
an ende. And they sayd : Lorde/ beholde here are two 
sweardes. And he sayde vnto them it is ynough. 

And he cam out/ and went as he was wonte to mounte 

12 Cuppe is the, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. »3 of the world, Cov. 

Of nations, Cr. Bps. !■* Have dominion, Cov. ^^ Have author- 

itie, Cr. Bps. ^^ Benefactors, Bps. ^^ The least, Gen. ^8 He 
that serveth, Geyi. ^^ Winnow, Gen. ^ Bagge, Gen. [So vs. 

36.] 21 Gen. adds — doubtlesse. 



iFo. Ivvic^^ Srtje CKospell of S. Hufte* 

olivete. And his disciples folowed hym And when he cam 
to the place/ he sayde to them Praye lest ye fall into temp- 
tacion. 

And he gate hym silfe from them/ about a stones cast/ and 
kneled doime/ and prayed/ sayinge : Father if thou wilt/ 
^ withdrawe this cuppe from me. Neverthelesse/ nott my 
wyll/ Butt thyne be fulfilled. And there apered an angell 
vnto hym from heven/ comfortynge hym/ And he ^3 was in 
agony/ and prayed ^4 somewhat longer. And hys sweate was 
lyke droppes of bloud/ tricklynge doune to the grounde. And 
he rose vppe from prayer/ and cam to his disciples/ and founde 
them slepynge for ^5 sorowe/ and he sayde vnto them : Why 
slepe ye ? Ryse/ and praye lest ye fall into temptacion. 

Whyll he yet spake : beholde/ there cam a company/ and 
he that was called Judas/ one off the twelve/ went before/ 
them/ and preased neye vnto Jesus to kysse hym. Jesus sayd 
vnto hym : Judas be tray est thou the sonne off man with a 
kysse .'' When they which were about hym sawe what wolde 
folow/ they sayde vnto hym/ Lorde/ shall we smyte with a 
swearde ? And one off them smote a servaunt ^^ off hym 
which was the chefe prest of all/ and ^^ smote off hys righte 
eare. Jesus answered and sayde : ^^ Soffre ye thus farre 
forthe. And he touched his eare/ and healed hym. 

Jesus sayde vnto the hye prestes and ^9 rulers off the tem- 
ple and the senyours which were come to hym. Be ye come 
outt/ as vnto a thefe with sweardes and staves ? When I was 
dayly with you in the temple/ ye stretched not forth hondes 
agaynst me. Butt this is even youre very houre/ and the 
power off darknes. Then toke they hym/ and ledde hym/ 
and brought hym to the hye prestes housse. And Peter fol- 
owed afarre off. 

When they had kyndled a fyre in the myddes of the ^^ pal- 
ys/ and were sett doune to gedder/ Peter alsoo sate doune 
amonge them. And ^i won off the wenches/ ^2 as he sate/ 
beholde him by the light and ^3 sett goode eyesight on hym/ 

2^ Remove, Cr. Bps. Take away, Gen. ^3 ■\Yj.gg^ig^ with death, 

Cov. 2^ The longer, Cov. Cr. More earnestly, Gen. Bps. ^^ Hea- 
viness, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Of the highest priest of all, T. M. 
Of the hie priest, Cr. Gen. Bps. 27 Strook off, Cr. Gen. Took 
away, Bps. ^ Suffer them thus farre. Gen. ^ Captains, Gen. 
3° Hall, Gen. Bps. ^^ A certaine maid [wench, B.], Gen. Bps. 
32 Behelde him as he sat by the fire, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Look- 
ed upon him, Cr. Having well looked upon him, Gen. Earnestly 
looked upon him, Bps. 



n3 

2rt)e ffiosiieU of S. Suite. ®|). rv^il 

and sayde : This same ^^ was also with hym. Then he denyed 
hym sayinge : Woman I knowe hym nott. And after a lytell 
whyle/ another ^^ sawe hym and sayde : Thou arte alsoo off 
them. And Peter sayd : Man I am nott. And aboute the 
space off an houre after another affirmed sayinge : Verely 
even this ^6 felowe was with hym/ for he is ^7 off gahle. Pe- 
ter sayde : Man I woote nott what thou sayest. And imme- 
diately whill he yett spake/ the cocke crewe. And the lorde 
tourned backe and loked apon Peter. And Peter remembred 
the wordes off the lorde/ howe he sayde vnto hym/ before 
the cocke crowe thou shalt denye me thryse. And Peter 
went out/ and wepte bitterly. 

And the men that ^Sgtode aboute Jesus/ mocked hym/ and 
39 smoote hym/ and blyndfolded hym/ and smooote hys 
face. And axed hym sayinge. ^^Arede who it is that 
smoote the ? And many other thynges "^^ despytfully sayde 
they agaynst hym. 

And as sone as it was daye/ the seniours off the people/ 
and the hy prestos and scrybes/ cam togedder and ledde hym 
into their counsell sayinge : Arte thou very Christ ? tell vs. 
And he sayde vnto them : if I shall tell you/ ye woll not be- 
leve. And if alsoo I axe you/ ye will nott answere me. 
Nether lett me goo. Here after shall the sonne of man sit 
on the right honde of the power of God. Then sayde they 
all Arte thou then the sonne of God? He sayd: ^^Ye 
saye that I am. Then sayde they : What nede we eny fur- 
ther witnes ? We oure selves have herde off his awne 
mouthe. 

A ND the whole multitude of them arose/ and ledde hym 
"^^ vnto Pilate. And they began to accuse hym sayinge : 
We have founde this folowe pervertynge the people/ and for- 
biddynge to paye tribute to Cesar : And sayeth that he is 
Christ a kynge. And Pilate ^ apposed him saynge : Arte 
thou the kynge of the iewes ? He answered hym/ and 
sayde thou sayest. Then sayde Pilate to the hye prestes/ and 
to the people : I fynde no ^faute in this man. And they 

2* Cr. Bps. add — felowe. ^^ Gen. adds — man. ^^ Man, Gen. 

[So also Ch. xxiii. 2.] s? Also a Galilean, Gen. ^8 Took, Cr. 

Helde, Gen. Bps. ^9 Strooke, Gen. ^^ Prophesie, Gen. 

*^ Blasphemously, Gen. Bps. *^ Ye saye it, for I am, Cov. ^ Ask- 
ed, Gen. Bps. ^ Cause, Cov. 



iFo. Ipvpbff. 5r?)e (Sfosjjell of S. 3L\i\te. 

were the moore fearce/ sayinge : He mooveth the people 
teachynge thoroout all iewrjv and began at galile/ even to 
this place. 

When Pilate herde mencion off galile/ he axed whether 
the man were off galile. And as sone as he knewe that he 
was of Herodes iurisdiccion/ he sent hym to Herode/ which 
was at that tyme in Jerusalem alsoo. When Herode sawe 
Jesus/ he was ^ meiTeliously gladde. For he was desyrous 
to se hym off a longe season/ because he had hearde many 
thynges of hym/ and trousted to have sene some myracle done 
by hym. Then questenned he with hym of many thynges : 
But he answered hym "* not won worde. The hye prestos 
and scrybes/ stode forthe and accused hym ^ straitly. And 
herod/ with his men off warre/ despysed hym/ and mocked 
hym/ And arayed hym in whyte/ and sent hym agayne to 
Pilate. And the same daye Pilate/ and Herod wer made 
frendes togedder. For before/ they were ^at variaunce. 

Pilate called to gedder the hye prestes/ and rulers/ and 
the people/ and sayde vnto them : Ye have brought this man 
vnto me/ as won that peverted the people. And loo I exam- 
ined hym before you/ and founde noo '^ faute in this man/ off 
those thinges where of ye accuse hym. No nor yett Herode. 
For I sent you to him : and lo noo thynge worthy of deeth is 
done to him. I will therfore ^chasten hym and lett hym 
loosse. For off necessite/ he must have lett one loosse vnto 
them at that feast. 

And all the people cryed at once/ saynge : awaye with 
him/ and delivre to vs Barrabas. (which for insurreccion made 
in the cite/ and morther/ was cast into preson) Pilate spake 
agayne to them willynge to lett Jesus losse. And they cry- 
ed/ sayinge : Crucify hym/ Crucify hym. He sayde vnto 
them the thyrde tyme : What ^ harme hath he done ? I fynde 
noo cause off deeth in hym. I will therfore chasten hym/ 
and lett hym goo losse. And they ^^ cryed with a loude 
voyce/ and requyred that he myght be crucifyed. And the 
1^ cryinge off the hye prestes prevayled. 

And Pilate gave sentence that it shulde be as they requyr- 
ed/ and lett losse vnto them/ hym that for insurreccion/ and 

^ Exceeding, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Nothing, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

5 Vehemently, Gen. ^ Enemies one to another, Ge7i. At variance 
between themselves, Bps. ' None of the causes. Gov. ^ Chas- 
tise, Geji. [So vs. 22.] ^ Evyll, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^o Lay 
still upon him, Gov. Were instant with loud voices, Gen. Bps. 
" Voyces, Cr. T. M. Gen. Bps. 



morther was cast into preson/ whom they desyred : And de- 
lyvered Jesus ^'^ to do with hym what they wolde. And as 
they ledde hym awaye/ they caught won Simon/ of sirene/ 
commynge out of the felde : And on hym layde they the 
crosse to beare it after Jesus. 

There folowed hym a greate company of people/ and of 
wemen/ which wemen bewayled/ and lamented hym. Jesus 
turned backe vnto them/ and sayde : Doughters of Jerusalem/ 
wepe not for me : but wepe for youre selves/ and for youre 
chyldren. For ^^ marke/ the dayes will come/ when men 
shall saye : happy are the baren and the wombes that never 
bare/ and the pappes which never gave sucke. Then shall 
they begyn to saye to the mountaynes : fail on vs. And to 
the hilles cover vs. For yf they do this to a grene tree : 
what shalbe done/ to the diye ? 

There were ^^^ two evyll doers ledde with hym to be slayne. 
And when they wer come to the place/ which is called calva- 
ry/ there they crucifyed hym/ and the evyll doars/ one on 
the right honde/ and the other on the lefte honde. Then 
sayde Jesus : Father forge ve them/ for they woot not what 
they do. And they parted his rayment/ and cast loottes. 
And the people stode and behelde. 

And t}>e rulers mocked hym with them sayinge : He 
i^holpe other men/ lett hym ^^helpe hym silfe yf he be Christ 
the chosen of God. The soudiers alsoo mocked hym/ and 
cam and gave hym veneger and sayde : yf thou be that kynge 
off the iewes/ save thy silfe. His superscripcion was written 
over him/ in greke/ latin/ and ebrue letters : This is the kynge 
off the iewes. 

i^The one off the malefactoures which hanged/ rayled 
on hym/ sayinge : Yf thou be Christ save thy silfe and vs. 
The other answered and rebuked hym sayinge . ^~ Nether 
fearest thou god be cause thou arte in the same damnacion ? 
We are ^^ righteously punnisshed/ for we receave i^accord- 
ynge to oure dedes: Butt this man hath done noo thynge 
amysse. And he sayde vnto Jesus : Lorde remember me 
when thou commest into thy kyngdom. And Jesus sayde vn- 

12 To their will, Bps. i3 Beliolde, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. » Two 
other (Avhich are misdoers). Cor. Two others which were, etc. Gca. 
Other twO; etc. Bjjs. ^^Saved — save, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ And 

one of the evyll doers. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^'' Fearest thou not. etc. 
Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Indeede righteously here, Gen. ^^ Thinges 

worthy of that we have done, Gen. 



to hym : Verely I saye vnto the/ to daye shalt thou be with 
me in paradise. 

And it was about the sixt houre. And there cam a darck- 
nes over all the 20 londe/ vntyll the nynth houre/ and the 
Sonne was darckened. And the vayle of the temple rent 
even thorow the myddes. And Jesus cryed with a ^^ greate 
voyce and sayd : Father/ into thy hondes I commende my 
sprete. And when he thus had sayd/ he gave vp the goost. 
When the ^^ centurion sawe/ what had happened/ he glorified 
god sayinge : Of a surtie this man was perfecte. And all 
the people that cam to gedder to that sight/ beholdynge the 
thinges which were done : smoote their brestes/ and returned 
home. All hys acquayntaunce stode a farre of/ and the wo- 
men/ which folowed hym from galile. beholdynge these 
thynges. 

And beholde there was a man named Joseph a ^^ senatour/ 
which was a goode man and a iuste. He did nott consent 
to their counsell and dede/ which was of Aramathia/ a cite off 
the iewes. Which same alsoo/ wayted for the kyngdom off 
god. he went vnto Pylate/ and begged the boddy of Jesus. 
And toke it doune/ and wrapped it in a lynnen clooth/ and 
layed it in ^^ an heawen toumbe/ wherin was never man be- 
fore layed. And that daye was the ^^saboth even/ And the 
saboth drue on. The wemen that folowed after whych cam 
with hym from galile/ behelde the sepulcre and howe hys 
body was layed. And returned/ and prepared swete odoures/ 
and oyntmentes/ And the saboth daye they rested/ accordynge 
to the commaundement. 



E\)z n^iil 0:t)aj)ter. 

^ /^N the morowe after the saboth/ erly in the mornynge/ 
^^ they cam vnto the toumbe and brought the odoures 
whych they had prepared/ and ^ other wemen wyth them. 
And they founde the stone rouled awaye from the sepulcre. 
And went in and founde nott the body off the lorde Jesu. 
And it happened/ as they were amased ther at : loo two men 

20 Earth, Cr. Bps. 21 Loude, Cr. Gen. Bps. 22 Captain, Cov. 

^ Counsellour, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ A sepulchre that was hew- 
en in stone, Cr. Bps. A tombe hewen out of a rocke, Gen. ^ Pre- 
paring of the Sabboth, Cr. Bps. Preparation, Gen. ^ But upon 
the first daye [upon one, Cov.} of the Sabboths, Cov. Cr. Bps. No we 
the first day of the weeke, Gen. ^ Certaine, Gen. 



2rt)e ^osjiell of <S. Huke. ®|). ):pfifi. 

3stode by them/ in shynynge vestures. As they were a 
fraide/ and bowed doune their faces to the erth : they sayd to 
them : why seke ye the Hvynge amonge the deed ? He is 
nott here : but is rysen. Remember howe he spake vnto 
you/ when he was "* yett with you in gaUle/ sayinge : that the 
Sonne off man must be delivered into the hondes off S5nifull 
men/ and be crucified/ and the thyrde daye ryse agayne. 
And they remembred his wordes/ and returned from the 
sepulcre/ and tolde all these thynges vnto the eleven/ and to 
all ^ other. Hytt was Mary magdalen and Joanna/ and ^ Mary 
Jacoby/ and other that were with them/ whych tolde these 
thynges vnto the Apostles/ and their wordes semed vnto them 
"^ fayned thynges/ nether beloved they them. Then aroose 
Peter and ran vnto the sepulcre/ and ^stouped in/ And 
sawe the lynnen cloothes layde by them sylfe. And de- 
parted wondrynge in hym sylfe att thatt whych hadd happ- 
ened. 

And beholde/ two of them went that same daye to a toune/ 
whych was from Jerusalem about thre score forlonges/ called 
Emaus. and they talked togedder of all thinges which had 
happened/ And it chaunsed/ as they commened togedder/ 
and reasoned/ that Jesus hym silfe drue neare/ and went with 
them. But their eyes were holden/ that they coulde nott 
knowe hym. And he sayde vnto them : What maner of 
communicacions are these that ye have one to another as ye 
walke/ and are sadde. And the one off them named Cleo- 
phas/ answered/ and sayd vnto hym : Arte thou only a straun- 
ger in Jerusalem/ and haste nott knowen the thinges which 
have chaunsed therin in these dayes ? To whom he sayd : 
what thynges ? And they sayd vnto hym : of Jesus of Naz- 
areth which was a prophet/ myghty in dede/ and worde/ be- 
fore God/ and all the people. And howe the hye prestos/ 
and oure ruelers delivered hym to be condempned to deeth : 
and have crucified hym. we trusted that it shulde have bene 
he that shulde have delivered Israhell. And as touchynge 
all these thynges/ to daye is even the thyrd daye/ that they 
were done. 

Ye and certayne women ^ alsoo of oure company made vs 
astonyed/ whych cam erly vnto the sepulcre/ and founde nott 
his boddy. And cam sayinge/ that they had sene visions oiF 

3 Gen. adds— suddenly. * Yet in Galilee, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ The 
remnaunt, Cr. T. M. Gen. Bps. ^ Marie the mother of J a,mes, Gen. 
' Fables, Cov. ^ Looked in, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Among us, Gen. 



^0. l):):):f):. Kf^e dSiosptll of S. 3lufee. 

angels which sayde that he was alive. And certaynge of them 
which were with vs/ went their waye to the sepulcre/ and founde 
ytt even soo as the wemen had sayde : but hym they sawe nott. 

And he sayde vnto thenn : O foles/ and slowe of herte to 
beleve all that the prophetes have spoken. Ought not Christ 
to have suffered these thinges/ and to enter into his glory ? 
And he began at Moses/ and at all the prophetes/ and inter- 
preted vnto them/ in all scriptures ^^ which were written of 
him. And they drue neye vnto the toune which they went to. 
And he made/ as though he wolde have gone further. And 
they constrayned hym/ sayinge : Abyde with vs for it draw- 
eth tawardes nyght/ and the daye is farre passed. And he 
went in to tary with them. 

And it cam to passe as he sate att meate wyth them/ he 
toke breed and i^ blessed yt/ and brake ytt and gave it vnto 
them. And their eyes were opennecl. And they knewe 
hym. And he ^^ vannisshed out of their syght/ and they sayde 
betwene them selves : did not oure hertes burne wyth in vs/ 
whyll he talked with vs by the waye/ and openned to vs the 
scriptures ? And they roose vp the same houre/ and returned 
agayne to Jerusalem/ and they founde the eleven gaddered to 
gedder/ and them that were wyth them/ sayinge : The lorde 
is risen in dede/ and hath apered to Simon, and they tolde 
what was done in the waye/ and howe ^^ they knewe hym/ 
by the breakynge off breed. 

As they thus spake/ Jesus hym silfe stode in the myddes of 
them/ and sayde vnto them : peace be with you. And they 
were abasshed/ and afrayde/ supposinge that they had sene a 
sprete. And he sayde vnto them : Why are ye ^^ troubled ? 
and 1^ why do thoughtes aryse in youre hertes ? Beholde my 
hondes and my fete. For it ys even I my sylfe. handle me 
and se. For spretes have nott flesshe and bones/ as ye se me 
have. And when he had thus spoken/ he shewed them his 
hondes/ and his fete. And whyll they yett boleved nott for 
ioye/ and wondred/ he sayde vnto them : Flave ye here eny 
meate/ And they gave hym a pece of a brouled fisshe/ and of 
an honey combe. And he toke it/ and ate it before them. 

And he sayde vnto them : These are the wordes/ which I 
spake vnto you/ whill I was yett with you : that all must be 

^^ Those things which were written of himselfe, Ge?i. Bps. " Gave 
thanks, Cov. Gen. ^^ Was taken, etc. Gen. ^^ He was knowne 

of them, Gen. Bps. i-* Abashed, Cov, ^^ Wherefore doe doutes, 
etc. Gen. 



Eife CJospell of <S. 2lufee. €1). ):pfiij. 

fulfilled which were written of me in the lawe of Moses/ and 
in the prophetes/ and in the psalmes. Then openned he their 
16 wy ttes/ that they myght vnderstond the scriptures/ and sayde 
vnto them : Thus ys yt written/ and thus it behoved Christ to 
sufFre/ and to ryse agayne from deeth the thyrde daye. And 
that repentaunce/ and remission of synnes/ shulde be preached 
in his name amonge all nacions. And the begynnynge must 
be at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these thynges. 
And beholde/ I wyll sende the promes of my father apon you. 
Butt taiy ye in the cite of Jerusalem/ vntyll ye be endowed 
with power from an hye. 

And he ledde them out into Bethany/ and lifte vp hys 
hondes/ and blest them. And it cam to passe/ as he 
blessed them/ he departed from them/ and was 
caryed vp in to heven. And they wor- 
shipped hym/ and returned to Jeru- 
salem with greate ioye. And 
were continually in the 
temple/ ^^ praysinge 
andlaudingeGod. 



?i^erc eiitrrtf) tije CSospell 
off .Sanct SLufee. 

^^ Understanding, Gen. ^'^ Giving praise and thanks unto God, 

Cov. 






J^lSr the begynnynge was ^ thatworde/ and ^ that worde was 
3C with god : and ^ god was thatt worde. The same was in 
the begynnynge wyth god. All thynges were made by it/ 
and with out it/ was made noo thinge : that made was. In 
it was lyfe/ And lyfe was the light of men/ And the light 
shyneth in darcknes/ and darcknes comprehended it not. 

There was a man sent from god/ whose name was Jhon. 
The same cam as a witnes/ to beare witnes/ of the Kght/ that 
all men through him myght beleve. He was nott that light : 
but 2 to beare witnes of the light. That was ^ a true light/ 
which lighteneth all men that come into the worlde. He was 
in the worlde/ and the worlde by him was made : and the 
worlde knewe hym not. 

He cam into his awne/ and his receaved him not. vnto as 
many as receaved him/ gave he power to be the sonnes of 
god : ^ in that they beleved on his name : which were borne 
not of bloude nor of the will of the flesshe/ nor yet of the will 
of men : but of god. 

And that worde was made flesshe/ and dwelt amonge vs/ 
and he sawe the glory off yt/ as the glory off the only begot- 
ten Sonne off the father/ ^ [which worde was] full] of grace/ 
and verite. 

Jhon bare witnes off hym sayinge : Thys is he of whome 

1 The, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ The [That, G.] word was God, 

T. M. Gen. ^ Cr. Gen. Bjjs. add— was sent. ^ That [C. B. add- 
light] was the true, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Even to them that be- 
leeved, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. 






I spake/ ■'' he that commeth after me/ ^ was before me be cause 
he was yer than I. And of his fulnes have all we receaved/ 
even ^ favour for favour. For the lawe was geven by Moses/ 
but favour and i^ verite cam by Jesus Christ. No man ^^ sawe 
god at eny tyme. The only begotten sonne/ which is in the 
fathers bosum/ hath declared hym. 

And this is the recorde off Jhon/ When the lews sent prestes/ 
and levites from Jerusalem/ to axe hym/ ^^ what arte thou ? 
And he confessed/ and denyed nott/ and sayde playnly : I am 
nott Christ. And they axed hym : what then ? arte thou 
Helias ? And he sayde : I am nott. Arte thou ^^ a prophet ? 
And he answered noo. Then sayd they vnto hym : what 
arte thou ? That we maye geve an answer to them that sent 
vs ? what sayest thou of thy silfe ? He sayde : I am the 
voyce of a cryar in the wildemes/ make strayght the waye of 
the lorde/ as sayde the prophet Esayas. 

And they which were sent/ wer off the pharises. And they 
axed hym : and sayde vnto him : why baptisest thou then/ yf 
thou be nott Christ/ nor Helias/ nether a prophet? Jhon 
answered them sayinge : I baptise with water : butt one is 
come amonge you/ whom ye knowe nott : he it is ^^ that com- 
meth after me/ whiche ^^ was before me/ whose shoue latchet/ 
I am not worthy to vnlose. These thynges were done in 
Bethabara beyonde Jordan/ where Jhon did baptise. 

The nexte daye/ Jhon sawe Jesus commynge vnto him/ 
and sayde : beholde the lambe of god/ whych taketh awaye 
the synne off the worlde. This is he of whom I sayde : After 
me commeth a man/ which i^ was before me. For he was 
yer then 1/ and I knew hym nott : butt that he shuld be de- 
clared to Israhell/ therefore cam I baptisynge with water. 

And Jhon bare recorde/ sayinge : I sawe the sprete de- 
scende from heven/ lyke vnto a dove/ and it aboode apon hym/ 
and I knewe hym not : but he that sent me to baptyse in 
water/ sayde vnto me : Apon whom thou shalt se the sprete 
descende/ and tary styll on hym/ the same is he whych bap- 

■'' Shall he come that was before me, for he was or ever I, Cov. 
Which though he came after me, went before me, for he was before 
me. Cr. ^ Is preferred before me, for he was before me. Gen. Bps. 

9 Grace for grace, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Truth, T. M. Cr. Gen. 

Bps. 11 Hath seene, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Who, Gen. [So vs. 

22 ] 13 The, T. M. Gen. That, Cr. Bps. [So C. G. vs. 25.] 

1"* Which though he came after me, etc. Cr. Bps. ^'^ Is preferred. 

Gen. [So vs. 30.] i^ Is preferred [went, C] before me ; for he was 
before me, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



jFo. -pcf. a:t)e CKospcll of <S. Si)on. 

tiseth wyth the holy goost. And I saw yt/ and have borne 
recorde/ that thys ys the sonne off God. 

The next daye after Jhon stode agayne/ and two off hys 
disciples/ and he behelde Jesus as he walked by/ and sayde : 
beholde the lambe off God. And the two disciples herde hym 
speake/ and they folowed Jesus. Jesus turned about/ and 
sawe them followe/ And sayde vnto them : what soke ye ? 
They sayde vnto hym : Rabi (which is to say be interpreta- 
cion/ Master) where ^'^ dwellest thou ? He sayde vnto them : 
come and se. They cam and sawe where he dwelt : and 
abode with hym that daye. For it was about the tenthe 
houre. 

Won off the two whych herde Jhon speake/ and folowed 
1^ Jesus/ was Andrew Simon Peters brother. The same founde 
hys brother Simon fyrst/ and sayd vnto hym : we have founde 
Messias/ whych ys be interpretacion ^^ announted: And 
brought hym to Jesus. And Jesus behelde hym and sayde : 
Thou arte Simon the sonne off Jonas/ Thou shalt be called 
Cephas : which is by interpretacion a stone. 

The daye folowynge Jesus wolde goo into galile/ and 
founde Philip/ and sayde vnto hym : folowe me. Philip was 
of Bethsaida/ the cite of Andrew and Peter. Philip founde 
Nathanael/ and sayde vnto hym : We have founde hym off 
whom Moses wrote in the lawe/ and the prophetes : Jesus ^o 
the sonne of Joseph of Nazareth. And Nathanaell sayde vnto 
hym : Can there eny goode thynge come out off Nazareth .'' 
Philip sayde to hym : come and se. 

Jesus sawe Nathanael commynge to hym/ and sayde of 
hym : Beholde ^^ a right hisrahelite/ in whom is no gyle. 
Nathanael sayde vnto hym : From whence knewest thou me .'* 
Jesus answered and sayde vnto hym : Before that Philip cal- 
led the/ when thou wast vnder the fygge tre/ I sawe the. 
Nathanael answered and sayde vnto hym : Rabi/ thou arte 
^2 the sonne off God/ Thou arte the kynge of Israhel. Jesus 
answered and sayd vnto hym : Be cause I sayde vnto the/ I 
sawe the vnder the fygge tree/ ^^ thou belevest. Thou shalt 
se greater thynges than these. And he sayde vnto hym ; 
Verely/ verely/ 1 saye vnto you : here after/ shall ye se hev- 
en open/ and the angels off God ascendynge/ and descend- 
ynge over the sonne off man. 

" Art thou at lodging ? Cov. ^^ Hhn, Cr. Gcn.Bps. ^^ The 

Christ; Gen. ^^ Of Nazareth, the sonne, etc. Gen. Bjys. ^^ In 

deede an Israelite, Gen. ^' Even the very sonne, etc. Cr. Bps. 

*' Eeleevest thoUj Gen. 



m 

STije CKospell of S. Jljon. ®t). ff« 

A ND the thyrde daye/ was there a mariage in Cana a ^ citie 
-^^ of Gahle. And Jesus mother was there. Jesus was 
called also and his disciples vnto the mariage. And when 
the wyne fayled/ Jesus mother sayde vnto hym : they have 
no wyne. Jesus sayde vnto her : woman/ what have I to do 
with the ? myne houre is not yett come. His mother sayde 
vnto the ^ ministers : whatsoever he sayeth vnto you/ do itt. 
There were ^ stondynge sixe water pottes of stone after the 
maner of the purifyinge of the iewes/ contaynynge two or 
thre ^ fyrkyns a pece. 

Jesus sayde vnto them : Fyll the water pottes with water/ 
and they fylled them vp ^ to the harde brym. And he sayde 
vnto them : Drawe outt nowe/ and beare vnto the governor of 
the feaste. And they bare itt. When the ruler off the 
feast had tasted the water that ^ was turned vnto wyne/ nether 
knewe whence it was (Butt the mynisters which drue the 
water knew) He called the brydegrome/ and sayde vnto hym : 
All men att the begynngnge/ sett forth goode wyne/ And 
when ' men be dronke/ then thatt which is worsse : Butt thou 
hast kept backe the goode wyne ^ hetherto. 

Thys 9 begynnynge off myracles did Jesus in Cana of Gall- 
ic/ and shewed his glory/ and his disciples beleved on hym. 
After thatt descended he in to Capernaum/ and h3^s mother/ 
and hys brethren/ and his disciples : But continued not 
i^longe there. 

And the iewes ester was even at honde/ And Jesus went 
vp to Jerusalem/ and founde in the temple those that solde 
oxen and shepe/ and doves/ and chaungers of money syttynge. 
And he made a scourge off small cordes/ and drave them all 
out off the temple/ bothe shepe and oxen/ and powred doune 
the changers money/ and overthrue their tables. And sayde 
vnto them that soldo doves : ^Have these thynges hence/ 
and make nott my fathers housse/ an housse off marchan- 
dyse. Hys disciples remembred/ howe that yt was written/ 
The zele of thyne housse/ hath even eaten me. 

^ Towne, Gen. ^ Servaunts, Gen. [So vs. 9.] ^ gg^ there, 

Gen. Bps. ^ Measures, Cov. ^ To the brimme, T. M. Cr. Gen. 

Bps. 6 Was made, Gen. Bps. '' The ghestes [men, G.] have 

well drunk, Gen. Bps. ^ Until nowe, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ First 
taken, Cov. ^^ Many days there, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Take, 

Gen. 

Q 



jFo. fid], Srje ffi^ospell of S. Sl^on. 

Then answered the iewes and sayde vnto him : what token 
she west thou vnto vs/ seynge that thou dost these thynges ? 
Jesus answered/ and said vnto them : 12 destroye this temple/ 
and in thre dayes I will rayse it vppe agayne. Then sayde 
the iewes : In xlvj. yeares this temple was biU : and wylt thou 
13 rayse it vppe in thre dayes ? Butt he spake of the temple 
off hys boddy. As sone therfore as he was rysen from deeth 
agayne/ his disciples remembred that he thus sayde vnto them/ 
And they beleved the scripture/ and the wordes whych Jesus 
had sayde. 

When he was at Jerusalem/ at ester in the feaste/ many 
beleved on his name : when they sawe the signes which he 
did : but Jesus ^^ put nott hym silfe in their hondes/ be cause 
he knewe ^^ all men/ and neded nott/ that eny man shulde 
testify off man. For he ^^ knewe what was in man. 

3ri)e fff. €i)ttj)ter. 

'T^HERE was a man off the pharises named Nicodemus a 
-^ ruler amonge the iewes. He cam to Jesus be nyght/ 
and sayde vnto him : 1 Master/ we knowe that thou arte/ a 
teacher whyche arte come from god. For no man coulde do 
suche miracles as thou doest/ excepte God were wy th hym : Je- 
sus answered/ and sayde vnto hym : Verely verely I saye vnto 
the : except that a man be boren ^ a newe/ he cannot se the 
kingdom of god. Nicodemus sayde vnto hym : howe can a 
man be boren/ when he is olde ? can he enter ^ into hys moders 
^ body and be boren agayne ? Jesus answered : verely/ vere- 
ly I say vnto the : except that a man be boren of water/ and 
of the sprete/ he cannot enter into the kyngdom of god. That 
whych is boren of the flesshe/ is flesshe. And that which is 
boren of the sprete/ is sprete. Marvayle nott that I sayd to 
the/ ye must be boren a newe. The wynde bloweth where 
it listeth/ and thou hearest his sounde : butt thou canst nott tell 
whence he commeth and whether he goeth. So is every man 
that is boren of the sprete. 

Nicodemus answered and sayde vnto him : howe can these 
thynges be ? Jesus answered and sayde vnto hym: Arte 

12 Break downe, Cov. '^^ Reare, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. [So T. M. 

C. B. vs. 19.] ^* Did not commit himselfe unto them, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. ^^ Them all, Cov. Gen. ^^ Knewe well, Cov. ^ Rabby, 
T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. [Soys. 26.] ^ From above, Cr. Bps. Again, 

Gen. [So vs. 7.] ^ q^^^ adds— again. Bps. — the second time, 

-^Wombe, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



2r|)e CKosj^ell of <S. St)o«^ ®i)- »!♦ 

thou a s master in Israhell/ and knowest nott these thynges ? 
Verely verely/ I saye vnto the/ we speake that we knowe/ 
and testify that we have sene : And ye receave not oure wit- 
nes. YiF I have tolde you erthely thynges and ye have not 
beleved : Howe shulde ye beleve if I shall tell you of hevenly 
thynges ? 

And noo man hath ascended vppe to heven/ butt he that 
cam doune from heven/ ^ that ys to saye the sonne of man 
which is in heven. 

And as Moses lifte vppe the serpent in wyldernes/ even soo 
must the sonne off man be lifte vppe/ that '^ noo man which be- 
leveth in hym perisshe : but have eternall lyfe. 

God soo loved the worlde/ that he gave his only ^ sonne 
9 [for the entent/] that none that beleve in hym/ shulde per- 
isshe : Butt shulde have everlastynge lyfe. For God sent 
not his Sonne into the worlde/ to condempne the worlde : 
But that the worlde through him/ myght be saved. He that 
beleveth on hym shall not be condempned. But he that be- 
leveth nott/ is condempned all redy/ be cause he beleveth nott 
in the name off the only sonne off God. And this is the con- 
dempnacion : Light is come into the worlde/ and the men 
have loved darcknes ^^more then light/ be cause their dedes 
were evyll. For every man that evyll doeth/ hateth the light : 
nether commeth to light/ lest his dedes shulde be reproved. 
Butt he that doeth the trueth/ commeth to the light/ that his 
dedes myght be ^^ knowen/ howe that they are wroght ^^ in 
God. 

After that cam Jesus and his disciples into the ^3 iewes 
londe/ and there abode with them and baptised/ and Jhon also 
baptised in Enon besydes Salim/ be cause there was moche 
water there/ and they cam/ and were baptised. For Jhon 
was not yet cast into preson. 

There a rose a question betwene Jhons disciples and the 
iewes a bout purifiynge. And they cam vnto Jhon/ and sayde 
vnto hym : Master/ beholde he that was with the beyonde 
iordan/ to whom thou barest witnes/ baptyseth/ and all men 
come to hym. Jhon answered/ and sayde : A man can re- 
ceave nothynge at all except it be geven hym from heven. 

^-Teacher of, Gen. ^ Even, the sonne, etc. Cr. Bps. The son, 

etc. Ge7i. "^ Whosoever beleeveth, etc. slaould not, etc. Cr. Gen. 

Bps. [So vs. 16.] . 8 Cr. Gen. 5j;;5. add— begotten. [So vs. 16.] 
9 T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. lo Rather, Gen. Bps. ii Made 

manifest, Gen. Bps. ^^ According to, Gen. ^^ Lande of Jurio 

[Judsea, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. 



Ye youre selves are witnesses/ howe that I sayde/ I am nott 
Christ : butt am sent before hym. He that hath the bryde is 
the brydegrome : Butt the frende off the brydegrome which 
stondeth by and heareth hym/ reioyseth greately ^^ of the 
brydgromes voyce. Therefore this my ioye is fulfilled. He 
must increace : and I muste decreace. 

He that commeth from an hye is above all : he that is off the 
erth is of the erth/ and speaketh off the erth. He that com- 
meth from heven/ is above all : And testifyeth that he hath 
sene/ and herde : and his testimony noo man receaveth. 
Whosoever receavith his i^ witnes/ the same hath sealed that 
God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the 
wordes off God. For God geveth nott ^^ the sprete by meas- 
ure. The father loveth the sonne/ and hath geven all thynges 
into his honde. He that beleveth on the sonne/ hath ever- 
lastyng lyfe. And he that beleveth nott the sonne/ shall nott 
se lyfe : but the wrathe of God bydeth on hym. 

mt fffj. <S:|)a3)ter. 

A S sone as the lorde ^ had knoweledge/ howe that ^ it was 
"^ come to the eares off the pharises/ that Jesus had made 
and baptised moo disciples then Jhon (though that Jesus hym 
silfe baptised not : butt his disciples) he lefte iewry/ and de- 
parted agayne into galile. And it was soo that he must nodes 
goo thorowe Samaria. Then cam he to a cite of Samaria 
called Sichar ^ besydes the possession that Jacob gave to his 
Sonne Joseph/ and there was Jacobs well. Jesus then wer- 
ied in his iorney/ sate thus on the well. 

Hit was about the sixte houre : There cam a woman of Sa- 
maria to drawe water. Jesus sayde vnto her : Geve me 
drynke (for his disciples wer gone awaye vnto the toune to 
beye meate) The woman off Samaria sayde vnto hym : howe 
is itt/ thatt thou beinge a iewe axest drynke of me/ which am 
a ^ Samaritane ? (for the iewes medle not with the Samari- 
tans) Jesus answered and sayde vnto her : if thou knewest the 
gyfte of God/ and who it is/ that sayeth to the geve me drynke : 
thou woldest have axed of hym/ and he wolde have geven the 
water of lyfe. The woman sayde vnto hym : Syr thou hast 
noo thynge to drawe it with all/ and the well is depe : from 

^4 Cr. Gen. Bps. add — because. ^^ Testimonie, T. M. Cr. Gen. 

Bps. ^^ T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. add — him. ^ Knewe, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. 2 rpjjg Pharisees had heard, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Nere 

unto, Gen. Bps. * A woman of Samaria, Gen. Bps, 



HI 

C:i)c CKos^ell of S. Sl)on. (t% tiff. 

whenc then hast thou that water off lyfe ? Arte thou gretter 
then oure father Jacob/ which gave vs this well/ and he hym 
silfe dranke there of and his chyldren and his cattell ? 

Jesus answered and sayde vnto her : whosoever drynketh 
of this water/ shall thurst agayne. But whosoever shall drynke 
of the water that I shall geve hym/ shall never be moare a 
thyrst : But the water that I shall geve hym/ shalbe in hym a 
well of water spryngynge vp into everlastynge lyfe/ The 
woman sayde vnto hym : Syr geve me of that water/ that I 
thyrst not/ nether come hedder to drawe. Jesus sayde vnto 
her : Go and call thy husband/ and come hydder. The wo- 
man answered and sayde vnto hym : I have no husband. 
Jesus sayde to her. Thou hast well sayd/ I have no husbande. 
For thou haste had five husbandes/ and he whom thou nowe 
hast/ is not thy housband. That saydest thou truely. 

The woman sayde vnto hym : Syr I perceave that thou 
arte a prophet. Oure fathers worshipped in this mountayne : 
And ye say thatt in Jerusalem is the place where men ought 
to praye. Jesus sayde vnto her : woman ^ trust me/ The 
houre commeth/ when ye shall nether in this moimtayne/ nor 
yet att Jerusalem/ worshippe the father, ye worshippe ye 
wot neare what/ we knowe what we worshippe. For salva- 
cion commeth of the iewes. But the houre commeth/ and 
nowe is/ when the true worshi(Dpers shall worshippe the fath- 
er in sprete/ and in verite. For verily suche the father re- 
quyreth to worshippe hym. God is a sprete/ and they that 
worshippe hym/ must honoure hym/ in sprete and verite. 

The woman sayde vnto hym : I wot well Messias shall 
come/ which is called Christ. When he is once come/ he 
will tell vs all thynges. Jesus sayde vnto her : I thatt spake 
vnto the/ am he. And ^ even at that poynte/ cam his disci- 
ples/ and marvelled that he talked with "^ the woman. Yet no 
man sayde vnto hym : what ^ meanest thou/ or why talkest 
thou with her ? The woman ^ lefte her water pott behynde 
her/ and went her waye into the cite/ and sayde to the men 
there : Come se a man whiche tolde me all thynges thatt ever 
I dyd. Is not he Christ ? Then they went out off the cite/ 
and cam vnto hym. 

In the meane whyle his disciples prayed hym saynge : 
Master eate. He sayde vnto them : I have meate to eate/ 

^ Boleeve, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bos. ^ In the meane season. Gov. 

iinmediately, Cr. Bps. Upon that. Gen. ' A woman, Gtn. 

8 Askest. Gen. Seekest, Bps. ^ Let her pot stand, Cov. 



jFo. vcib. CTIjc ^os^ell of S. Move, 

that ye knowe nott off. Then sayd the disciples betwene 
them selves : hath eny man brought hym ^^ meate ? Jesus 
sayd vnto them : My meate ys to fulfill the will off hym that 
sent me/ And to fynnysshe hys worcke. Saye not ye : 
There are yett foure monethes/ and then commeth harvest ? 
Beholde I saye vnto you/ lyfte vppe youre eyes/ and loke on 
the regions : For they are whyte allredy vnto harvest. And 
he that repeth receaveth rewarde/ and gaddereth frute vnto 
lyfe eternall : That bothe he that soweth/ ^ myght reioyce 
also/ and he thatt repeth. And here in ys the ^^ sayinge true/ 
that won soweth/ And another repeth. I sent you to repe 
that wheron ye bestowed no laboure. O ther men laboured/ 
And ye are entred into their labours. 

Many oiF the Samaritans off the cite beloved on hym/ For 
the womans sayinge/ whych testifyed : He told me all thynges 
that ever I did. Then when the Samaritans were come vnto 
hym/ They besought hym/ that he woulde tary wyth them. 
And he aboode there two dayes. And many moo beloved 
because off hys awne wordes. And sayde vnto the woman : 
Nowe we beleve nott be cause off thy sayinge. For we have 
herde hym oure selves/ and knowe thatt thys ys even in dede 
Christ the savioure off the worlde. 

After two dayes/ he departed thence/ and went awaye into 
galile. And Jesus hym silfe testifyed/ that a prophet ^^ hath 
none honoure in hys awne countre. Then as sone as he was 
come into galile/ the Galileans receaved hym which had sene 
all thynges/ that he did at Jerusalem on the feaste. For they 
went also vnto the feast daye. And Jesus cam agayne into 
Cana of Galile/ where he i"* tourned water into wyne. 

And there was a certayne rueler/ whose sonne was sicke at 
Capernaum. As sone as he herde that Jesus was come out of 
iewry into Galile he went vnto hym/ and besought him/ that 
he wolde descende/ and heale his sonne : For he ^^ was even 
redy to deye. Then sayde Jesus vnto hym : Excepte ye se 
signes and wonders/ ye beleve not. The rueler sayde vnto 
hym : Syr ^^ come awaye or ever that my chylde deye. Jesus 
sayde vnto hym goo thy waye. thy sonne liveth. And the 
man beloved the wordes that Jesus had spoken vnto hym/ and 
went his waye. And anon as he went on his waye/ his ser- 

^° Aught to eat, Cr. Bps. ^^ And he that reap3th. mi^ht rejoyce 
together, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Proverb, Cov. ' ^^ Is nothing 

set by at home, Cov. ^^ Had made of water, wine, Gen. Bps, 

'^ Lay dead sick, Cov. ^^ Goe downe before my sonne die, Gen, 



Ef^e 6Jos))cll of S. So!)n. €:^. b. 

vauates mett hym/ and tolde hym/ sayinge : Thy sonne liv- 
eth/ Then enquyred he of them the houre when he began to 
amende. And they sayde vnto hym : Yester daye the sev- 
enthe houre/ the fever lefte hym. And the father knew that 
it was the same houre when Jesus sayde vnto hym : Thy 
Sonne Uveth. And he beleved/ and all his houshold. Thys 
ys agayne the seconde myracle/ that Jesus did/ after he cam 
out of iewry into Galile. 

E\)e b. (Kfjajjter. 

A FTER that there was a feast off the iewes/ and Jesua 
"^ went vppe to Jerusalem. There is at Jerusalem/ by the 
1 slaughterhousse a pole called in the ebrue tonge/ '^bethesda/ 
havynge/ five porches/ in them laye a greate multitude off 
sicke folke/ off blynde/ halt/ and wyddered/ waytynge for 
the movynge off the wather. For an angell went doune ^ at 
a certayne ceason into the pole an stered the water, whoso- 
ever then fyrst after the sterynge off the water stepped doune/ 
was made whoale of whatsoever disease he had. And a cer- 
tayne man was there/ which had bene diseased xxxviij. yeares. 
When Jesus sawe hym lye/ and knewe that he nowe longe 
tyme had bene diseased/ he sayde vnto hym : Wilt thou be 
whoale ? The syke answered hym : Syr I have no man 
when the water is ^ moved/ to put me into the pole. Butt in 
the meane tyme/ whill I am ^ about to come/ another stoppeth 
doune before me. 

Jesus sayde vnto hym/ lyse/ take vp thy beed/ and walke. 
And immediatly that man was whole/ and toke vp his beed/ 
and went. And the same daye was the saboth daye. The 
iewes therfore sayd vnto hym that was made whole : It is the 
saboth daye/ it is nott laufull for the to cary thy beed. He 
answered them : he that made me whole/ sayde vnto me : 
Take vp thy beed/ and ^ gett the hence. Then axed they 
hym : what man is that which sayd vnto the/ take vp thy 
beed and walke. And he that was healed wist not who yt 
was. For Jesus '^ gatt hym silfe awaye/ be cause that there 
was preace of people in the place. 

^ Place of the sheepe, Gen. Sheepe market, Bps. ^ Bethseda, 

Cov. T. M. Cr. 3 At his time, Cov. " Troubled. T. M. Cr. Gen. 
Bps. [So Gen. vs. 4.] ^ Coming, Gen. ^ Go thy way, Cov. 

Walke, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Had conveyed himselfe away from the 

multitude that was in that place, Gen. 



After that/ Jesus founde hym in the temple/ and sayd vnto 
hym : Beholde thou arte made whole/ se thou synne no 
moore/ lest a worsse thinge ^ happen vnto the. The man de- 
parted/ and tolde the iewes that yt was Jesus/ the whyche 
had made hym whole. And therfore the iewes did perse- 
cute Jesus/ and sought ^ the meanes to slee hym/ be cause 
he had done these thynges on the saboth daye. Jesus an- 
swered them : My father worketh hidderto/ and I worke. 
Therfore the iewes sought the moore to kill hym/ not on- 
ly be cause he had broken the saboth : but sayde alsoo 
that god was his father/ and made hym silfe equall with 
god. 

Then answered Jesus and sayde unto them : verely/ verely 
I saye vnto you : the sonne can do noo thynge of hym silfe : 
but that he seyth the father do. For whatsoever he doeth/ 
that doeth the sonne also. For the father loveth the sonne/ 
and sheweth hym all thynges/ whatsoever he him silfe doeth. 
And he will she we hym gretter thynges then these/ be cause 
ye shoulde marvayle. For lykwyse as the father rayseth 
vppe the deed/ and quyckeneth them/ even soo the sonne 
quyckeneth whom he woU. ^^ Nether iudgeth the father eny 
man : but hath committed all iudgment vnto the sonne/ be 
cause that all men shulde honoure the sonne/ even as they 
honoure the father. He that honouretli nott the sonne/ the 
same honoureth not the father which hath sent hym. Vyrely 
verely I saye vnto you : He that heareth my wordes/ And 
beleveth on hym that sent me/ hathe everlastynge lyfe/ and 
shall not come in to damnacion : but ^^ is scaped from deth 
vnto lyfe. 

Verely/ verely I saye vnto you : the tyme shall come/ and 
nowe ys/ when the deed shall heare the voyce off the sonne 
of god. And they that heare/ shall live. For as the father 
hath life in hym silfe : soo lyke wyse hath he geven to the 
sonne to have lyfe in hym silfe. And hath geven hym pow- 
er alsoo to I'^iudge in that he is the sonne off man. Marvayle 
nott at this/ ^^ that the houre shall come/ in the whych all that 
are in the graves/ shall heare his voice/ and shall come for the/ 
they that have done goode vnto the resurreccion off lyfe. 
And they that have done evyll/ vnto the resurreccion of damp- 
nacion. 



8 Come, Gen. Bps. ^ To slay him, Gen. i° For the Father 

judgeth no man, Gen. " Hath passed, Gen. '^'^ Execute judgment. 
Gen. ^^ The houre shal come. T. M. For the hour, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



^ 






^\)z ffilospell of S. i«lHs €1). 

I can of myne awne silfe do noo Ihynge at all. as I heare 
I iudge/ and my iudgment ys iust/ be cause I seke nott myne 
awne wyll : Butt the will off the father which hath sent 
me. Yf I beare witnes off my silfe/ my witnes ys nott 
true. There ys another thatt beareth witnes off me. And 
'^ I am sure that the witnes whyche he beareth of me is 
true. 

Ye sent vnto Jhon/ and he bare witnes vnto the trueth : 
^^ but I receave no recorde of man. Neverthelesse/ these 
thynges I saye/ that ye myght be safe. He was a brennynge 
and a shynynge ^^ light/ and ye wolde for a season have re- 
ioysed in his light. But I have gretter witnes/ then the witnes 
off Jhon. For the workes whych my father hath geven me 
to fynnyshe : The same workes whych I do/ beare witnes off 
me/ thatt my father sent me/ And my father hym silfe/ which 
hath sent me/ beareth witnes off me. Ye have nott herde 
hys voice att eny tyme/ nor yett have sene hys shape. And 
his wordes have ye nott abydynge in you : For ^'' ye beleve 
not hym whom he hath sent. 

Searche the scriptures/ for in them/ ye thynke ye have 
eternal lyfe : And they are they whych testify off me. ^^ And 
yett will ye nott come to me that ye myght have lyfe. I re- 
ceve nott prayse off men : But I knowe you/ that ye have 
nott the love off God in you. I am come in my fathers name/ 
and ye receave me not. Yff another shall come in hys awne 
name/ hym wyll ye receave. howe can ye beleve/ whych 
receave p rayse won of another/ and seke not the prayse 
which commeth of god only ? 

Suppose nott/ that I wyll accuse you to my father/ There 
is won that accuseth you/ ^9 verely Moses in whom ye truste. 
For had ye beleved Moses/ ye wolde have beloved me : For 
he wrote of me. But when ye beleve not hys writtynge : 
howe shall ye beleve my wordes. 

\ FTEE, that went Jesus his waye over the see ^ of galile 
•^^^ nye to a cite called Tiberias. And a greate multitude 

^4 I knowe, Gen. ^^ ^g f^j. j^q^ j ^gke no record of man, Cov. 

But I receive not the recorde, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Can- 

dle, Gen. 17 Whome he hath sent, him. etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

18 But ye will not, etc. Gen. »9 Even, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

1 Unto the citie of Tiberias in Galilee, Co??. Of Galilee, which is the 
sea of [or of, G.] Tiberias, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



folowed hym/ be cause they hadde sene the myracles that he 
did on them which were diseased. Jesus went vp into a 
mountayi:ie/ and there he sate with his disciples (And ester a 
feaste of the iewes/ was nye) Then Jesus hfte vppe hys eyes/ 
and saw a greate company come vnto hym/ and sayde vnto 
Phihp : whence shall we bye breed that these might eate : 
This he sayde to prove hym. For he hym sylfe knewe what 
he wolde do. 

Philip answered him/ two hondred peny worthe of breed 
are not sufficient for them/ that eveiy man have a litell. Then 
sayde vnto hym/ won off hys disciples (Andrew Simon Peters 
brother) There ys ^ a ladde here/ whych hath fyve barly loves/ 
and two fisshes : butt what ys that amonge so many ? Jesus 
sayde : Make the people to sit doune. (There was moche 
grasse in the place) And the men sate doune/ in nombre/ 
about five thousande. Jesus toke the breed/ and gave thankes/ 
and gave to his disciples/ and his disciples/ to them that were 
sett doune. And likwyse of the fysshes/ as moche as they 
wolde. 

When they ^ had eten ynought/ he sayde vnto his disciples : 
gadder vppe the broken meate that remayneth : that nothinge 
be loost. They gaddered it togedder/ and filled twelve bas- 
ketes wyth the broken meate/ of the five barly loves/ which 
broken meate remayned vnto them that had eaten. Then 
those men/ when they had sene te myracle that Jesus did/ 
sayde : This is off a trueth the same prophet which shall come 
into the worlde. ^ Jesus knew wele ynough/ that they wolde 
come/ and take hym ^ vppe/ to make hym kynge : and ther- 
fore departed he agayne/ into a mountayne/ hym silfe a lone. 

When even was come his disciples went vnto the see/ and 
entred into a shyppe. And went over the see vnto capernaum. 
And 6 anon it was darcke/ and Jesus was not come to them. 
And the see arose with a greate wynde.'^ when they had 
rowed aboute a xxv. or a xxx. furlonges/ they sawe Jesus 
walke on the see/ and to dravve nye vnto the shyppe/ and they 
were afrayed. He sayd vnto them : Itt is 1/ be nott a frayde. 
Then ^ wolde they have receaved hym into the shippe/ and 
the shippe was by and by at the londe whyther they went. 

The daye folowinge/ the people which stode on the other 

2 A little boy, Gen. A little lad, Bps. ^ Were satisfied. Gen. 

Were filled, Bps. * When Jesus therefore perceived, T. M. Or. 

Gen. Bps. ^ By force, Bps. ^ It was nowe, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

7 T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. add— that blewe. s Willingly they received, 
Gen. 



E^B ffiospell of S. 3Jl)on. ©fi. bf; 

syde of the see/ sawe that there was none other shyppe there 
save that won wher in his disciples were entred/ and that Je- 
sus went nott in with them into the shippe : butt that hys dis- 
ciples were gone awaye alone ^ (There cam other shippes 
from Tiberias nye vnto the place/ where they ate breed/ ^^ when 
the lorde had blessed) Then when the people sawe that Jesus 
was not there nether hys disciples/ They also toke shippynge 
and cam to Capernaum sekinge for Jesus. 

And when they had founde hym on the other syde of the 
see/ they sayd vnto hym : i^ Master when camest thou bidder ? 
Jesus answered them and sayde : verely verely I saye vnto 
you : ye seke me/ nott be cause ye sawe the myracles : but 
be cause ye ate of the i^ breed/ and were filled. Laboure 
not for the meate which perissheth/ but for the meate that 
endureth vnto everlastynge lyfe/ whiche meate the sonne of 
man shall geve vnto you. For hym hath god the father 
sealed. 

Then sayde they vnto hym : what shall we do that we 
myght worke the workes of god ? Jesus answered and sayd 
vnto them : This is the worke of god/ that ye beleve on him/ 
whom he hath sent. They sayde vnto hym : what signe 
shewest thou then f that we ^^ maye se and beleve the. 
What doest thou worke ? oure fathers did eate manna in the 
desert/ as yt ys written : He gave them breed from heven to 
eate. Jesus sayde vnto them : verely verely I saye vnto 
you : Moses gave you not breed from heven : but my fathe* 
geveth you the true breed from heven. ^^ For he is the breed 
of God/ which commeth doune from heven/ and geveth lyfe 
vnto the worlde. -^ 

Then sayde they vnto hym : Master ever moore geve vs 
this breed. And Jesus sayde vnto them : I am ^^ that breed 
of lyfe. He that commeth to me/ shall not honger : and he 
that beleveth on me shall never thurst. Butt I saye vnto you : 
that ye have sene me/ and yett beleve ye not. All that my 
father geveth me/ commeth to me : and hym that commeth 
to me/ ^^ cast I not out at the dores. For I cam doune from 
heven : nott to do myne awne will : but his will whiche bathe 
sent me. And this is my fathers will which hath sent me/ 

^ Hov/beit there came, T. M. Cr. Bps. And that there came, Gen. 
^0 After that the Lord had given thanks, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Rabby, 

T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 12 Loaves, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ May 

see it, Gen. ^^ For it is the very breed, etc. Cov. For the breed of 
God is hee, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. i^ The, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 
[So G. B. vs. 41.] 16 I cast not away, T. M. Cr.Gen. Bps. 



that of all which he hath geven me/ 1 shulde loose noo thynge : 
but shulde rayse it vp agayne at the last daye. And this is 
the wyll off hym that sent me/ That every man whych seith 
the Sonne/ And beleveth on hym/ have everlastynge lyfe. 
And I wyll rayse hym vp att the last daye. 

The iewes murmured att itt/ be cause he sayde : I am thatt 
breed which is come doune from heven. And they sayde : 
Is nott this Jesus the sonne of Joseph/ whose father/ and moth- 
er we knowe ? Howe ys yt then thatt he sayeth/ I cam 
doune from heven ? Jesus answered and sayde vnto them : 
Murmur not betwene youre selves. No man can come to me 
except my father which hath sent me/ drawe hym. And y 
will rayse hym vp at the last daye. Hit is written in the pro- 
phetes : And they shall all be taught of God. Every man 
which hath herde/ and learned of the father/ commeth vnto 
me/ not that eny man hath sene the father/ save he which 
is i"^ off God. The same hath sene the father. 

Verely verely I saye vnto you/ he that ^^ beleveth on me 
hath everlastynge lyfe. I am that breed of lyfe. Youre fa- 
thers did eate manna in the wildernes/ and are deed. This 
is that breed which commeth from heven/ that he which off 
it eateth/ shulde also not deye. I am that livynge breed which 
cam doune from heven. Yf eny man eate of this breed/ he 
shall live for ever. And the breed that I will geve, is my 
flesshe/ which I will geve for the lyfe of the worlde. 

The iewes strove amonge them selves sayinge : Howe can 
this 19 felowe geve vs '•^^ his flesshe to eate .? Jesus sayde vnto 
them : Verely/ verely I saye unto you/ except ye eate the 
flesshe off the sonne of man/ and drynke his bloude/ ye 
21 shall not have lyfe in you. Whosoever eateth my flesshe/ 
and drynke th my bloudde/ the same hath eternall lyfe : And 
I will rayse hym vp at the last daye. For my flesshe is 
22meate in dede: and my bloudde is ^^ drynke in dede. He 
thatt eateth my flesshe and drj^nketh my bloudde/ dwelleth in 
me and I in hym. As my lyvynge father hath sent me/ even 
soo ly ve I by my father : and he that eateih me/ shall Hve ^^ by 
me. This is ^4 the breed which cam from heven : Nott as 
youre fathers have eaten manna and are deed : He that eateth 
of this breed/ shall live ever. 

17 Of the Father, Cov. is Putteth his trust, Cr. Bps. i^ Man, 

Gen. 20 That fleshe of his, Cr. Bps. 21 Have no life, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. 22 Verie meate — Verie drinke, Cov. 23 gy tj^^. meanes of 

me, Cov. Bps. 24 That, Cr. Bps. 



Snje eSospell of <S. So|)n. €■% bif. 

These thinges sayd he in the sinagoge as he taught in ca- 
pernaum. Many of his disciples/ when they had herde this/ 
sayde : This is an herde sayinge. Who can ^5 abyde the 
hearinge of it ? Jesus knew in hym silfe/ that his disciples 
murmured at hit/ and sayde vnto them : Doth this ofFende 
you ? What and if ye shall se the sonne off man ascende vp 
where he was before ? It is the sprete that quyckeneth/ ^6 the 
flesshe proffeteth nothynge. The wordes that I speake vnto 
you are sprete and lyfe. But there are some off you that be- 
ieve not. For Jesus knewe from the begynnynge/ which they 
were that beloved not. And who shulde betraye hym. And 
he sayde : Therefore sayd I vnto you : that no man can come 
vnto me/ except it were geven vnto hym of my father. 

From that tyme many of his disciples ^^ went a waye from 
him/ and ^^ companyed no moore with hym. Then sayde 
Jesus to the twelve : will ye alsoo goo awaye ? Simon Peter 
answered hym : Master to whom shall we goo ? Thou haste 
the wordes off eternal I lyfe/ And we ^9 have beloved/ and 
knowen/ that thou arte Christe the sonne of the ly vynge God. 
Jesus answered them : Have nott I chosen you twelve ? And 
^Oyett one off you is the devyll .'* He spake it off Judas iscariot 
the sonne of Simon. For he itt was that shulde betraye hym/ 
31 and was one of the twelve. 

Z\)e Wj. (arljaptcr. 

A FTEE, that Jesus ^ went about in Galile/ and would e not 
■^ 1 goo about in iewry/ for the iewes soughtt to kyll hym. 
The iewes tabernacle feast was at honde. His brethren ther- 
fore sayde vnto hym : ^ Gett thy silfe hence and goo into 
iewry that thy disciples maye se thy workes that thou doest. 
There is no man that doeth eny thynge secretly/ and he hym 
silfe seketh to be ^ knowen. Yf thou do soche thynges/ shewe 
thy silfe to the worlde. For as yet his brethren beloved not 
in hym. 

Then Jesus sayd vnto them : My tyme is nqt yett come/ 
youre tyme is all waye redy. The worlde can not hate you. 
Me it hateth : Because I tesiyfy off hitt/ thatt the workes off 

2^ Heare it, Gen. ^6 fpjig fleshy understanding, Cov. ^'^ Went 
backe, T. M. Gen.Bps. Went backe and forsoke him, Cr. ^Walk- 
ed, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^'BeleQYe and are sure, Cr. Bps. ^° One 
of you is a devyll, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^i Though he. Gen. ^ Walked 
— Walke, Gen. ^ Depart, Gen. ^ Known openly, T. M. Cr. 

Bps. Famous, Gen. 



iFo. ):cbifj. €\jt CJJospell of S. StJon. 

itt are evyll. Goo ye vppe vnto this feast/ 1 will nott goo vppe 
yett vnto this feaste/ For my tyme is nott yett ^ full come. 
These wordes he sayde vnto them/ and aboode still in Galile. 
As sone as his brethren were goone vppe/ then went he also 
vppe vnto the feast/ nott openly : but as it were prevely. 
Then sought hym the iewes at the feast/ and sayde : where 
is he ? And moche murmuiynge was there of hym amonge 
the people. Some sayde He is goode. Wother sayde naye/ 
but he deceaveth the people. No man spake openly of hym/ 
for feare of the iewes. 

5 In the myddes of the feast/ Jesus went vppe into the tem- 
ple/ and taught. And the iewes marvelled/ saiynge : Howe 
knoweth he the scriptures ? seynge that he never learned. 
Jesus answered them/ and sayde : My doctrine is nott myne/ 
butt hys thatt sent me. YfF any man wyll do hys will/ he 
shall knowe of the doctrine/ whether it be of god : or wheth- 
er I spake of my silfe. He that speaketh of him silfe/ sek- 
eth his awne prayse. Butt whosoever seketh his prayse that 
sent him he ys true/ and no vnrightewesnes is in hym. 

Did not Moses geve you a lawe ? And yett none off you 
kepeth ^ the lawe ? Why goo ye aboute to kill me ? The 
people answered and sayde : Thou hast the devyll. Who 
goeth aboute to kill the } Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto 
them/ I have done won worke/ and ye all marvayle. Moses 
therfore gave vnto you circumcision/ not because it is of Mo- 
ses/ but of the fathers. And yet ye on the saboth daye cir- 
cumcise a man. Yf a man on the saboth daye receave cir- 
cumcision "^ with out breakynge of the lawe off Moses : ^ Dis- 
dayne ye at me/ because I made a man every whit whoale on 
the saboth daye ? Judge not ^ after the vtter aperaunce : but 
iudge rightewes iudgement. 

Then sayd sum of them of Jerusalem : Is nott this he whom 
they went aboute to kill ? beholde he speaketh ^^ boldly/ and 
they saye nothynge to him. ^ Do not oure ruelars knowe in 
dede/ that this is very Christ ? But we knowe this man whence 
he is but when Christ commeth/ no man shall knowe whence 
he is. 

Then cryed Jesus in the temple as he taught sayinge : 

4 Fulfilled, Gen. " Nowe when halfe of the feast was done, Cr. 

Gen. Bps. ^ That law, Gen. ' That ihe law of Moses should 

not be broken, Gen. ^ Be ye angrie with me, Gen. ^ Accord- 

ing to the appearance, Gen. ^^ Openly, Gen. " Do the rulers 

knowe, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



S:t)e ffiosijell of <S. S^ott. ©t). Uj. 

12 And me ye knowe/ and whence I am ye knowe : and I am 
nott come off my silfe/ Butt he thatt sent me is true/ whom ye 
knowe nott. I knowe hym : For I am off hym/ and he hath 
sent me. Then sought the iewes to take hym : butt no man 
layde hondes on hym/ because hys tyme was nott yett come. 
Many off the people beloved on hym/ and sayde : When 
Christ commeth : Will he do moo myracles then this man hathe 
done ? 

The pharises herde that the people murmured suche thynges 
about hym : and the pharises and ^3 scribes sent ^^ ministers 
forthe to take hym. Then sayde Jesus vnto them : Yett am 
I a lytell whyle with you/ and then goo I vnto hym that sent 
me. Ye shall soke me/ and shall nott fynde me : And where 
I am/ thither can ye»nott come. Then sayde the iewes be- 
twene them selves : Whither will he goo ? that we shall nott 
fynde hym. Will he goo ^^ amonge the gentyls/ which are 
scattered all a broade/ and teache the i^ gentyls.? What 
manor off sayinge ys thys that he sayde : ye shall soke me/ 
and shall nott fynde me : And where I am thither can ye nott 
come. 

In the last daye/ ^^ that grett daye off the feaste : Jesus 
stode and cryed sayinge : Yf eny man thyrst/ lett hym come 
vnto me and drynke. Whosoever beleveth on me/ as sayeth 
the scripture/ out off his belly shall flowe ryvers off water off 
lyfe. This spake he off the sprete/ which they that beleved 
on hym shulde receave. For the holy gost was not yet 
16 there/ because that Jesus was nott yett glorified. Many off 
the people/ when they herde this sayinge sayde : ^^ This is/ 
no doiite/ a prophet. Wother sayde : This is Christ. Some 
sayde : shall Christ come out off galile ? Sayeth nott the 
scripture that Christ shall come off the seed off David : and 
out off the toune off Bethleem where David was .? So was 
there dissencion amonge the people ^ofor hys sake. And 
some off them wolde have taken hym : butt noo man layde 
hondes on hym. 

Then cam the ministers to the hye prestos/ and pharises. 
And they sayde vnto them : Why have ye not brought hym ? 

^2 Ye both knowe me, etc, T. M. Or. Gen. Bps. ^^ Hie Priests, 

T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. i-* Servaunts, Cov. Bps. Officers, Gen. [So 

post.] ^= Unto the dispersed among the Grecians, Geii. Bps. 

*^ Grecians, Cov. Gen. ^'' The most solemn day, Cov. ^^ Given, 
Gen. 19 Of a truthe this is the [a, T. M. Cr.] prophete, T. M. Cr. 
Gen. Bps. ^o Aboute him, T. M, Because of him, Cr. Bps, For 

him, Gen, 



The -servauntes answered : never man spake as thys man 
speaketh. Then answered them the pharises Are ye alsoo 
disceaved? Doth eny of the ruelers/ or off the pharises 
beleve on hym ? butt ^^ the common people whyche knowe 
not the lawe are a cursed. Nicodemus sayde vnto them 
(He that cam to Jesus by nyght whych was one off them) 
Doth oure lawe iudge eny man/ before it be herde/ and 
knowen/ what he hath done ? They answered/ and sayde 
vnto hym : Arte thou alsoo off Galile ? Searche and loke/ 
for out of Galile aryseth noo prophet. And every man went 
vnto his awne housse. 



2ri)e bffj. at^K^ttv, 

TESUS went vnto the Mounte Olivete/ and erly in the morn- 
ynge cam agayne into the temple/ and all the people cam 
vnto hym. And he sate doune/ and taught them. The 
scribes and pharises brought vnto hym a woman taken in 
advoutry/ and sett her in the middes and sayde vnto hym : 
Master thys woman was taken in advoutry/ ^ even as the dede 
was a doyng. Moses in the lawe eommaunded vs that suche 
shulde be stoned : What sayst thou therfore ? And thys they 
sayde to tempt hym : that they myght have/ wher off to ac- 
cuse hym. Jesus stouped doune/ and wyth hys fynger wrote 
on the grounde. And whill they continued axynge hym/ he 
lyfle hym sylfe vppe/ And sayde vnto them : lett hym thatt 
ys a monge you wyth out synne/ cast the fyrst stone at her. 
And agayne he stouped doune and wrote on the grounde. 
As sone as they herde that/ 2 they went out won by won ^the 
eldest fyrst. And Jesus was lefte a lone/ and the woman 
stondynge in the myddes. When Jesus had lifte vppe hym 
sylfe agayne/ and sawe noo man butt the woman : He sayde 
vnto her : Woman/ where are those thyne accusars ? Hath 
no man condempned the ? She sayde : ^ Syr no man. Je- 
sus sayde : Nether do I condempne the. Goo hence and 
synne no moare. 

Then spake Jesus agayne vnto them/ sayinge : I am the 
light off the worlde : He that foloweth me shall not walke in 
darcknes : butt shall have the light of lyfe. The pharises 
sayde vnto hym : thou bearest recorde of thy sylfe : thy re- 

21 This people, Gen. ^ In the very act, Gen. ^ Gen. Bps. 

add — being accused by their own conscience. ^ Beginning at the 

eldest, Cr. Gen. Bps. G. B, add— everi unto the la§t, ^ Lorde, 

T, M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



m)z (Scspell of <S. Jijou. Cfj. bffj. 

corde ys not true/ Jesus answered and sayde vnto them : ^ And 
yf I beare recorde off my sylfe/ my recorde is true for I 
know whence I cam/ and whither I goo. Ye cannot tell 
whence I come/ and whither I goo. Ye iudge after the flesshe. 
I iudge no man/ and yff I iudge/ then ys my iudgment true. 
For I am not a lone : butt I and my father that sent me. Itt 
ys also written in youre lawe/ that the testimony of two men 
ys true/ I am won that beare witnes off my sylfe/ and my 
father that sent me beareth witnes oif me. Then sayde they 
vnto hym : Where is thy father ? Jesus answered : ye ne- 
ther knowe me/ nor yet my father. Yff ye had knowen me/ 
ye shulde have knowen my father alsoo. These wordes 
spake Jesus ^in the tresuiy/ as he taught in the temple. 
And no man layde hondes on hym. For hys tyme was nott 
yett come. 

Then sayde Jesus agayne vnto them : I goo my waye/ and 
ye shall seke me/ and shall deye in youre synnes. Whither 
I goo thither can ye not come. Then spake the iewes : wyll 
he kyll him sylfe/ be cause he sayth : whither I goo' thither 
can ye not come ,; And he sayde vnto them : ye are from 
beneth/ I am from above. Ye are of this worlde/ I am not 
off this worlde. I sayde therfore vnto you/ that ye shall 
deye in youre synnes/ For except ye beleve that I am he/ ye 
shall deye in youre synnes. 

Then sayde they vnto hym/ who arte thou ? And Jesus 
sayde vnto them : Even the very same thynge that I "saye 
vnto you. I have many thynges to saye/ and to iudge of you . 
^But he that sent me is true. And I speaJce ^in the worlde/ 
those thynges whych I have herde of hym. They vnderstode 
not that he spake of his father. 

Then sayde Jesus vnto them : When ye have lift oppe an 
hye the sonne off man then shall ye knowe that I am he/ and 
thatt I do nothynge off my silfe/ Butt as my father hath tauglit 
me/ even soo I speake. And he that sent me ys with me. 
My father hath nott lefte me alone/ For I do alwayes those 
thynges that please hnn. As he spoke these wordes/ many 
beleved on hym. 

Then sayde Jesus to those iewes which beleved on hym : 
YIT ye continue in my sayinge/ ^^ then are ye my very disci- 

5 Though I beare, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Upon the Gods 

chest, Cov. '' Said unto you from the beginning, Gen. Bps. 

8 Yea and he that, Cr. Bps. ^ Before the world, Cov. ^^ Ye 
are verily, etc. Gen. 



iFo. c. dTije ^ospell of <S. Sl^oii. 

pies : and ye shall knowe the trueth : And the trueth shall 
make you free. They answered hym : We are Abrahams 
seede/ and were never bonde to eny man : why sayest thou 
then : Ye shalbe made fre. 

Jesus answered them : verely verely I saye vnto you/ that 
whosoever committeth synne/ is the servaunt of synne. And 
the servaunt abydeth nott in the housse for ever : Butt the 
Sonne abydeth ever. Yf the sonne therfore shall make you 
fre/ then are ye fre in dede. I knowe that ye are Abrahams 
seed : butt ye seke meanes to kyll me be cause ^^ my sayinges 
have noo place in you. I speake that I have sene wyth my 
father : And ye do that whych ye have seen wyth youre 
father. 

They answered and sayde vnto hym : Abraham is oure 
father. Jesus sayde vnto them. Yf ye were Abrahams 
children/ ye wolde do the dedes of Abraham. But nowe ye 
goo about to kill me/ a man that have tolde you the truthe/ 
which I have herde ^^ off my father. This did not Abra- 
ham. Ye do the dedes of youre father. Then sayde they 
vnto hym : we were nott borne of fornicacion. We have 
won father that is god. Jesus sayde vnto them : Yf god 
were youre father/ then wolde ye have loved me. For I 
procede forthe and come from god. Nether cam I of my 
sylfe/ butt he sent me. Why do ye nott i^i^^owe my 
speache ? Be cause ye cannot ^^ abyde the hearynge off my 
wordes. 

Ye are of youre father the devyll/ and the lustes off youre 
father/ ye will ^^ folowe : Fie was a murtherer from the be- 
gynnynge/ And aboode nott in the trueth/ be cause there ys 
noo trueth in hym. When he speaketh a lye/ then speaketh 
he off his awne. For he ys a lyar/ and the father i^ therof. 
And be cause I tell you the trueth/ therfore beleve ye nott 
me. 

Which of you can rebuke me ^^ off synne ? If I saye the 
trueth/ why do not ye beleve me ? He that is of God/ heareth 
goddes wordes. Ye therfore heare them not/ be cause ye are 
nott of God. 

Then answered the iewes and sayde vnto hym : Saye we 
nott well that thou arte a Samaritan and hast the devyll ? Je- 

11 My word taketh not among you, Cov. ^^ Of God, T. M. Cr. 

Gen. Bps. ^^ Understand my talke, Gen. ^* Heare my worde, 

Gen. Bps. ^^ Serve, Cr. ^^ Of the same thyng, Cr. »' Of 

one sinne, Cov. 



20\ 

2ri)e ^fospell of <S. S!)ott. ^|). it' 

sus answered : I have not the devyll : butt I honour my fath- 
er and ye have dishonoured me. I seke nott myne awne 
prayse : There is won that seketh i^ [it] and iudgeth. 

Verely verely I saye vnto you/ yf a man kepe my say- 
inges/ he shall never se deeth. Then sade the iewes to hym : 
Nowe knowe we that thou hast the devyll. Abraham is deed/ 
and also the prophettes/ and yett thou sayest : Yf a man kepe 
my sayinge he shall never tast deeth. Arte thou greater then 
oure father Abraham > which is deed ? and the prophettes 
are deed. Whome makest thou thy silfe ? 

Jesus answered : Yf I prayse my silfe/ my prayse is noth- 
ynge worth. Hit is my father that prayseth me/ which ye 
saye is youre God. And yet have ye not knowen hym : but 
I knowe hym. And yf I shulde saye/ 1 knowe hym nott/ I 
shulde be a lyare lyke vnto you. but I knowe hym/ and kepe 
is sayinge. 

Youre father Abraham was glad to se my daye/ and he 
sawe it and reioysed. Then sayde the iewes vnto hym : Thou 
arte not yet .1. yere olde/ and hast thou sene Abraham ? Jesus 
sayde vnto them : Verely verely I saye vnto you : yer Abra- 
ham was 19 1 am. Then toke they vppe stones/ to caste 
at hym. but Jesus 20 hid hym silfe/ and went out of the 
temple. 

\ ND as Jesus passed by/ he sawe a man which was blynde 
•^^^ from his birth/ And his disciples axed hym sayinge : Mas- 
ter who did synne : this man/ or his father and mother/ that 
he was borne blynde ? Jesus answered : Nether this man 
hathe synned/ nor yet his father and mother : but that the 
workes of God shulde be shewed on hym I must worke the 
workes off hym that sent me/ whill it is daye. The nyght 
commeth/ when no man can worke. As longe as I am in the 
worlde/ I am the light of the worlde. 

As sone as he had thus spoken/ he spate on the grounde/ 
and made claye of the spetle/ and ^ rubbed the claye on the 
eyes off the blynde/ and sayde vnto hym : Goo wesshe the in 
the pole of Siloe (which bey in terpretacion/ ^ signifieth sent) 
He went his waye and wesshed/ and cam agayne seinge. 

IS Cr, Bps. omit. ^^ (jj. ^dds — borne. 'o Was hidde, Bps. 

I Anointed the eyes of the blinde with the clay, Gen. Bps. '^ Isoa 

much to saye, as sent, Cr. Bps. 



jFo. cj. S|)e €5osj)cU of S. SI)on. 

The neighbours/ and they that had sene hym before ^ howe 
that he was a begger sayde : Is not this he that sate and beg- 
ged ? Some sayde : this is he. other sayde : he is lyke hym. 
He hym silfe sayde : I am even he. They sayde vnto hym : 
Howe are thyne eyes openned then ? He answered and 
sayde : The man that is called Jesus/ made claye/ and an- 
oynted myne eyes/ and sayd vnto me : Goo to the pole Siloe/ 
and wesshe. I went and wesshed and receaved my sight. 
They sayde vnto hym : where is he ? He sayde : 1 cannot 
tell. 

Then brought they to the pharises/ him that ^ a litell be- 
fore was blynde (Hit was the saboth daye when Jesus made 
the claye/ and opened his eyes) Then agayne the pharises 
also axed hym howe he had receaved his sight. He sayde 
vnto them : He putt claye apon myne eyes/ And I wasshed/ 
and I se. Then sayde some of the pharises : This man is 
not of god/ because he kepeth not the saboth daye. other 
sayde : howe can a man that is a synner do suche myracles ? 
And there was a stryfe amonge them. Then spake they vnto 
the blynde agayne : What sayest thou of hym/ be cause he 
hath openned thyne eyes ? And he sayd : He ys a prophet. 

The iewes did nott beleve ^ off the felowe/ howe that he 
was blynde/ and had receaved Ivys sight : v ntillthey had call- 
ed the father and mother off him that had receaved hys sight : 
And they axed them saying : Ys this youre sonne/ whome ye 
saye was borne blynde ? Howe doth he nowe se then ? His 
father and mother answered them and sayde : we wote 
wele that this is oure sonne/ and that he was borne blynde : 
Butt by what meanes he nowe seyeth/ ^ that can we not tell 
or who hath openned his eyes can we nott tell. He is olde 
ynough/ axe hym/ lett hym answer for hym sylfe/ "^ [off 
thynges that pertayne to hym silfe.] ^ Suche wordes spake 
his father/ and mother/ because they feared the iewes/ for 
the iewes had ^ conspyred allredy that yff eny man did con- 
fesse that he was Christ/ he shulde be excommunicat out of 
the Sinagoge. Therfore sayde his father and mother : he is 
olde ynough/ axe hym. 

Then agayne called they the man that was blynde and 
sayde vnto hym : Geve God the prayse/ we knowe thatt thys 

^ When he was blinde, Gen. Bps. ^ Was once, Gen. ^ The 

man [Him, G.] how that he had been, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ We 

know not, Gen. ' T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^ These wordes. 

Gen. ^ Ordeyned, Gen. Agreed, Bps. 



Srije ©fospell of <S. SI)o«- ©!)♦ V- 

man ys a synner. He answered and sayde : Whither he be 
a synner or noo/ 1 cannot tell : Won thynge ^^ I am sure off/ 
that I was blynde/ and nowe I se. Then sayde they to him 
agayne : What did he to the ? Howe open he thyne eyes ? 
He answered them/ 1 tolde you i^ yerwhile/ And ye did nott 
heare. Wherfore wolde ye heare ytt agayne? Wyll ye 
alsoo be hys disciples ? Then ^^ rated they hym/ and sayde : 
^3 Thou arte hys disciple. We are Moses disciples. We are 
sure that God spake wyth Moses. Thys felowe we knowe 
not from whence he ys. 

The man answered/ and sayde vnto them : ^^ this is a mar- 
velous thynge that ye wote nere whence he is/ and yet hath 
he openned myne eyes. ^^ We knowe wele ynought that 
God heareth noo synners : But yf any man be ^^ a worshipper 
of God : and ^'^ do what his will is/ him heareth he. Since 
the worlde began was it nott herde that eny man openned the 
eyes off won that was borne blynd. if this man were not of 
god/ he coulde have done noo thynge. They answered and 
sayd vnto hym : thou arte altogedder borne in synne : and 
dost thou teache us ? And they cast hym out. 

Jesus herde that they had i^ excommunicate him/ and as 
sone he had founde hym he sayd vnto hym ; doest thou be- 
leve on the sonne of God ? He answered and sayde : And 
who ys yt lorde/ that I myght beleve on hym ? And Jesus 
sayde vnto hym : Thou hast both sene hym/ and he it is that 
talketh with the. And he sayde : lorde I beleve. And 
worshipped hym. Jesu sayde : I am come vnto iudgement/ 
into this worlde: that they which se nott myght se/ and 
they which se myght be made blynde. And some off the 
pharises whych were with hym/ herde these wordes/ and 
sayde vnto hym : Are we i^ then blynde ? Jesus sayde vnto 
them/ 5^f ye were blynde/ ye shulde have noO synne : but 
nowe ye saye we se/ therfore youre synne remayneth. 



STije V' ®l)ctj)ter. 



V^ 



ERELY verely I saye vnto you : Whosoever entreth not 
in by the dore/ into the shepe folde/ but clymeth vppe 
some other waye : he is a thefe and ^ a robber. • He thatt 

10 I knowe, Gen. " Alreadie, Gen. ^^ Checked, Gen. 

13 Be thou, Or. ^'^ Gen. adds— Doubtles. *= We be sure, Gov. 

T. M. Cr. Bps. Nowe we knowe, Gen. i^ a fearer, Gov. ^^ Obe- 
dient unto his will, Cr. is Cast him out, Gen. i9 Blinde also, 
Cr. Gen. Bps. i Amurtherer, Cov. Cr. [So (plural) vs. 8.] 



goelh in by the dore/ is the shepheerde of the shepe. ^ To 
this man the porter openneth the dore/ and the shepe heare 
hys voyce/ And he calleth hys awne shepe by name/ and 
leadeth them out/ and when he hath sent forthe hys awne 
shepe/ he goeth before them and the shepe folowe hym. 
For they knowe hys voyce. A straunger they will nott fol- 
owe/ butt wyll flye from hym. For they knowe nott the voyce 
of straungers. This ^ manner of sayinge spake Jesus vnto 
them. And they vnderstode nott/ what thynges they were/ 
whych he spake vnto them. 

Then sayde Jesus vnto them agayne : Verely verely I saye 
vnto you : thatt I am the dore of the shepe. All ^ even as 
many as cam before me/ are theves and robbers : but the 
shepe did not heare them. I am the dore. by me/ yf eny 
enter in/ he shalbe safe/ and shall goo in and out/ and fynde 
pasture. The thefe commeth not but for to steale and kyll/ 
and destroye. I cam that they myght have lyfe/ and have 
yt ^ more aboundantly. 

1 am a goode shepheerd/ a goode shepheerd/ geveth his 
lyfe for his shepe. ^ An heyred servaunt which is not the 
shepheerd/ nether the shepe are his awne/ seith the wolfe 
coramynge/ and leveth the shepe/ and flyeth/ and the wolfe/ 
catcheth/ and scattereth the shepe. The heyred servaunt 
flyeth be cause he is an heyred servaunt/ and careth not for 
the shepe. I am that goode shepheerde/ and knowe '^ my shepe/ 
and am knowen of myne. As my father knoweth me : even 
so knowe I my father. And I ^ geve my sylfe for my shepe/ 
and other shepe I have/ which are not off this folde. Them 
also must I bringe/ and they shall heare my voyce. And 
there shalbe won ^ flocke/ and won shepheerde. 

Therfore doth my father love me/ be cause I ^^ put my 
lyfe from me/ that I myght take it agayne. No man taketh 
it from me : butt I put ytt awaye off my silfe. I have power 
to put it from me/ and power I have to take it agayne. Thys 
commaundment have I receaved of my father. Agayne there 
was dissencion amonge the iewes for these sayinges/ and 
many of them sayd : He hath the devyll/ and is madde : why 
heare ye hym ? other sayde these are nott the wordes off 

2 To him, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Similitude, T.M. Proverbe, 
Cov. Cr. Bps. Parable, Gen. ■* That ever came. Gen. ^ In 
abundance, Gen. ^ Anhyreling [hyred servaunt, C] and he which 
is, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Mine, Cov. Gen. ^ Give [Lay downe, G.] 
my life. All the Vers. ^ Fold, Cr. Bps. Sheepefolde, Gen. i*^ Lay 
downe, Gen. [So vs. 18.] 



Efte ©ospell of S. 3JI)on. 






11 hym that hath the devyll : Can the devyll open the eyes off 
the bl}Tide ? 

Hit was at Jerusalem the feaste of the dedicacion/ and itt was 
wynter : And Jesus walked in i^ Solomons hall. Then cam 
the iewes rounde aboute hym/ and sayde vnto hym : Howe 
longe dost thou make vs to doute ? Yff thou be Chryst/ tell 
vs playnly. Jesus answered them. I tolde you and ye be- 
leve nott : The workes that I do in my fathers name/ beare 
witnes off me : butt ye beleve not/ because ye are not of my 
shepe. As I sayde vnto you : my shepe/ heare my voyce/ 
and I knowe them/ and they followe me/ and I geve vnto them 
eternall lyfe. and they shall never perisshe/ nether shall eny 
man plucke them out off my honde. My father wich gave 
them me/ is greatter then all i^ [men/] and no man is able to 
take them out off my fathers honde/ and I and my father 
are one. 

Then the iewes agayne toke vppe stones/ to stone hym 
whh all. Jesus answered them : many goode workes have I 
shewed you from my father : for which off them wyll ye 
stone me ? The iewes answered hym sayinge : For thy 
goode workes sake we stone the not : but for thy blasphemy, 
and be cause that thou beinge a man/ makest thy silfe God. 
Jesus answered them : Is it not written in youre lawe : I have 
sayde/ ye are goddes ? Yf he called them goddes vnto whom 
the worde of God was i'^ spoken (and the scripture can nott 
be broken) saye ye then to hym/ whom the father hath sanc- 
tified/ and sent into the worlde : Thou blasphemest/ because 
I sayd I am the sonne of god ? Yf I do not the workes off 
my father/ beleve me not. Butt i^ though ye beleve not me/ 
yett beleve the workes/ that ye may knowe and beleve that 
the father is in me/ and I in hym. 

Agayne they went aboute to take hym/ but he escaped out 
of their hondes/ and went awaye agayne beyonde Jordan/ 
into the place where Jhon i^ before had baptised/ and there 
aboode. and many resorted vnto hym/ and sayd : Jhon did 
no miracle. Butt all thynges that Jhon spake of this man are 
true. And there many beleved on hym. 

" One that is possessed, Cov. ^^ The temple, even in Solomon's 
porche, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ T.M. Cr. Gen.Bps. omit. ^-^ Given, 

Gen. 1^ If I doe, and if ye [then though ye, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. 

*^ Was first baptizing, Bps. 



Sfo. ciij. 5:!)e (Sfospdl of S. J|)on. 



A CERTAYNE man was sicke/ named Lazarus of Betha- 
"^^ nia the toune off Mary and her sister Martha. It was 
that Mary which annoynted ^ Jesus with oyntment/ and ^ wept 
his fete with her heere/ whose brother Lazarus was sicke/ 
and his ^ sister sent vnto hym sayinge : Lorde beholde/ he 
whom thou lovest is sicke. When Jesus that herde he sayd : 
this ^ infirmite is not vnto deth But for the laude of god/ that 
the Sonne off god myght be praysed by the reason of it. Je- 
sus loved Martha and her sister/ and Lazarus. ^ After he 
herde thatt he was sicke/ ^ then aboode he two dayes still in 
the same place where he was. 

Then after that sayd he to his disciples : lett vs goo into 
iewry agayne. His disciples sayde vnto hym : Master/ the 
iewes lately sought meanes to stone the : and wilt thou goo 
thither agayne ? Jesus answered : are there not twelve 
houres in the daye ? Yf a man walke in the daye he stom- 
bleth not/ because he seith the light of this worlde. yf a man 
walke in the nyght he stombleth/ be cause there is no light 
in hym. This sayd he. And after that he sayde vnto them : 
oure frende Lazarus slepeth/ but I goo to ^ wake hym outt of 
slope. Then sayde his disciples : Lorde iff he slepe : then 
shall ^ he do wele ynough. Jesus spake of his deeth : but 
they thought that he had spoken of ^ the naturall slepe. Then 
sayde Jesus vnto them playnly/ Lazarus is deed/ and I am 
gladde for youre sakes/ that I was not there/ be cause ye 
maye beleve. Neverthelesse let vs goo vnto hym. Then 
sayde Thomas (which is called Didimus) vnto i^ the disciples : 
let vs also goo/ that we maye deye with him. 

Then went Jesus/ and found e/ that he had lyne in his grave 
foure dayes alredy. Bethani was neye vnto Jerusalem/ aboute 
.XV. furlonges of/ And many of the iewes cam to Martha and 
Mary/ to conforte them over their brother. Martha as sone 
as she herde that Jesus was cornmynge/ went/ and met hym. 
Mary sate stille ^^ at home. 

Then sayde Martha vnto Jesus : Lorde yff thou haddest 

* The Lorde^ Gen. Bps. ^ [i. e. wiped.] Dried, Cov. ^ Sisters, 
T.M. Gen. * Sicknesse, Gen. ^ When he had heard therefore, 

etc. Cr. Bps. ^ Yet, Gen. ' Wake him up. Then sayde, Gen. 
^ Be safe, Gen. ^ Tlie bodily sleepe, Cov. Taking of rest in sleepe, 
Bjys. ^0 His fellow disciples, Gen. Bps. " In the house, T. M. 

Cr. Gen. Bps. 



2d 7 

Ef)2 ©fospcll of S, 3l)on. Ct). %]* 

bene her/ my brother had not bene deed : but ^^ neverthelesse/ 
I knowe that whatsoever thou axest of God/ God will geve it 
the. Jesus sayde vnto her : Thy brother shall ryse agayne. 
Martha sayde vnto hym : I knowe well/ he shall ryse agayne 
in the resurrection att the last daye. Jesus sayde vnto her : 
I am the resurreccion and lyfe. Whosoever beleveth on me : 
ye though he were deed/ yet shall he ]y ve : and whosoever 
liveth/ and beleveth on me/ shall never deye. Belevest thou 
this ? She sayde vnto hym/ ye lorde : I beleve thatt thou arte 
Christ the sonne off God/ which shall come into the worlde. 

And as sone as she soo had sayde she went her waye/ and 
called 13 her sister secretly sayinge : The master is come and 
calleth for the. She as sonne as she herde thatt/ arose quick- 
ly/ and cam vnto hym. Jesus was not yet come into the 
toune : but was in the place were Martha mett hym. The 
iewes then which were with her in the housse/ and comforted 
her (when they sawe Mary that she rose vppe hastely/ and went 
out) folowed her saying : She goeth vnto the grave/ to wepe 
there. 

Then when Mary was come/ where Jesus was and sawe 
hym she ^^ fell doune at his fete/ sayinge vnto hym : Lorde 
if thou haddest bene here/ my brother had not bene deed. 
When Jesus sawe her wepe/ and the iewes also wepe/ whych 
cam with her. He groned in his spret/ and ^^ vexed hym 
silfe and sayde : Where have ye layed hym ? They sayde 
vnto hym : Lorde come and se. And Jesus wept. Then 
sayde the iewes : Beholde howe he loved hym. Some off 
them sayde : Coulde not he which openned the eyes of the 
blynde/ have ^^ made also/ that this man shulde not have 
deyed ? Jesus agayne gronynge in hym silfe cam to the 
grave/ it was a cave/ and a stone layde on it. 

Jesus sayd : Take ye awaye the stone. Martha (the sister 
of hym that was deed) sayde vnto him : Lorde ^"^ by this tyme 
he stenketh. For he had bene deed foure dayes. Jesus 
sayde vnto her : Sayde I not vnto the/ that if thou i^ diddest 
beleve/ thou shuldest se the glory of God. Then they toke 
awaye the stone from the place where the deed was layde. 
Jesus lifte vppe his eyes and sayd : Father ^^ I geve the thankes 

'2 Even nowe [Nowe, G.] I knowe, Gen, Bps. ^^ T.M. Cr, Gen. 
Bps. add — Marie. ^'^ Commeth nye unto his feete, Cr. ^^ Was 
sorye within himselfe, Gov. Was troubled in himselfe, T. M. Cr. Gen. 
Bps. ^^ Caused, Bps. ^'^ Alreadie, Gov. Gen. ^^ Wouldest, 

Bps. ^9 Thanke thee, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



JFo. cib. 2r|)e CKos^jell of <S. 3l)on. 

be cause that thou hast herde me/ I knewe wele that thou 
hearest me all wayes : but because of the people that stonde 
by I sayde it/ that they myght beleve/ that thou hast sent me. 

And when he thus hed spoken/ he cryed with a loud voyce/ 
Lazarus come forthe/ and he that was deed cam forth bounde 
hand and fote/ with ^^ bondes [after the manner as they were 
wonte to bynde their deed with all.] And his face was bounde 
with a napkyn. Jesus sayde vnto them : loose hym/ and lett 
hym goo. Then many of the Jewes which cam to mary/ and 
had sene the thynges which Jesus did/ beloved on hym. 
But some off them went their wayes to the pharises/ and tolde 
them what Jesus had done. 

Then gadered the hye prestos and pharises a counsell and 
sayde : what ^^ do we .'' This man doeth many miracles. Yf we 
lett hym 22 scape thus all men will beleve on hym. And the 
romaynes shall come and take away ^ oure countre and people. 
And won of them named Cayphas : which was the hye prest 
that same yeare/ sayde vnto them : Ye perceave nothynge att 
all nor yett consider that it is ^4 expedient for vs/ that won man 
deye for the people/ and ^5 not that all the people perisshe. 
This spake he nott of hym silfe : butt beynge hye preste that 
same yeare/ prophesied he that Jesus shulde deye for the 
people/ and not for the people only : but what he shulde gad- 
der to gedder in won the children of God which were scat- 
tered abroode. From that daye ^6 kept they a counsell to 
gedder for to put hym to deeth. 

Jesus therfore walked no more openly amonge the iewes : 
butt went his waye thence vnto a countre ny to a wildernes 
into a cite called effraym/ and there ^7 haunted with his dis- 
ciples. 

The iewes ester was neye att bond/ and many went out 
of the countre vppe to Jerusalem before the ester to purify 
them selves. Then ^^ sought they for Jesus, and spake bi- 
twene them selves as they stode in the temple : What thynke 
ye 29seynge he commeth not to the feast. The hye prestes 

20 Grave clothes, Cr. Bps. Grave bonds, T. M. Bandes, Gen. [These 
versions omit what follows ] 21 Shall we do. Gen. ^2 Thus 

alone. Gen. ^ Our land and people. Gov. Our roome and the 

people, Cr. 5jp5. Our place and nation, Gen. ^Better, Cor. 

» That the whole nation perishe not. Gen. ^ They tooke [helde, 

T. JVf.], counsayle, T.M. Cr. Bps. They consulted, Gen. ^rfjad 

his being, Gov. Continued, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Stoode they up and 

asked for Jesus and spake among themselves in the temple, Cov. 
29 That he cometh not, Cov. Gen. 



C:|)e ©ospell of S. St)on. «|). ^f. 

and pharises had geven a commaundment that yf eny man 
knew where he were/ he shulde shewe it that they myght 
take hym. 

Ettt pj. ©tJapter. 

'THHEN Jesus i before sixe dayes of ester/ cam to bethany 
where Lazarus (which was deed) was/ whom Jesus rays- 
ed from deeth. There they made him a supper/ and Martha 
served : butt Lazarus was won of them that sate at the table 
with hym. Then toke Mary a pounde ^ off oyntment called 
nardus/ perfecte and precious/ and anoynted Jesus fete/ and 
wept his fete with her heer/ and all the housse ^ smelled off 
the savre off the oyntment. Then sayde won of his disciples 
named Judas iscariot/ Simons sonne/ which afterwarde be- 
trayed hym : why was not this oyntment solde for thre hond- 
rede pence/ and geven to te povre .'' This sayde he/ not that 
he cared for the pover : butt be cause he was a thefe/ and 
kept the bagge/ and bare that which was geven. Then sayde 
Jesus : Lett her alone/ agaynst the daye off my buryinge she 
kept it. The povre all wayes shall ye have with you/ butt 
me shall ye nott all wayes have. 

Moche people off the iewes had knowledge that he was 
there. And they cam nott for Jesus sake only/ butt that they 
myght se Lazarus also whom he raysed from deeth. The 
hye prestos^ ^held a counsell that they myght put Lazarus 
to deeth also/ be cause that for his sake many of the iewes 
went awaye/ and beloved on Jesus. 

On the 6 morowe moche people which cam to the feast 
(when they herde that Jesus shulde come to Jerusalem) toke 
braunches off palme trees and went and mett hym/ and cryed 
Hosianna/ '^ blessed is he that in the name of the lorde com- 
meth/ kynge of israhell. Jesus ^ gott a yonge asse and sate 
theron/ acordynge to that wich was written : feare nott dough- 
ter of Sion : beholde thy kynge commeth sittynge on an asses 
coolte. These thynges vnderstode not his disciples at the 
fyrst : but when Jesus was gloryfied/ then remembryd they 
that soche thynges were wiitten of hym/ and that soche 
thynges they had done vnto hym. 

* Six dayes before Ester [Passover, G.], Cr. Gen. ^ Of pure 

and costly nardus, Gov. Of spikenarde, very costly, Gen. Bps, 
3 Was filled with the odour [savoure, T. M. G.] T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 
* T. M. Gen. add — therefore. ° Were advised, Gov. Consulted, 

Gen. ^ Nexte day, Cr. Bps. "^ Blessed is the king of Israel, that 
Cometh, etc. Gen. ^ Founde, Gen. Bps. 



jfo. cb. CTije ®^osj)ell of S. Jijott. 

The people that was with hym/ 9 when he called Lazarus 
out off his grave/ and raysed hym from deeth/ ^^ bare recorde. 
Therfore met hym the peple/ be cause they herde that he 
had done soche a myracle. The pharises therfore sayde 
amonge them selves : ^^ Ye se that we prevayle no thynge : 
loo all the worlde goth after hym. 

There were certayne grekes amonge them/ which cam to 
praye at the feast/ the same cam to Philip which was of 
Bethsayda a cite in galile/ and desired hym sayinge : Syr we 
wolde fayne se Jesus. Philip cam and tolde Andrew, and 
agayne Andrew and Philip tolde Jesus. And Jesus answered 
them sayinge : the houre is come that the sonne of man must 
be glorified. 

Verely verely I saye vnto you/ excepte the wheate come 
fall into the grounde and deye/ it bydeth alone, yf it deye/ 
it brengeth forth moche frute. He that loveth his Hfe shall 
12 destroye it : And he that hateth his lyfe in this worlde/ shall 
kepe it vnto lyfe eternall. Yf eriy man mynister vnto me/ 
lett hym folowe me/ and where I am there shall also my min- 
ister be. And if eny man minister vnto me/ hym will my 
father honoure. 

Nowe is my soule troubled/ and what shall I saye ? Fath- 
er 13 dely vre me from this houre : but therfore cam I vnto 
this houre. Father glorify thy name. Then cam there a 
voyce from heven/ I have glorified it/ and will glorify it 
agayne. Then sayde the people that stode by and herde/ ^^ it 
thoundreth. O ther sayde : an angell spake to hym. Jesus 
answered and sayde : this voyce cam nott be cause of me : 
but for youre sakes. 

Nowe 1^ is the iudgement of this worlde. nowe shall the 
prynce off this worlde be cast out a dores. And I (yf I were 
lifte vppe from the erthe) will drawe all men vnto me. This 
sayde Jesus signifyinge what deeth he shulde deye. The 
people answered hym : We have herde ^^ of the lawe that 
Christ bydeth ever : and howe sayest thou then that the sonne 
of man must be lifte vppe ? who is that sonne of man ? Je- 
sus sayde vnto them : yett a lytell whyle is the light with you : 
walke whill ye have light/ lest the darcknes come on you. 
He that walketh in the darke/ wotteth not whither he goeth. 

^ Bare witnesse that he called Lazarus, etc. Gen. ^° Commend- 
ed the act, Gov. '"^ Perceive ye howe we [ye, G. B.'\ prevaile 
nothing, Ml the Vers. ^^ Loose, Gen. Bps. ^^ Save me, 
Gen. Bps. ^^ It was a thunder, Gen. ^^ Goeth the judgment, 
Gov. ^« Oute of, T. M, Cr. Gen Bps. 



STije ©ospell of <S. Jljon. <t% vii), 

Whyll ye have light/ beleve on the light that ye may be the 
children of light. 

These thynges spake Jesus and departed/ and hid hym silfe 
from them. And though he hade done soo many myracles 
before them/ yet beloved not they on hym/ that the sayinge 
of Esayas the prophet myght be fulfilled/ that he spake. 
Lorde who ^'^ shall beleve oure sayinge ? And to whom ys the 
arme off the lorde ^^ declared ? Therefore coulde they not be- 
leve/ be cause that Esaias sayth agayne : He hath blinded 
their eyes/ and hardened their hertes/ that they shuld not 
se with their eyes/ and vnderstond with their hertes/ and 
shulde be converted and Ishulde heale them. Soche thynges 
sayde Esaias when he sawe hys glory/ and spake of him. 
Neverthelesse amonge the chefe rulers many beloved on hym/ 
but be cause of the pharises they i^ wolde not be knowen ofi' 
it/ lest they shulde be ^^ excommunicate. For they loved 
the prayse '^^ [that is geven] off men/ more then the prayse/ 
2^ [that commeth] of god. 

Jesus cryed and sayd : he that beleveth on me beleveth nott 
on me/ butt on hym that sent me. And he that seeth me/ seeth 
him that sent me. I am come a light into the worlde that who- 
soever beleveth on me shulde nott byde in darcknes/ and yf eny 
manheare my wordes and beleve nott/ 1 iudge hym not. For I 
cam not to iudge the worlde : but to save the worlde. He that 
22 putteth me awaye/ and receaveth nott my wordes/ hathe won 
that iudgeth hym. The wordes that I have spoken shall iudge 
hym in the last daye. For I have not spoken off my silfe : but 
my father which sent me gave me a commaundment what I 
shulde 23 saye/ and what I shulde speake. And I knowe wele 
that his commaundment ys lyfe everlastynge. Whatsoever 
I speake therfore/ 2^ even as my father bade me/ so I speake, 

X> EFORE the feast off ester when Jesus knewe that hys houre 

was come/ thatt he shulde departe out of this worlde vnto 

the father, i When he loved his which were in the worlde/ 

vnto the ende he loved them. And when supper was ended/ 

^'' Beleeved our report [preaching, C. sayinge, B.], Cov. Gen. Bps. 
JS Re veiled, Gen. i9 Did not confesse him. Gen. Bps. 20 ^nt 

out of the synagogue, Gen. Bps. 21 q,. q^^ ^pg omit. -^ j^gf^. 
seth me, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 23 j)q ^nd say, Cov. 24 1 speake 

them so as the Father said unto me, Gen. ^ Forasmuch as, etc. 

Gen. 



jFo. cbf. S:|)e ©Tospell of ,S. SSoit. 

2 after that the devyll had put in the hert off Judas iscariot 
Simons sonne/ to be traye him. Jesus knowynge that the 
father had geven him all thinges into his hondes. And that 
he was come from God, and went to God/ he rose from sup- 
per/ and layde a syde hys vpper garments/ and toke a towell/ 
and gyrd hym silfe. After that poured he water into a basyn/ 
and began to washe hys disciples fete/ and to wyppe them 
with the towell/ where with he was gyrde. 

Then cam he to Simon Peter. And Peter sayde to him : 
Lorde ^ shalt thou wesshe my fete ? Jesus answered and 
sayde vnto hym : what I do thou wettest nott no we/ thou 
shalt knowe here after. Peter sayd vnto hym : Thou shalt 
^ nott wesshe my fete [whill the worlde stondeth.] Jesus an- 
swered him : yff I 5 washe not thy fete/ thou shalt have no 
part with me. Simon Peter sayde vnto hym : Lorde nott 
my fete only/ butt also my hondes and my heed. Jesus 
sayde to hym : he that is wesshed/ nedeth not but to wesshe 
his fete/ but is dene every whit/ And ye are clone : butt nott 
all. For he knewe ^ his betrayer. Therfore sayde he : ye 
are not all clone. 

After he had wesshed their fete/ and "^ receaved his clothes/ 
and was sett doune agayne/ he sayde vnto them : wot ye what 
I have done to you ? ye call me master and lorde/ and ye 
saye well/ for soo am I. Yf I then youre lorde and master 
have wesshen youre fete/ ye alsoo ought to wesshe one an- 
others fete. For I have geven you an ensample/ that ye shulde 
do as I have done to you. Verely verely I saye vnto you/ 
the servaunt is not gretter then hys master. Nether ^ the 
messenger gretter then he that sent hym. 

Yf ye vnderstonde these thy nges/ happy are ye yf ye do them. 
I speake not off you all/ 1 knowe whom I have chosen. But 
that the scripture be fulfilled : he that eateth breed with me/ 
Hath lifte vppe his hole againste me. Nowe tell I you before 
it come : that when yt is come to passe/ ye myght beleve that 
I am he. Verely verely I saye vnto you : ^ He that receaveth 
whomsover I sonde/ receaveth me. And he that receaveth 
me/ receaveth hym that sent me. 

When Jesus had thus sayde/ he was i^ troubled in his sprete/ 
and testified saying : verely verely I saye vnto you/ that won/ 

^ And that the devill, etc. Gen. ^Doest thou, Cr. Gen. Bps, 

"* Never washe my feete, Cr. Gen. Bps. C. G. B. omit what follows. 
* Washe thee not, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ® Who it was, should be- 

traye him, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Had taken, Gen. ^ An apostle, 

Cov. The ambassador, Gen. ^ If I sende any, he that receaveth 

him receiveth me, Gen. ^° Heavie, Cov. 



21 S 
STije CKospell of <S. 31)ott« ^^' V»f 

off you shall betraye me. Then the disciples loked won on 
another doubtinge of whom he spake. There was one of his 
disciples which leaned ^^ on Jesus besome/ whom Jesus loved. 
To hym beckened Simon Peter that he shulde axe who it was 
off whome he spake. He then as he leaned on Jesus brest 
sayde vnto hym : Lorde who ys it ? Jesus answered/ he yt 
ys to whom I geve a soppe/ ^^ [when I have dept hit.] And 
he wet 13 a soppe/ and gave ytt to Judas iscarioth Simons sonne. 
And after the soppe Satan entred into hym. 

Then sayde Jesus vnto hym : thatt thou dost do quycly. 
w That wist noo man at the table/ for what i^ intent he spake 
vnto hym. Some off them thought/ be cause Judas had the 
bagge/ thatt Jesus had sayd vnto hym/ by those thynges that 
we have nede of against the feast : or that he shulde geve 
somethynge to the povre. As sone then as he had receaved the 
soppe/ he went immediately out. And it was nyght. When 
he was gone out/ Jesus sayde : nowe is the sone of man 
glorified. And God is glorified by hym. Yf God be glori- 
fied by him/ God shall also glorify him/ in him sylfe : and 
shall strayght waye glorify hym. 

16 Deare children/ yet a lytell whyle am I w^ith you. Ye 
shall soke me/ and as I sayde vnto the iewes whither I goo/ 
thither can ye nott come. Alsoo to you saye I nowe. A 
newe commaundment geve I vnto you/ that ye love ^^ to ged- 
der/ as I have loved you/ that even soo ye love one another. 
By thys shall men knowe that ye are my disciples/ yf ye shall 
have love won to another. Simon Peter sayd vnto hym : 
lorde whither goest thou ? Jesus answered hym : whither I 
goo thou canst not folowe me nowe/ thou shalt folowe me af- 
terwardes. Peter sayd vnto hym lorde why cannot I folowe 
the nowe } I will ^^ geve my lyfe for thy sake. Jesus an- 
swered hym : Wilt thou geve thy lyfe for my sake ? Verely 
verely I saye vnto the/ the cocke shall nott crowe/ till thou 
have denyed me thryse. 

" Cov. adds— at the table. On him, Cr. ^^ Cr. omits. ^^The 
breade, Cr. ^'* But none of them that were at table, knewe. etc. 

Gen. 15 Cause, Gen. ^^ Little, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^'' One an- 

other, Gen. [So post ch. xv.] ^^ Jeoparde, Cr. Bps. Lay downe, 

Gen. [So vs. 38.] 



iFo. cbfj. Clje ©fosjjell of S. St)on. 



STije piij. ®!)apter. 



A ND he sayde vnto hys disciples : Lett nott youre hertes be 
trubled/ ^ beleve in God/ and beleve in me. In my fath- 
ers housse are many ^ mansions. If it were not soo/ 1 wolde 
have tolde you. I goo to prepare a place for you. ^ I will 
come agayne/ and receve you even vnto myselfe/ that where 
I am/ theare maye ye be also. And whither I goo ye knowe/ 
and the waye ye knowe. 

Thomas sayde vnto him : Lorde we knowe not whyther 
thou goest. ^ Also howe is it possible for vs to knowe the 
waye .'' Jesus sayde vnto hym I am the waye/ verite/ and 
lyfe. No man commeth vnto the father/ but by me. Yf ye 
had knowen me ye had knowen my father alsoo. And ^ nowe 
ye knowe hym. And ye have sene hym. 

Phillip said vnto him : lorde shew vs ^ thy father and it 
suffiseth vs Jesus sayde vnto hym : ''' have I bene so longe 
time with you : and yet hast thou not knowen me ? Philip/ 
he that hath sene me/ hath sene the father. And howe sayest 
thou then : shewe vs ^ the father ? Belevest thou nott that I 
am in the father/ and the father in me ? The wordes that I 
speake vnto you/ I speake not of my silfe : but the father/ 
dwellinge in me is he that doeth the workes. Beleve that I 
am in the father/ and the father in me. Att the leest beleve 
me for the very workes sake. 

Verely verely I saye vnto you whosoever beleeveth on me/ 
the workes that I doo/ the same shall he do/ and gretter 
workes then these shall he do/ be cause I go vnto my father. 
And whatsoever ye axe in my name/ that will I do/ that the 
father might be ^ glorified by the sonne. Yf ye shal axe eny 
thynge in my name I will do it. 

Yf ye love me kepe my commaundmentes/ and I will praye 
my father/ and he shall geve you a nother comforter/ that he 
maye byde with you ever/ ^^ which is the sprete of truthe 
whome the worlde cannot receave/ be cause the worlde seyth 
him not/ nether knoweth hym. Butt ye knowe him/ For he 

^ Ye beleeve in God; beleeve, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Dwelling 

places, Gen. Bps. ^ T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. add — And if I go to 

prepare a place for you. ^ And how can we knowe, etc. Gen. Bps. 
'" From henceforth, Gen. ^ The father, T. M. Cr. Bps. ' I have 
bene, etc. Gen. ^ Thy father, Gen. ^ Praised, Cov. ^°Even 
the spirite, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



dwelleth with you/ and shalbe in you. I will nott leave you 
comfortlesse : I will come vnto you. 

Hit is yet a litell whyle and the worlde seyth me noo 
moare : but ye shall se me. ^^ For I live/ and ye shall live. 
That daye shall ye knowe that I am in my father/ and i^ my 
father in me/ and I in you. 

He that hath my commaundmentes/ and kepeth them/ the 
same is he that loveth me/ and he that loveth me shalbe loved 
of my father/ and I will love him/ and will showe myne awne 
silfe vnto him. Judas sayd vnto him (not Judas iscarioth) 
lorde 13 what is the cause that thou wilt shewe thy silfe vnto 
vs/ and not vnto the worlde ? Jesus answered and sayde vnto 
hym : yf a man love me ^"^ and wyll kepe my sayinges/ my 
father also will love him/ and we woll come vnto hym/ and 
wyll dwell wyth hym. He that loveth me not/ kepeth nott 
my sayinges. And the wordes which ye heare are nott myne/ 
but my fathers/ which sent me. 

This have I spoken vnto you beynge yett present with you. 
But that comforter which ys the holy gost (whom my father 
will sonde in my name) shall teache you all thynges/ and 
brynge all thynges to youre remembraunce/ whatsoever I have 
tolde you. 

Peace I leve with you/ my peace I geve vnto you. Nott as 
the worlde geveth/ geve I vnto you. Lett not youre ^^ hertes 
be greved/ nether feare ye. Ye have herde howe I saide vnto 
you : I goo and come agayne vnto you. Yf ye loved me/ ye 
wolde verely reioyce/ be cause I sayde/ 1 goo vnto the father. 
For the father is gretter then 1/ And nowe have I ^^ shewed 
you/ before it come/ that when it is come to passe/ ye myght 
beleve. 

Here after will I not talke many wordes vnto you. For the 
^"^ chefe ruelar ofFthys worlde commeth/ and hath nought in me. 
But that the worlde maye knowe that I love my father/ And 
as my father gave me commaundment/ even soo do I. Ryse 
lett vs goo hence. 

" Because I live, ye [and ye, 5.] shall live also, Gen. Bps. ^^ You 

in me, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. i3 What is doone, Cr. Bvs. ^* He 

wyll kepe, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^5 fl^rte be troubled nor feare [neither 

let it feare, B.] , Gen. Bps. is gpoken unto, Gen. ^^ Ruler, T. M. 
Prince, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



Jfo. cbfff. e|)e ©ospell of <S. SJbon. 



Srtie ):b. €i)apter. 

T AM the true vyne/ and my father ys an husbande man. 
Every braunche that beareth nott frute in me/ He ^ will 
take awaye. And every braunce that beareth frute will he 
pourge that it maye bringe moare frute. No we are ye clene/ 
2 be the meanes of the wordes which I have spoken vnto you. 
Byde in me/ and I in you. As the braunche cannot beare 
frute off it sylfe/ excepte it byde in the vyne : no more can ye 
excepte ye abyde in me. 

I am the vyne/ and ye are the braunches. He that abydeth 
in me/ and I in hym/ the same bryngeth forth moche frute. 
For without me can ye do nothynge. YfF a man byde nott in 
me/ he ys cast forthe as a braunche/ and is widdred : and 
men gadder them/ and cast them into the fyre/ and they 
burne. Yff ye byde in me/ and my wordes also bide in you : 
axe what ye will/ and it shalbe geven you. Heare in is my 
father glorified/ that ye beare moche frute/ and be made my 
disciples. 

As my father hath loved me/ even soo have I loved you. 
Continue in my love. Yf ye shall kepe my commaundmentes/ 
ye shall byde in my love/ even as I have kept my fathers 
commaundmentes/ and byde in his love. These thinges have 
I spoken vnto you/ that my ioye myght remayne in you/ and 
that youre ioye myght be ^ full. Thys ys my commaundment/ 
that ye love togedder as I have loved you. Gretter love then 
this hath no man/ ^ then that a man bestowe his lyfe for his 
frendes. Ye are my frendes/ yf ye do whatsoever I com- 
maunde you. Hence forth call I you nott servauntes : For 
the servaunt knoweth nott what hys ^ lorde doeth. Butt you 
have I called frendes : For all thynges that I have herde of 
my father/ I have ^ openned to you. 

Ye have not chosen me/ but I have chosen you and or- 
deyned you that ye goo/ and bringe forthe frute/ and that 
youre frute remayne/ that whatsoever ye shall axe off my 
father in my name he shulde geve it you. 

This commaunde I you/ that ye love to gedder. Yf the 
worlde hate you/ ye knowe that he hated me before he hated 
you. Yf ye were of the worlde/ the worlde wolde love his 
awne. Be cause ye are not of the worlde/ but I have chosen 

1 Shall cut off, Cov. ^ Through the worde, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 
^ Perfecte, Cov. ^ When any man bestoweth, Gen. ^ Master, 

Gen. [So vs. 20.] « Made known, Gen. Bps. 



1 



you out of the worlde/ therfore hateth you the worlde. Re- 
member my sayinge/ that I sayde vnto you : the servaunte is 
not gretter then his lorde. yf they have persecuted me/ so 
will they persecute you Yff they have kept my sayinge/ so 
will they kepe youres. 

But all these thynges will they do vnto you for my names 
sake/ be cause they have nott knowen hym that sent me. 
Yf I had not come and spoken vnto them/ they shulde have 
no synne : butt nowe have they '^ nothynge to cloke theyr 
synne with all. He that hateth me/ hateth my father. Iff I 
had nott done workes amonge them which none other man 
did/ they shulde be with oute synne. But nowe have they 
6 sene/ and yet have hated bothe me and my father : ^ Even 
thatt the sayinge myght be fulfilled that is written in theyre 
lawe. They hated me with outt a cause. Butt when the 
comforter is come/ whom I will sonde vnto you from the fa- 
ther/ wich is the sprete of verite/ which proceadeth off the 
father/ he shall testifie off me. And ye shall beare witnes 
also/ because ye have bene with me from the begynynge. 

nnHESE thynges have I sayde vnto you because ye shulde 
-*- nott be hurte in youre fayth. They shall excomunicat 
you/ ye the tyme shall come/ thatt whosoever killeth you/ will 
thynke that he doeth God true service. And ^suche thynges 
will they do vnto you/ because they have not knowen the fa- 
ther nether yet me. These thynges have I tolde you/ that 
when that houre is come/ ye ^ shulde remember them/ that I 
tolde you so. These thynges sayde I not vnto you at the be- 
gynnynge/ be cause I was present with you. 

Butt nowe goo I my waye to hym thatt sent me/ and none 
of you axeth me : whither goest thou ? but be cause I have 
sayde suche thynges vnto you/ youre hertes are full off sor- 
owe. Neverthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for 
you that I goo a waye. For yf I goo nott awaye/ that com- 
forter will nott come vnto you. Yff I departe I will sonde 
hym vnto you. And when he is come/ he will rebuke the 
worlde off synne/ and of rightwesnes/ and of iudgement. 
Of synne/ because they beleve not on me : Of rightwesnes/ 

' No cloke for their sinne, Gen. ^ Both seene and hated, Gen. 

Bps. ^ But this hapeneth, Cr. But (this commeth to passe), Bps. 

But it is, Gen. - ^ May remember then that I told you, Cr. Bps, 



JFo. cfp. 211)0 CKospell of S. S!)on. 

be cause I goo to my father/ and ye shall se me no moare : 
And of iudgement/ be cause the ^ chefe rueler of this worlde/ 
is iudged alredy. 

I have yet many thynges to saye vnto you : but ye cannot 
beare them awaye nowe. ^ When he is wons come (I meane 
the sprete of verite) he will leade you into all trueth. He 
shall nott speake of hym silfe : but whatsoever he shall heare/ 
that shall he speake/ and he will shewe you thynges to come. 
He shall glorify me/ for he shall receave of myne/ and shall 
shewe vnto you. All thynges that my father hath ar myne. 
Therefore sayd I vnto you that he shal take of mine and 
shewe vnto you. 

^ After awhyle ye shall not se me/ and agayne ^ after a 
whyle ye shall se me : For I goo to my father. Then sayd 
some of his disciples bitwene them selves : what is this that 
he sayth vnto vs/ after a whyle ye shall not se me/ and agayne 
after a whyle ye shall se me : and that I goo to my father. 
They sayde therfore : what is this that he sayth after a while ? 
we ^ cannot tell what he saith. Jesus perceaved/ that they 
wolde axe hym/ and sayde vnto them : ^ This is it that ye en- 
quyre of bitwene youre selves/ that I sayd/ after a whyle ye 
shall nott se me/ and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me. 
Verely verely I saye vnto you : ye shall wepe and lament/ 
and the worlde shall reioyce. Ye shall sorowe : but youre 
sorowe shalbe tourned to ioye. 

A woman when she traveyleth hath sorowe/ be cause her 
houre is come : but as sone as she is delivered off her chylde 
she remembreth no moare her anguysshe/ for ioye that a man 
is borne in to the worlde. And ye nowe are in sorrowe : butt 
I will se you agayne : and youre hertes shall reioyce/ and 
youre ioye shall no man take from you. And in that daye 
shall ye axe me '^ no question. Verely verely I saye vnto you/ 
whatsoever ye shall axe the father in my name/ he will geve 
it you. Hetherto have ye axed no thinge/ in my name. Axe 
and ye shall receave it : that youre ioye maye be full. , 

These thinges have I spoken vnto you in ^ proverbes. The 
tyme will come when I shall no moare spake to you in ® pro- 
verbes : but I shall shewe you playnly ^ from my father. At 
that daye shall ye axe in myne name. And I saye not vnto 

2 Prince, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Howbeit when he is come, which is 

the spirit of truth, Or. Gen. Bps. ^ A little while and, etc. Gen. 

\^o post.'] ° Knowe not, Gen. ^ Ye inquire of this, Cr. Doe 

ye enquire amono-, Gen. Bps. '' Nothing, Gen. ^ Parables, Gen, 
[So vs. 29.] 9 Of the father, Gen. Bps. 



Effe ffifosjiell of S. St)on. €% ):bfj. 

you that I will ^^ speake vnto my father for you. For my fa- 
ther hym silfe loveth you/ be cause ye have loved me. and 
beloved that I cam out from god. I went out from the father/ 
and cam into the worlde : I leve the worlde agayne/ and go 
to the father. 

His disciples sayd vnto hym : loo nowe speakest thou playn- 
ly/ and thou vsest no proverbe. Nowe knowe we that thou 
vnderstondest all thinges/ and nedest not that eny man shulde 
axe the ^^ [eny question.] Therfore beleve we that thou camst 
from god. Jesus answered them : ^^ Nowe ye do beleve. 
Beholde the houre ^^ draweth nye/ and ys alredy come/ that 
ye shalbe scatered every man i'* his wayes/ and shall leave me 
alone. And yet am I not alone. For my father is with me. 

These wordes have I spoken vnto you that in me ye myght 
have peace. In the worlde shall ye have ^^tribulacion : but 
be of good cheare/ I have overcome the worlde. 

n^HESE wordes spake Jesus and hfte vppe his eyes to hev- 
en/ and sayde : father the houre is come glorify thy 
Sonne that thy sonne maye glorify the. As thou hast geven 
hym power over all flesshe/ that he shulde geve eternall life 
to^as many as thou hast geven him. This is life eternall 
that they myght knowe the ^ that only very God : and whom 
thou hast sent Jesus Christ. 

I have gloiyfied the on the erth. I have fynyssheed the 
workes whych thou gavest me to do. And nowe glorify me 
thou father ^ in thyn awne presence/ with the glory which I 
had with the yerre the worlde was. I have declared thy name 
vnto the men whych thou gavest me out off the worlde. 
Thyne they were/ and thou hast geven them me/ and they 
have kept thy sayinges. Nowe have they knowen that all 
thinges whatsover thou hast geven me/ are of the. For I 
have geven vnto them the wordes which thou gavest me/ and 
they have receaved them/ and have knowen surely that I cam 
out from the : and have beloved that thou diddest send me. 

^ [I praye for them.] I praye not for the worlde : but for 

1° Pray, Gen,. -Bp5. ^^ Gen. omits. ^^ j)q ye beleeve nowe ? 

Gen. Bps. ^^ Commeth, Gen. ^^ To his owne, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

15 Affliction, Gen. ^ All them that, etc. Gen. ^ The only true 

God and Jesus Christ, etc. Cr. Bps. ^ With thine owne selfe, 

T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Cr. omits. 
T 



jFo. tp 2r|)e CKospell of <S. SI)on. 

them which thou hast geven me/ for they are thyne/ and all 
myne are thyne/ and thyne are myne/ and I am glorifyed in 
them. And now am I no moare in the worlde/ but they are 
in the worlde/ and I come to the. Wholy father ^ kepe in 
thyne awne name them which thou hast geven me/ that they 
maye be one as we are. Whyll I was with them in the worlde/ 
I kepte them in thy name. Those that thou gavest me/ have 
I kepte/ and none of them is lost/ but ^ that lost chylde/ that 
the scripture myght be fulfilled. 

Nowe come I to the/ and these wordes speake I in the 
worlde that they myght have my ioye ''' full in them. I have 
geven them thy ^ doctryne/ and the worlde hath hated them/ 
be cause they are not of the worlde/ even as I am not of the 
worlde. I desyre not that thou shuldest take them out the 
worlde : but that thou kepe them from evyll. They are not 
off the worlde/ as I am not of the worlde. Sanctify them ^ in 
thy trueth. Thy sayinge is verite. As thou diddest send me 
into the worlde/ even soo have I sent them into the worlde/ 
and for their sakes sanctify I my silfe/ thatt they also myght be 
sanctified thorowe the trueth. 

I praye not for them alone : but for them also which shall 
beleve on me thorowe their preachynge/ that they all maye 
be one/ as thou father arte in me/ and I in the/ that they maye 
be alsoo one in vs/ that the worlde maye beleve that thou hast 
sent me. And that glory that thou gavest me I have geven 
them/ that they maye be wone/ as we are wone. I am in 
them and thou arte in me/ that they maye be made perfecte 
in won/ and that the worlde maye knowe that thou hast sent 
me/ and hast loved them/ as thou hast loved me. 

Father I will that they which thou hast geven me/ be with 
me where I am/ that they maye se my glory which thou hast 
geven me. For thou hast loved me ^^ before the makynge 
of the worlde O righteous father ^^ the very worlde hath nott 
knowen the : butt I have knowen the and these have knowen 
that thou hast sent me. And I have declared vnto them thy 
name/ and will declare it/ that the love wher with thou lovedst 
me/ be in them/ and I be in them. 

^ Keepe through, etc. Cr. Bps. Keepe them in thy name, even 
them, etc. Gen. ^ The childe of perdition. Gen. ' Fulfilled, 

Gen. Bps. »WoTdes,T.M.Cr.Gen. Bps. [So G. vs. 20.] ^-with, 
T.M. Gen. Through, Cr. Bps. ^° Or ever the worlde was made, 

Gov. Before the foundation, etc. Gen. Bps. " The worlde also, 

Cr. Gen. Bps. 



X^HEN Jesus had spoken these wordes/ he went fonh 
' * with his disciples over the broke Cedron/ where was a 
garden/ into the which he entered with his disciples (Judas 
also wich betrayed hym knewe the place/ for Jesus often tymes 
resorted thither with his disciples) Judas then after he had re- 
ceaved a bonde off men/ and ministers of the hy prestes/ and 
of the pharises cam thither with i lanterns/ and ^ fyerbrondes/ 
and we pens. Then Jesus knowynge all thynges that shulde 
come on hym/ went forth and sayde vnto them : whom seke 
ye ? They answered hym : Jesus off nazareth. Jesus sayde 
vnto them : I am he. 

Judas also which betrayed him stode by with them. As 
sone as he had sayd vnto them I am he/ they went backe 
wardes and fell to the grounde. He axed them agayne : 
whome seke ye ? They sayde : Jesus off Nazareth. Jesus 
answered/ ^ I sayde vnto you/ 1 am he. Iff ye seke me/ ** lett 
these goo theyr waye/ That the sayinge myght be fulfilled 
which he spake : of them which thou gavest have I not lost 
one. 

Simon Peter had a swearde/ and drue hym out/ and smote 
the hye prestes ser vaunt/ and cut off his right eare. The ser- 
vauntes name was Malchas. Then sayde Jesus vnto Peter : 
put vppe thy swearde into the sheath : shall I not diynke of 
the cuppe which my father had geven me .'* Then ^ the com- 
pany/ and the Captayne/ and the ministers off the iewes/ toke 
Jesus and bounde hym/ and ledde hym awaye to Anna fyrst : 
For he was fatherlawe vnto Cayphas/ which was the hye 
preste thatt same yeare. Cayphas/ was he that gave coun- 
sell to the iewes that it was ^ expedient that won man shulde 
deye for the people. 

Simon Peter folowed Jesus/ and another disciple/ that dis- 
ciple was knowen of the hye preste/ ^ and went in with Jesus 
into s the pallys of the hye preste. Peter stode att the dore 
with outt Then wentt outt thatt other disciple which was 
knowen vnto the hye preste/ and spake ^ to the damsell thatt 
kept the dore/ and brought in Peter. Then sayd the damsell that 
kept the dore vnto Peter : Arte nott thou wone off this mannes 
disciples ? He sayde : I am nott. The servauntes and the 

^ Cressets, Cov. ^ Torches, Gen. Bps. ^ I have told you, Cr. 
Bps. * Cr. Gen. Bps, add — therefore. ' The bande, Gen. 

« Good, Cov. ^ Therefore he went, Gen, » xhe hall, Gen. 

» To her. Gen, 



ifo. txh 2r|)e ®?os|)dl of S. 3'l)Qn, 

ministers stode there/ and had made a fyre off coles. For it 
was colde/ and they warmed them selves. Peter also stode 
amonge them and warmed hym silfe. 

The hye preste axed Jesus of his disciples/ and of his doc- 
trine. Jesus answered hym : I spak openly i^ in the worlde. 
I ever taught in the sinagoge and in the temple whither ^^ all 
the iewes resorted : and in secrete have I sayde nothynge : 
why axest thou me ? Axe them whiche herde me what I sayde 
vnto them. Beholde ^^ they can tell what I sayde. When he 
had thus spoken/ one of the ministers which stode by/ smote 
Jesus ^3 on the face sayinge : Answrest thou the hye preste 
soo ? Jesus answered hym : Yf I have evyll spoken/ beare 
witnes of the evyll : yf I have well spoken/ why smytest thou 
me ? ^^ Annas sent hym bounde vnto Cayphas as the hye 
preste. 

Simon Peter stode and warmed hym silfe/ and they sayde 
vnto hym : Arte not thou also won of his disciples ? He de- 
neyed itt/ and sayde : I am not.. Won of the servauntes of the 
hye preste (his cosyn whose eare Peter smote of) sayde vnto 
hym : did not I se the in the garden with hym ? Peter denyed 
it agayne. And immediatly the cocke crewe. 

Then ledd they Jesus from Cayphas into ^^ the housse of 
judgement. Hit was in the mornynge/ and they them selves 
went not into the iudgement housse lest they shulde b© defyl:- 
ed/ butt that they myght eate ^^ Pascha. Pilate then went 
oute vnto them and sayde : What accusacion brynge ye 
agaynste this man } They answered and sayde vnto hym : 
Iff he were nott an evyll doar/ we wolde not have dely vered 
hym vnto the. Then sayd Pilate vnto them : ^^ take hym 
vnto you/ and iudge hym after youre awne lawe. The iewes 
sayde vnto hym. It is nott lawful! for vs to putt eny man to 
deeth. That the wordes of Jesus myght be fulfilled which he 
spake/ signifyinge what deeth he shulde deye. 

Then Pilate entred into the iudgement housse agayne/ and 
called Jesus/ and sayd vnto him : Arte thou kynge of the 
iewes ? Jesus answered : sayst thou that off thy sylfe/ or did 
other tell ytt the of me ? Pilate answered : Am I a iewe ? 
Thyne awne nacion an hye prestos have delivered the ynto 

^'^ To the worlde, Gen. Bps. >* The Jewes resort continually, 

Gen. ^^ They knowe, Gen. ^^ With his rod, Gen. Bps. 

'4 Now Annas had sent him, Gen. Bps. ^^ The common hall. Gov. 
Gen. Hall of judgment, T. M. Or. Bps. [So jpo5< |and ch. xix. 9.] 
^6 The Paschal lamb. Gov. T. M. The passeover, Cr. Gen. Bps.-^ 
" Take ye him, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



E\jt CKospell of <S. Jl)on. ®|). ;!):. 

me. What hast thou done ? Jesus answered : my kyngdome 
is not of this worlde. YfF my kyngdome were of this worlde 
then wolde my ministers suerly fight/ that I shulde not be de- 
lyvered to the iewes/ but nowe is my kyngdome not from 
hence. Pilate sayde vnto hym : Arte thou a kynge then ? 
Jesus answered : Thou ^^ sayst that I am a kynge. For this 
cause was I borne/ and for this cause cam I into the worlde/ 
that I shulde beare witnes vnto the trueth. All that are of the 
trueth heare my voice. Pilate sayde vnto hym : i^ what is 
trueth. 

And when he had sayde that/ he went out agayne vnto the 
iewes/ and sayde vnto them : I fynde in him no ^o cause at all. 
Ye have a costume amonge you/ that I shulde delyvre yon 
won loose at ester, will ye that I loose vnto you the kynge of 
the iewes. Then cried they all againe sayinge : Not him/ 
butt Barrabas. 21 Barrabas was a Robber. 



SLf)c pv. <!t|)apter. 

nPHEN Pilate toke Jesus and scourged hym. And the sou- 
-*■ diers 1 wonde a croune off thornes and put it on his head. 
And they did put on hym a purple garment/ and sayd : hayl 
kynge off the iewes. And they smote hym 2 on the face. 
Pilate went forthe agayne/ and sayde vnto them : beholde I 
brynge him forth to you/ that ye maye knowe that I fynde no 
faute in hym. Then cam Jesus forthe wearynge a croune of 
thornes/ and 3 a robe of purple. And Pilate sayd vnto them : 
Beholde the man. When the bye prestes and ministers sawe 
him/ they ciyed sayinge : crucify him/ crucify hym. Pilate 
sayde vnto them. Take ye hym and crucify hym : For I 
fynde no cause in hym. The iewes answered hym : We 
have a lawe/ and by oure lawe he ought to deye : be cause 
he made hym silfe the sonne of God. 

When Pilate herde that sayinge/ he was the moare afrayde/ 
and went agayne in to the iudgment house/ and sayde vnto 
Jesus : whence arte thou ? Jesus gave hym none answere. 
Then sayde Pilate vnto hym : Speakest thou not vnto me ? 
Knowest thou nott that I have power to crucify the/ and have 
power to loose the } Jesus answered : Thou coudest have no 

18 Sayest it, for I am a King. Cov. ^^ What thino-e is truth, T. M. 
Cr. 20 Faulte, Bps. 21 Yet [The same, Cr. Nowe this, G.] 

Barabbas was a murtherer, Cov. Cr. Gen. ^ Platted, Gen, 

* With roddes, Gen. Bps. 3 ^ purple garment, Gen. 
T* 



iFo. crll S!)e ^oBpdl of .S. Jljon. 

power att all agaynst me/ except it were geven vnto the from 
above. Therfore he that delivered me vnto the/ ^ is moare in 
synne. And from thence forthe sought Pilate meanes to loose 
hym : but the iewes cryed sayinge : yf thou ^lett hym goo/ 
thou arte not Cesars frende. Whosoever maketh him silfe a 
kynge/ ^ is agaynst Cesar. 

When Pilate herde that sayinge he brought Jesus forthe/ 
and sate downe '^ to geve sentence/ in a place called the pave- 
ment : Butt in the he brue tonge/ Gabbatha. ^ (Hitt was the 
saboth even which falleth in the ester fest/ and aboute the sixte 
houre) And he sayde vnto the iewes : Beholde youre kynge. 
They cryed/ awaye with hym/ awaye with hym/ Crucify hym. 
Pilate sayde vnto them : Shall I crucify youre kynge ? The 
hye prestos answered : We have noo kynge but Cesar. Then 
delivered he hym vnto them to be crucified. 

And they toke Jesus and ledde hym awaye. And he bare 
his crosse/ and went forthe into a place ^ called the place of 
deed menns scuUes (which is named in hebrue/ Golgatha) 
where they crucified hym. And with hym two other : on 
ether syde won/ and Jesus in the myddes. Pilate wrote his 
title/ and put it on the crosse. The wrytynge was/ Jesus off 
nazareth/ kynge off the iewes. This tytle reed many off the 
iewes. For the place where Jesus was crucified/ was neye 
to the cite. And it was written in hebrue/ greke/ and latyn. 
Then sayde the hye prestos off the iewes to Pilate : wryte nott/ 
kynge off the iewes : butt that he sayde/ lam kynge of the iewes. 
Pilate answered : what I have written/ that have I written. 

The soudiers/ when they had crucified Jesus/ toke his gar- 
mentes and made foure partes/ to every soudier a parte/ and 
also his coote. ^^The coote was with out seme ^^ woven vp- 
pon thorowe and thorowe. And they sayde won to another : 
Let vs nott devyde it : butt cast lootes who shall have it. That 
the scripture myght be fulfilled which sayth : They parted my 
12 rayment amonge them/ and on my coote did cast lottes. 
And the soudiers did soche thynges in dede. 

There stode by the cross of Jesus his mother/ and his moth- 

4 Hath the more [greater, G.] sinne, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Deliver, 

Gen. ® Speaketh, Gen. Bps. ' In the judgment-seat, Gen. Bps. 
8 It was the preparynge day of the Easter, Cr. It was the prepara- 
tion ot the Passover, Gen. Bps. ^ Named of dead mens Seniles, 
Gen. Which is called the place of a skull, Bps. ^° As for the 
coat, it was not sowed, wrought from above thorow and thorow. Gov. 
" Wrought upon throughout, T. M. Cr. Woven from the top through- 
out, Ge7i. Bps. ^2 Garments, Cov. Gen. 



©1)0 ®fospell of S), St)on. ^]^. %ip 

ers sister/ Mary the wyfe off Cleophas/ and Mary magdalene. 
When Jesus sawe his mother/ and the disciple stondynge 
whom he loved/ he sayde vnto his mother : Woman beholde 
thy Sonne. Then sayde he to the disciple : beholde thy 
mother. And from that houre the disciple toke her ^^ for his 
awne. 

After that when Jesus perceaved that all thynges were per- 
formed/ that the scriptures myght be fulfyled : he sayde : I 
thyrst. There stode a vessell full off veneger by. They fill- 
ed a sponge with venegre/ and i^ wonde it about with ysoppe/ 
and put it to his mougth. As sone as Jesus had receaved of 
the venegre/ he sayd : It is fynnesshed/ and bowed his heed/ 
and gave vppe the goost. 

The iewes then be cause it was the ^^saboth even that the 
bodyes shuld not remayne apon the crosse on the saboth daye 
(For that saboth daye was an hye daye) besought Pilate that 
their legges myght be broken and that they myght be taken 
doune. Then cam the soudiers and brake the legges of the 
fyrst/ and of the other which was crucified with Jesus. When 
they cam to Jesus and sawe that he was deed alredy/ they 
brake not his legges : butt one off* the soudiers with a speare/ 
1^ thrust hym into the syde/ and forth with cam there out blude 
and water. 

And he that sawe it bare recorde/ and his recorde is true. 
And he knoweth that he sayth true that ye myght beleve also. 
These thinges were done that the scripture shulde be fulfilled : 
1^ Ye shall not breake a boone of him. And agayne another 
scripture sayeth : They shall loke on hym/ whom they 
pearsed. 

After that/ Joseph off" Aramathia (whych was a disciple of 
Jesus : but secretly for feare off" the iewes) besought Pilate 
that he myght take doune the boddy off" Jesus. And Pilate 
gave him licence. ^^ And there cam also Nicodemus which 
^9 att the begynnynge cam to Jesus by nyght/ and brought of 
mirre and aloes mingled to gedder aboute an hundred pounde 
wayght. Then toke they the body of Jesu and ^o wonde it 
in lynnen clothes with those ^i confeccions as the manner 

^^ Unto him, Cov. Home, unto him. Gen. Unto his owne house, 
Bps. " Put it about an hyssope stalk [upon hyssope, B.], Gen. 

Bps. ^^ Preparing of the Sabboth, Cr. Bps. Preparation, Gen. 

[So vs. 42.] 1^ Pierced his side, Gen. ^' Not a bone of him 

shall be broken. Gen. Bps. ^^ Cr. Gen. Bps add — He came there- 
fore and took the body of Jesus. ^^ First, Gen. 2° Wrapped, 
Gen. 21 Odours, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



of the iewes is to bury. In the place where Jesus was cruci- 
fied/ was a garden/ and in the garden a newe sepulcre/ wherin 
was never man layde. There layde they Jesus be cause 
of the iewes saboth even/ for the sepulcre was nye at honde. 

^ ^T^HE morowe after the saboth dayecam Mary magdalene 
-*- erly when it was yet darcke/ vnto the sepulcre/ and 
sawe the stone ^ rowled awaye from the ^ toumbe. Then she 
ranne/ and cam to Simon Peter/ and to the other disciple 
whom Jesus loved/ and sayde vnto them : They have taken 
awaye the lorde out off the toumbe and we cannot tell where 
they have layde hym. Peter went forth and that other disci- 
ple/ and cam vnto the sepulcre. They ranne bothe to gether/ 
and that other disciple did out runne Peter/ and cam fyi'st to 
the sepulcre. And he stouped doune and sawe the lynnen 
clothes/ yet went he not in. Then cam Simon Peter folow- 
ynge hym/ and went into the sepulcre/ and sawe the lynnen 
clothes lye/ and the ^ napkyn that was aboute hys heed nott 
lyinge wyth the lynnen clothes/ but wmpped togedder in a 
place by yt sylfe. Then went in also that other disciple 
whych cam fyrst to the sepulcre/ and he sawe and beloved. 
For as yett they knew nott the scriptures/ that he shukle ryse 
agayne from deeth. And the disciples went awaye agayne/ 
^ vnto their awne home. 

Mary stode with out att the sepulcre wepynge : As she 
wept/ she bowed her sylfe into the sepulcre and sawe two 
angels clothed in whyte sittyng the one att the heed/ and the 
other at the fete/ where they had layde the body of Jesus. 
They sayde vnto her : woman why wepest thou ? She sayde 
vnto them : They have taken awaye my lorde/ and I wote 
not where they have layde him. When she had thus sayde/ 
she turned her sylfe backe and sawe Jesus stondynge/ and 
knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus sayde vnto her : woman 
why wepest thou ? Whom sekest thou ? She supoosynge that 
he had bene the gardener/ sayde vnto hym : Syr if thou have 
borne him hence tell me where thou hast layde him/ and I 
will take hym awaye. Jesus sayde vnto her : Mary. She 

^ Upon one daye of the sabboths, Cov. The first daye of the sab- 
both [sabboths, C. weeke, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. [So vs. 19.] 2 Ta- 

ken away, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Grave, Cr. Bps. [So vs. 2 ] 

* Kerchefe, Gen. ^ Together, Cov. 



turned her sylfe/ and sayde vnto hym : Eaboni which is to 
saye master. Jesus sayde vnto her : touche me not/ for I 
have nott yet ascended to my father. Butt goo to my broth- 
ren and saye vnto them/ 1 ascende vnto my father/ and youre 
father : my God/ and youre god. Mary magdalene cam and 
tolde the disciples that she had sene the lorde/ ^ and that he 
had spoken soche thinges vnto her. 

The same daye at nyght/ which was the morowe after the 
saboth daye/ when the dores were shutt (where the disciples 
were assembled to gedder for feare of the iewes) cam Jesus 
and stode in the myddes/ and sayd to them : peace be with 
you. And when he had so sayde/ he shewed vnto them his 
hondes "^ [and his feate]/ and his syde. Then were the disci- 
ples glad when they sawe the lorde. He sayde vnto them 
agayne : peace be with you. As my father sent me/ even so 
send I you. When he had sayde that/ he ^ blewe on them/ 
and sayde vnto them : Receave the holy goost : whosoever 
synnes ye remyt/ they are remitted vnto them : And whoso- 
ever synnes ye retayne/ they are retayned. 

Thomas one off the twelve/ called didimus/ was not with 
them when Jesus cam. The other disciples sayd vnto hym : 
we have sene the lorde. And he sayde vnto them : except 
I se in his hondes the prent of the neyles/ and put my fynger 
in the ^ holes off the nayles/ and thruste my honde into hys 
syde/ 1 will not beleve. 

And after viij. dayes agayne/ the disciples were within/ and 
Thomas was with them. Jesus cam when the dores were 
shet/ and stode in the myddes and sayde : peace be with you. 

Then sayde he to Thomas : put in thy fynger here/ and se 
my hondes/ and put forth thy honde and thurst hym into my 
syde/ and be nott lo wyth out fayth : but beleve. Thomas 
answered and sayde vnto hym : ^^ my lorde/ and my God. 
Jesus sayde vnto hym : Thomas because thou hast sene me/ 
therefore hast thou beleved : Happy are they that have not 
sene/ and yet have beleved. 

And many other signes did Jesus in the presence of his dis- 
ciples/ which are not written in this boke. These are writ- 
ten that ye myght beleve that Jesus is Christ the somie of 
God. and that ye in belevynge myght have life thorewe his 
name. 

* And suche thinges hath he spoken unto me, Cov. ^ T. M. Cr. 

Gen. Bps. omit. « Breathed, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Print, Gm. 
10 Faithlesse but beleeving [faithful, G.] , T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Gen. 
3,dds (in small type) — Thou art. 



jFo. cjrfb. 2r|)e CKospell of S. St)o«. 



yi FTER thatt Jesus shewed hym silfe agayne ^ at the see 
-^^ of tiberias. And 2 on this wyse shewed he him silfe. 
There M^ere to gedder Simon Peter and Thomas/ which is 
called Didimus : and Nathanael of Cana a cite of galile/ and 
the sonnes off Zebedei/ and two other off the disciples/ Simon 
Peter sayde vnto them : I goo afysshynge. They sayde vnto 
hym/ we also wyll goo wyth the. They went their waye and 
entred into a shippe strayght waye/ and that nyght caught 
they noo thynge. When the mornynge was nowe come/ Je- 
sus stode on the shore/ Neverthelesse the disciples knewe not 
that it was Jesus. Jesus sayde vnto them : Sjrrs/ have ye 
eny meate ? They answered hym noo. And he sayde vnto 
them : cast out youre nett on the right syde of the shippe/ and 
ye shall fynde. They cast out/ and anon they were not able 
to drawe it for the multitude of fysshes. ^ Then sayde the 
disciple whom Jesus loved vnto Peter : It is the lorde. When 
Simon Peter herde that it was the lorde/ he gyrde liis ^ man- 
tell to hym (for he was naked) and sprange into the see. The 
other disciples cam ^ by shippe : For they were nott farre 
from londe/ butt as it were two hondred cubites/ And they 
drewe the net with fysshes. As sone as they were come to 
londe/ they sawe hoot coles layde and fisshe laye ther on/ and 
breed. Jesus sayde vnto them : brynge of the fisshes which 
ye have nowe caught. Simon Peter stepped forthe and drewe 
the nett to londe full of greate fisshes/ an hondred and .liij. 
And 6 for all there were so many/ yet was not the net broken. 
Jesus sayde vnto them : come and dyne. And none of the 
disciples durste axe hym : ''' what arte thou ^ For they knew 
that it was the lorde. Jesus then cam and toke breed/ and 
gave them/ and fisshe lykwyse. And this is nowe the thyrde 
tyme that Jesus ^ apered to his disciples/ after that he was 
rysen agayne from deeth. 

When they had dyned/ Jesus sayde to Simon Peter. Si- 
mon 9 Joanna/ lovest thou me more then these ? He sayde 
vnto him : ye lorde/ thou knowest/ that I love the. He sayde 
vnto hym : fede my lambes. He sayde to hym agayne the 
seconde tyme : Simon Joanna/ lovest thou me ? He sayde 

^ Gen. Bps. add— to his disciples. ^ Thus, Gen. ^ Therefore, 

Gen. 4 Coat, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ In a little shippe, Bps. ^ Al- 

beit, Gen. 7 Who, Gen. Bps. ^ Shewed himselfe, Gen. ^ The 
Sonne of Jona, Gen. [So post.l 



a«| 



de CKospell of <S. S!)ott. <t% TVV 

vnto hym : ye lorde thou knowest that I love the He sayde 
vnto hym : fede my shepe. He sayde vnto hym ^^ [the thyrde 
tyme] : Simon Joanna/ lovest thou me ? Peter sorowed be- 
cause he sayde the thyrde time/ lovest thou me/ and sayde 
vnto hym : Lorde/ thou knowest all thynge/ thou knowest that 
I love the. Jesus sayde vnto hym. fede my shepe. 

Verely verely I saye vnto the/ when thou wast yonge/ thou 
gerdedst thy silfe/ and walkedst whither thou woldest. but 
when thou arte olde/ thou shalt stretche forthe thy hondes/ 
and a nother shall gyrde the/ and leade the whither thou wold- 
est not. That spake he signifyinge by what deeth he shulde 
glorify God. 

And when he had sayde thus/ he sayd to hym Folowe me. 
Peter turned about/ and sawe that disciple whom Jesus loved 
folowynge (which also lened on his brest at super) and ^^sayde : 
lorde which is he that shall betraye the ? When Peter sawe 
hym/ he sayde to Jesus : Lorde what shall ^^ he here do ? Je- 
sus sayde vnto hym : Yf I will have hym to tary tyll I come/ 
what is that to the ? folowe thou me. Then went this say- 
inge abroode amonge the brethren/ that that disciple shulde 
nott deye. 

And Jesus sayde nott to hym/ he shall not deye/ butt yff I will 

that he tary tyll I come/ what is that to the ? The same 

disciple is he/ which testifieth off these thynges/ and 

wrote these thynges. And we knowe/ thatt hys 

testymony is true. There are also many other 

thynges which Jesus did : the which yff 

they shulde be written every won/ 1 

suppose the worlde coulde not 

contayne the bokes that 

shulde be written. 



Jl^txt tvitstt\) tlje ©fospcll 
off Samct Jf)on. 

^^ Cov. omits. " Had said, Gen. ^'^ This man do, Gen. He 

do, Bjts. 



^ttt$$ off ttie ^poutUn. 



1 \r i?C my fyi'st treatise (^ Deare frende Theophilus) 3 1 
jC have written off all that Jesus began to do and teache/ 
vntill the daye in the whiche he was taken vp/ after that he 
thorowe the holy goost/ had geven commaundementes vnto 
the Apostles/ whiche he chose : to whom also he ^ shewed 
hym silfe alive/ after ^ his passion ^ by many "^ tokens/ ^ aper- 
ynge vnto them fourty dayes/ and spake vnto them off ^the 
kyngdom of god/ and gaddered them to gedder/ and com- 
maunded them/ that they shulde not departe from Jerusalem : 
but to wayte for the promys of the father/ wher of ye have 
herde off me. For Jhon baptised wj^h water butt ye shalbe 
baptised with the holy goost/ and that wyth in this feawe 
dayes. 

When they were come togedder/ they axed of hym/ say- 
inge : Master wilt thou at this tyme restore agayne the kyng- 
dom 1^ of israhel ? He sayde vnto them : It is not for you to 
knowe the tymes or the seasons which the father hath putt in 
hys awne power : butt ye shall receave power ^^ off the holy 
goost which shall come on you. And ye shalbe ^^ witnesses 
vnto me in Jerusalem/ and in all iewery/ and in samary/ and 
even vnto the ^^worldes ende. 

^ I have made the former treatise [book, B.}, Gen. Bps. ~ O 

[Deare, C] Theophilus, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ We have spoken, Cr. 

* Presented, Gen. ^ That he had suffered, Gen. ^ Cr. Bps. add 

— and that. ''' Gen. adds — infallible. ^ Being seen of them, Gen. 
^ Gen. adds — those thinges which appertaine to, ^^ To, T. M. 

Gen. Bps. " Afler that the holy ghost, etc. Cr. Bps. Of the holie 
ghost; when he, etc. Gen. ^^ My witnesses, Cov. ^^ Uttermost 

parts of the earth, Gen. 



2,^1 

2rt)e ^ctes of fift Apostles. ®!). j. 

And when he had spoken these thynges/ whyll they behelde 
he was taken vp/ ^'^ and acloude receaved hym vp out of their 
sight. And ^^ as they fastenned their eyes m heven/ as he 
went/ loo two men stode by them in white ^^ clothynge/ which 
also sayde : ye men of galile/ why stonde ye gasynge vp 
into heven ? This same Jesus which is taken vp from you 
in to heven/ shall soo come/ even as ye have sene hym goo 
into heven. 

Then returned they vnto Jerusalem from mount olivete/ 
which is neye to Jerusalem/ conteynynge a saboth dayes ior- 
ney. And when they were come in/ they went vp into ^"''a 
parler/ where abode both Peter and James/ Jhon and Andrew/ 
Phillip and Thomas/ Bartlemew and Mathew/ James the sonne 
off Alpheus/ and Simon Zelotes/ and Judas James ^^ sonne. 
These all continued with one acorde/ in prayer/ and supplica- 
cion with the women/ and Mary the mother off Jesu. And 
with his brethren. 

And in those dayes Peter stode vp in the myddes of the 
disciples and sayde (The ^^ noumbre off names ^^ were aboute 
an hondred and twenty) Ye men and brethren/ thys scripture 
must nedes be fulfilled which the holy goost thorow the mought 
of David spake before of Judas/ which was gyde to them that 
toke Jesus. For he was noumbred with vs and obtayned 
felliship in this ministracion. And he hath ^^ nowe possessed 
a plott of grounde with the rewarde off iniquyte. And when 
he ^ was hanged/ brast a sondre in the myddes/ and all his 
bowels gusshed out. And it is knowen vnto all the inhabi- 
ters off Jerusalem. In somoche that that felc^e is called in 
then' 23 mother tonge/ Acheldema/ that is to saye the ^^ bloud 
felde. 

Hit is written in the boke off psalmes/ His habitacion be 
voyde/ and noo man dwellynge therin : and his ^ bishopricke 
lett another take. Wherfore off these men which have com- 
panyed with vs (all the tyme that the lorde Jesus ^6 went out 
and in amonge vs/ begynnynge att the baptim of Jhon vnto 

^* Cr. Bps. add — on hie. ^^ While they looked steadfastly to- 

wards [up to, T. .¥.], T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. i« Apparel, T. M. Cr. 

Gen. Bps. ^^ An upper chamber. Gen. ^^ Brother, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. ^^ Company of names, Cov. ^o j- j[f Qj. ^pg ^^j^j — ^.jjg^^ 

were together. Gen. — in one place. 21 Purchased a fielde, Gen. 

Bps. 2* Had hanged himselfe, Cov. Had throwen downe him- 

selfe headlong, Gen. ^ Owne language. Gen. ^ Bloudy 

fielde, T. M. Cr. Fielde of blood, Gen. Bps. ^ Charge, Gen. 

^ Had al his conversation, Cr. Was conversant, Gen, 
U 



iFo. c):bf. E'^e glctes of tfje 0j)ostU». 

the same daye that he was taken vp from vs) must one ^7 [be 
ordeyned to] be a witnes with vs of his resurreccion. 

And they apoynted two/ Joseph called Barsabas (whose 
syrname was Justus) and Mathias. And they prayed sa- 
ynge : Thou lorde whiche knowest the hertes of all men/ 
shewe whether thou hast chosen of these two/ that the one 
maye take the roume of this ministracion/ and apostleshippe 
from the which Judas ^8 by transgression fell/ that he myght 
goo to his awne place. And they gave forthe their lottos/ and 
the lott fell on Mathias. And he was 29 counted with the eleven 
apostles. 

Eitt secontie 0:|)apter. 

"VJf/'HEN 1 the fyftith daye was ^ come/ they were all with 
one accorde ^ [gaddered togedder] in won place. And 
sodenly there cam a sounde from heven as it had bene the 
commynge off a myghty wynde/ and it filled all the housse 
where they sate. And there apered vnto them cloven tonges/ 
^ as they had bene fyre/ and it sate apon eache off them : and 
they were all filled with the holy goost/ and began to ^ speake 
with other tonges/ even as the sprete gave them vtteraunce. 
There were dwellynge at Jerusalem iewes/ ^ devoute men/ 
which were off all nacions vnder heven. When this ^ was 
noysed aboute/ the multitude cam togedder and were astony- 
ed/ be cause that every man herde them speake in his awne 
tounge. They wondred all/ and marveylled sayinge amonge 
them selves : ^ Loke/ are not all these which speake off gal- 
ile ^ And howe heare we every man ^ his awne tounge 
wherein we were boren ? Parthians/ Medes/ and Elamytes 
and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia/ off Jury/ Capadocia/ Pon- 
thus/ and of Asia/ Phrigia/ Pamphlia/ and of Egipte/ and off 
the parties off Libia/ which is besyde Syrene/ and straungers 
off Rome/ Jewes and Proselites/ ^^ Grekes and Arabians : We 
have herde them speake with oure awne tounges the ^^ greate 
workes off god. They were all amased/ and ^^ wondred say- 

27 Cov. omits. Of them be made, Gen. ^ Hath gone as- 

tray, Gen, ^ Gen, adds— by common consent. ^ Whit- 

sunday, Cov. The day of Pentecost, Gen. Bps. ^ Come to an end, 
Cr. ^ Gen. Bps. omit, T, M. Cr. omit— gathered. ^ Like fire, 

Gen. » Preach, Cor, ^ Men that feared God, Cov. Gen. 

7 Voice came to passe, Cov. ^ Beholde, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

9 Our owne language, Gen. ^° Cretes, Gen. Bps. ^^ Wonder 

ful, Gen. Bps. ^^ Doubted, Gen. Were in a doubt, Bps. 



S:i)e ^ctes of tt)e Apostles. €t), if. 

inge won to another : what i^ meaneth this ? O ther mocked 
them sayinge : They are full of ^^ newe wyne. 

Peter ^^ stepped forth with the eleven/ and lift vp his voyce/ 
and sayde vnto them : Ye men off Jewry/ and all ye that in- 
habit Jerusalem : be this knowen vnto you/ and ^^ with youre 
eares heare my wordes. these are nott dronken/ as ye 
1^ wene/ For itt is yet butt the thyrde houre off the daye : 
but this is that which was spoken by the prophet Johell : Hit 
shalbe in the last dayes (sayeth Grod) of my sprete I will 
poure out apon all flesshe. And youre sonnes/ and youre 
doughters shall prophesy/ youre younge men shall se visions. 
And youre olde men shall dreme dremes. And on my ser- 
vauntes/ and on my honde maydens I will poure out off my 
sprete in those dayes/ And they shall prophesy. And I will 
shewe wonders in hevena hove/ and tokens in the erth be nethe/ 
bloud and fyre/ and the vapour off smoke. The sun shalbe 
turned into darkness/ and the mone into bloud/ before that 
greate/ and that notable daye of the lorde come. And the tyme 
shall come that whosoever shall call on the name of the lorde/ 
shalbe saved. Ye men off Israhel/ heare these wordes. Jesus 
of Nazareth/ a man approved off God amonge you with myr- 
acles and wondres/ and signes which God did by him in the 
myddes off you/ as ye youre selves knowe : hym have ye 
taken ^^ by the hondes of vnrightewes persones/ after he was 
delivered by the determinat counsell and fore knowledge of 
God/ and have crucified and slayne hym/ whom god hath 
raysed vpp and lowsed the sorrowes of deeth/ be cause it was 
vnpossible that he shulde be holden of it. David speaketh of 
hym : 19 [Afore honde/] sawe I God alwayes before me : 
For he is on my right honde/ that I shulde nott be moved. 
Therfore did my hert reioyce/ and my tonge was glad. Moro- 
ver also/ my flesshe shall rest in hope be cause thou shalt not 
leve my soul in ^^ hell/ nether shalt suffre ^^ thy saynt to se 
corrupcion. Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe/ Thou 
shalt make me full off ioye with thy countenance. 

Men and brethren/ 22 lett me frely speake vnto you of the 
patriarke David : ^3 Por he is both deed and buryed/ and his 
sepulcre remayneth with vs vnto this daye. Therefore sence 

^3 May this be, Gen. ^^ Sweet wine, Cov. ^^ Standing, Geyi. 

Bps.w ^^ Let my words enter in at your ears, Cov. Hearken to, 

Gen. Heare, Bps. ^^ Suppose. T. M. Cr, Gen. Bps. ^^ By 

wicked hands, Gen. Bps. ^^ Gen. Bps. omit. ^O'pjjg gj-a^^p-e. Gen. 
[So vs. 31.] 21 Thine holy, T. M. Cr. Thine holie one, Gen. Bps, 
f? I maye boldly, Gen. 23 jhat he is^ Gen, 



i^o. c):bff. STlje ^ctes of tlje Apostles, 

he was a prophet/ and knewe that God had 24 sworne with 
anothe to hym/ that ^ the frute of his loynes shulde sit on his 
seate : ^ He ^ sawe before/ and spake of the resurreccion 
of Christ/ that his soule shulde not be lefte in hell : nether his 
flesshe shulde se corrupcion. This Jesus hath God raysed 
vppe/ where of we all are witnesses. 

Sence nowe that he by the right honde of god exalted is/ 
and hath receaved off the father the promys off the holy goost/ 
he hath sheedforthe that which ye nowe se and heare. For 
David is not ascended into heven/ but he sayde : The lorde 
sayde to my lorde sit on my right honde/ vntill I make thy 
fooes/ thy fote stole. So therfore lett all the housse of Israhel 
knowe for a surety/ that God hath made ^^ the same Jesus 
whome ye have crucifyed/ Lorde and Christ. 

When they herde this/ they were pricked in their hertes/ 
and sayd vnto Peter/ and vnto the other apostles : Ye men 
and brethren/ what shall we do ? Peter sayde vnto them : 
29 Repent and be baptised every one off you in the name of 
Jesus Christ/ For the remission off synnes/ and ye shall receave 
the gyfte off the holy goost. For the promys was made vnto 
you/ and youre chyldren/ and to all that are afarre/ even as 
many as oure lorde God shall call. And with many other 
wordes 30 bare he witnes/ and exhorted them saying : Save 
youre selves from this ^lyntowarde generacion. They thatglad- 
ly receaved hys preachynge were baptised/ And the same daye/ 
there were added ^ vnto them aboute a thre thousande soules. 

And they continued in the Apostles doctrine and fellyshippe/ 
and in breakynge of breed/ and in prayer. And feare cam 
over every soule. And many wondres and signes were shew- 
ed by the apostles. 33 All that beleved 34 gaddered them to- 
gedder/ and had all thynges commen. And soldo their pos- 
sessions and 35 goddes/ and parted them to all men/ as every 
man had nede. And they continued dayly with one acorde 
in the temple/ and brake breed 36 in every housse/ and ate their 

^ Promised, him, Cov. ^ Christ, as concerning the fleshe, 

shoulde come of the fruite of his loins, and should set, Cr. Of the 
fruit, etc. he would raise up Christ concerning the flesh, to set him, 
etc. Gen. Bps. ^ (In that Christ shoulde ryse agayne in the 

flesh), T. M. 27 Knowing this before, Cr. Gen. ^ Both Lorde 

and Christ, this Jesus, / say, etc. Gen. ^ Amende yourselves, 

Cov. Repent of your sins, GcTi. 2° He besought, Gcw. ^^ Fro- 
ward. Gen. ^^ Unto the Church, Gen. ^ Cov. adds (in smaller 
type) — at Jerusalem ; and great feare came upon all men. ^ Kept 
themselves, etc. T. M. Cr. Were in one place. Gen. Were together, 
Bps. 35 |-i_ Q goods.] ^ From house to house, Cr. Bps. At 

home, Gen. 



ti)e Slctes of ti)0 Apostles. (tii. ffj, 

meate to gedder with gladnes/ and singlenes of hert praysynge 
god/ and had faveour with all people/ and the lorde added to 
the congregacion dayly them that shulde be saved. 

B'^t iij. Ct)aj)tet. 

T3ETER and Jhon went vp to gedder into the temple at the 
-*- nynthe houre ^ of prayer : and there was a certayne man 

2 halt from his mothers wombe/ whom they brought and 

3 layde at the gate of the temple called beautiful!/ to axe his 
almes of them that entred in to the temple. When he sawe 
Peter and Jhon/ ^ that they wolde in to the temple/ he desyred 
to receave an almes/ Peter ^ fastened his eyes on hym with 
Jhon and sayde : loke on vs/ and he gave hede vnto them/ 
trustinge to receave some thynge of them. Then sayd Peter : 
Silver and golde have I none/ suche as I have geve I the. In 
the name of Jesu Christ off Nazareth/ ryse vppe and walke. 
And he toke hym by the right honde/ and lifte him vppe. 
And immediatly his ^ fete and anclebones receaved strenght/ 
and he ''' sprange/ stode/ and also walked/ and entred with 
them into the temple walkinge/ and leapynge/ and laudynge 
god. 

And all the people sawe hym walke and laude God. And 
they knewe hym/ thatt ytt was he whiche ^ sate and begged 
at the beautifuU gate of the temple. And they wondred/ 
and were sore astomiyed at that which had happened vn- 
to him. As the halt whych was healed helde Peter and 
Jhon/ all the people ranne amased vnto them in Solomons ^ hall. 

When Peter sawe that/ he answered vnto the people : Ye 
men off Israhell/ why marvayle ye at this ? Or why loke ye 
soo stedfastly on vs/ as though by oure awne power/ or 
10 holynes we had made thys man goo ? God off Abraham/ 
Ysaac/ and Jacob/ the God off oure fathers hath glorified hys 
Sonne Jesus/ whom ye ^^ betrayed/ and denyed in the pres- 
ence of Pilate/ when he had iudged hym to be lowsed : but 
ye denyed the holy and iust/ and desyred that he shulde geve 
you a mortherer/ and kylled the lorde off lyfe whom god hath 

' To pray, Cov. ' A creeple, Gen. Lame, Bps. [So vs. 11.] 

3 Layde dayly, Cr. Gen. Bps. ■* That they would enter [go into, C] 
Cr. Gen. About to go into, Bps. ^ Earnestly beholding him, Gen. 
6 Legs, Cov. "^ Leaped up, Gen. Bvs. ^ Sate for the alms, Gen. 
Bps. sPorche, T. M. Cr. Gen.' Bps. ^° Deserving, Cov. 

Strength, Cr. Godlinesse, Gen. Bps. " Delivered, T. M. Cr. 

TT* 



Sfo. c^bfff, ®l)e ^ctes of tije Apostles?. 

raised from deeth/ of the which we are witnesses : And hys 
name i"^ thorow the fayth off hys name hath made thys man 
sounde whom ye se and knowe. And the fayth which ys by 
him/ hath to thys man geven thys ^3 health/ in the presence of 
you all. 

And nowe ^^ brethren I wote wele that thorow ignoraunce 
ye have done ytt/ as did also youre ^^ heddes. Butt i^ God 
which shewed before by the mougth off all hys prophetes that 
Christ shulde suffre/ hath thus wyse fulfilled it. ^^ Repent ye 
therfore and ^^ turne that youre synnes maye be i^ done awaye 
when the tyme of 20 comforte commeth/ 21 [which we shall 
have] of the presence of the lorde/ and when god shall sonde 
him/ which before was preached vnto you/ that is to wite Je- 
sus Christ/ whych 22 must heven receave vntill the tyme that 
all thynges be restored agayne/ which god hath spoken by 
the mougth off all hys holy prophetes sence the worlde 
began. 

For Moses sayd vnto the fathers : A prophet shall youre 
lorde god rayse vp vnto you/ won of youre brethren/ lyke vn- 
to me/ hym shall ye heare in all thinges whatsoever he shall 
saye vnto you. For the tyme will come/ that every soule 
which shall not heare that same prophet/ shalbe ^^ exyled from 
the people. Also all the prophetes from Samuell/ and thence 
forth as many as have spoken/ have in lykwyse ^"^ tolde of 
these dayes. Ye are the chyldren of the prophetes/ and ^ to 
you pertayneth the testament that god hath made vnto oure 
fathers saying to Abraham : Even in thy seede shall all the 
kynredes of the erth be blessed. '-^^ Fyrst vnto you hath 
god raysed vp his sonne Jesus/ and him he hath sent to 
blysse you/ that every one off you shulde turne from his 
2^ wickednes. 

^2 Hath made this man, etc. through the faith, etc. Gen. ^^ Dis- 
position of his whole bodie. Gen. ^■^ Deare brethren. Gov. ^^ Ru- 
lers, Gr. BjJS. Governours, Gen. ^^ Those thinges which God, 
etc. Gen. Bps. " Do penance now, Gov. ^^ Convert, Gr. Re- 
verte, Bps. " Blotted out, Gen. 20 Refreshing, T. M. Gr. Gen. 
Bps. 21 (7g^ T^pg omit. 22 Must receive heaven. Gov. T. M. Gr. 
The heaven must conteine, Gen. ^ Destroyed, T. M. Gr. Gen. 
Bps. ^ Fore tolde, Gen. Tolde you before, Bps. ^ Of the 
covenante which God hath, etc. T.M. Gr. Gen. Bps. ^epij-gt when 
God had raysed up hys sonne Jesus unto you, Gr. ^ Iniquities, 
Gen. Bps. 



2 37 

iTD. fftf. 



STlje ^ctes of t|)e ^jiostles. <a:|) 



2r!)e lit]. ^f)aptet. 

A S they spake vnto the people/ the prestes and the ^ ruelar 
•^^ off the temple/ and the saduces cam apon them/ takynge 
greveousy that they taught the people and preached in the 
name off Jesus the resurreccion from deeth. And they layde 
hondes on them/ and put them in holde vntill the nexte daye. 
For itt was nowe even tyde. Many of them which herde the 
wordes beleved/ and the noumbre off the men was aboute fyve 
thousande. 

Hytt chaunsed on the morowe that their ruelers/ and sen- 
iours/ and scribes/ ^ as Annas the chefe prest/ and Cayphas/ 
and Jhon and Alexander/ and as many as were off the kynrecl 
off the hye prest/ were gaddered to gedder at Jerusalem/ and 
set them ^ in the myddes/ and axed by what power/ or in what 
name have ye done this syrs ? Then Peter full of the holy 
goost sayd vnto them. Ye ruelars of the people/ and seniours 
of israhel/ if we this daye are examined of the goode dede 
done to the '* sycke man by what meanes he is made whoale : 
be ytt knowen vnto you all/ and to all the people of israhel/ 
that 5 in the name of Jesus Christ of nazareth/ whom ye cru- 
cified/ and whom god raysed from deeth agayne/ ^ thys man 
stondeth heare present before you whoale. This is the stone 
"^ cast a syde of you bylders which is ^ sett in the chefe place 
of the corner. Nether is there health in eny other. ^ Nor 
yet also is there eny other name geven to men wherin we 
must be saved. 

When they sawe the boldnes off Peter and John/ and knew 
that they were vnlerned ^i men and laye people/ they mar- 
veylled/ and they knew them/ that they were with Jesu. Se- 
inge also the man whych was healed stondynge wyth them/ 
they 1^ coulde nott saye agaynst y t/ but commaunded them to 
goo a syde out of the counsell/ And ^^ commened amonge 

^ Captaine, Gen. [So ch. v. 24, 26.] ^ And Annas, etc. Cr. Bps. 
Were gathered together at Jerusalem, and Annas, etc. Gen. ^ Be- 
fore them, All the Vers. * Impotent, Gen. ^ By, Cr. Gen. Bps, 
® T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. add — even by him. ' Refused, Cov. Which 
was sette noughte, Bps. ^ Become the head [chefe, C], Cr. Gen. 
Is the head, Bps. ^ For among men under heaven, there is given 
none other, etc. Cr. Bps. For among men there is given none other 
name under heaven. Gen. ^^ And lay men, Cr. And ignorant 
menne, Bps. Men and without knowledge, Gen. ^^ Had nothing 
to say against it, Gen. ^^ Counsayled, T. M. Cr. Bps. Conferred, 
Gen. 



JFo. cjrfjr. 2C|)e ^ctes of tfje Apostles. 

them selves sayinge : what shall we do to these men ? For 
a manyfest signe is done by them/ and is openly knowen to all 
them that dwell in Jherusalem/ and we cannott denye it : But 
that it 1^ be noysed no father amonge the people/ lett vs thret- 
en and chaurge them that they speake hence forth to noo man 
in this name. 

And they called them/ and commaunded them that in noo 
wyse they shulde speake or teache in the name off Jesu. Butt 
Peter and Jhon answered vnto them and sayde/ whither yt be 
right in the syght of god to i^ obeye you i^ moare then god 
iudge ye. For we cannott butt speake that which we have 
sene and herde. Soo threatened they them and lett them goo/ 
and founde noo thynge howe to punysshe them/ be cause of 
the people : For all men lauded God for i^ the myracle whych 
was done. For the man was above fourty yeare olde/ on 
whom this myracle of healinge was shewed. 

As sone as they where let goo they cam to their felowes/ 
and shewed all thatt the hye prestes and seniours had sayde. 
When they herde that/ with one ^^ mynde they lyfte vp their 
voyces to god and sayde : Lorde/ thou arte God which hast 
made heven and erth/ the see and all thatt in them ys/ whych 
19 by the mougth off thy servaunt David i^ hast sayd : Why 
did the ^o^ethen grudge/ and the people immagen vayne 
thynges. The kynges off the erth ^^ stode vp and the ^^ rue- 
lars cam to gedder agaynst the lorde/ And agaynst his 
23 Christ. 

For 2^ off a trueth agaynst thy holy chylde Jesus/ whom 
thou hast annoynted/ bothe Herode and also Poncius Pilate 
wyth the gentyls/ and the people off Israhel/ gaddered them 
selves ^ to gedder for to do whatsoever thy honde and thy 
counsell determened before to be done. And nowe lorde be- 
holde their threatenynges/ and graunte vnto thy servauntes 
wyth ^ all confydence to speake thy worde. So that thou 
stretche forth thy honde that healynge/ and signes/ and won- 
ders be done by the name off thy holy chylde Jesus. And as 
sone as they had prayed/ the place moved wheare they were 
assembled to gedder/ and they were all filled with the holy 
goost/ and they spake the worde of god boldely. 

^* Break out, Cov. ^^ Be obedient to, Cov. Hearken to, Cr. Bps. 
»6 Rather, Gen. [So ch. v. 29.] ^^ That which, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

>8 Accorde, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Cr. adds— (in the holy ghost) 

— (our father). ^ Gentiles, Gen. ^^ Assembled, Gen. 

52 Princes, Cov. ^ Anointed, Cr. ^ Doubtlesse, Gen. ^ Cr. 
adds — (in this Citie). ^ Stedfast boldnesse, Cov. All boldnesse, 

Gen. Bps. 



Sr|)e McUs of ti)e Apostles. €:^. b' 

The multitude of them that beleved/ were off won hertz and 
off won soule. Also none off them sayde/ that eny thynge off 
those whych he possessed was his awne : Butt had all thynges 
commen. And with greate power gave the Apostles witnes 
off the resurreccion off the lorde Jesu. And grett grace was 
with them all. Nether was there eny amonge them thatt 
lacked. For as many as were possessors of londes or housses/ 
soldo them and brought the pryce off the thynges whych 
were soldo/ and layed ytt doune att the Aposdes fete. And 
distribucion was made vnto every man accordynge as he hade 
node. 

And Joses which was also called of the apostles Barnabas 
(that is 2"^ to saye the sonne of consolacion/ beynge a levite/ 
and off the countre off Cipers) had londe/ and soldo itt/ and 
layde the pryce doune at the apostles fete. 

A CERTAYNE man named Ananias with Saphira his 
•^ wyfe soldo a possession/ and kepte awaye parte of the 
pryce (his wyfe also beynge of counsell) and brought a cer- 
tayne parte and layde itt doune att the apostles fete. Then 
sayde Peter : Ananias how is it that satan hath filled thyne 
hert/ thatt thou shuldest lye vnto the holy goost/ and i kept 
awaye parte off the pryce off the ^ lyvelod : 3 ^ Pertayned it 
not vnto the only .? And after it was solde/ ^ was not the 
pryce in thyne awne power ? Howe is it that thou hast con- 
ceaved this thynge in thyne herte ^ Thou hast nott lyed vnto 
men/ but unto God. When Ananias herde these wordes/ he 
fell doune and gave vp the goost. And grett feare cam 
on all them that these thynges herde. And the yonge men 
roose vp and ^ put hym a parte/ and caryed him out/ and bu- 
ryed hym. 

Hit fortuned as it were aboute the space of iij. houres after/ 
that his wyfe cam in ignoraunt of that which was done. Pe- 
ter sayde vnto her : Tell me/ solde ye the londe for so moche .'* 
And she sayde : ye for so moche. Peter sayd vnto her : why 
have ye agreed to geder/ to tempt the sprete off the lorde ? 
Loo/ the fete off them which have buryed thy husbande are 

27 By interpretation, Gen. To saye , if ye interpret it, Bps. ^ With- 
draw, Cov. 2 Lande, Gen. Possession, Bps. ^ Gen. Bps. add — 
while it remained. ■* Was it not thyne owne, Bps. ^ Was not 

it, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Tooke him up, Gen. 



jfo. cvr. 2rt)e ^ctcs of tfje 0j)ostles. 

at the dore/ and shall cary the oute/ then she fell doune 
strayght wave at his fete and yelded up the goost. The yonge 
men cam in and founde her ded/ and caiyed her out and bu* 
ryed her by her husbande. x^nd grett feare cam on all the 
congregacion. And on as many as herde it. 

By the hondes of the Apostles were many signes and won- 
dres shewed amonge the people. And they were all togedder 
wyth one acorde in Solomons hall. And of other durst noo 
man ioyne hym silfe to them : but the people "^ magnyfyed 
them. The noumbre of them that beloved in the lorde bothe 
of men and women grewe moare and moare in somoche that 
they brought their sicke into the strettes/ and layde them on 
beddes and ^ palettes/ that at the lest waye the shadowe off 
Peter when he cam by/ myght shadowe some of them. ^ There 
cam also a multitude out off the cites round about vnto Jerusa- 
lem/ bryngyng with them their sicke and them whych were 
vexed with vnclene sprettes. And they were healed every 
won. 

The chefe preste arose vp and they thatt were with hym 
(which is the secte of the Saduces) and were full off indigna- 
cion/ and layde hondes on the apostles/ and put them in the 
common preson : but the angell of the lorde by night openned 
the preson dore/ and brought them forthe/ and sayde : ^^ goo 
steppe forthe/ and speake in the temple to the people all the 
wordes of this lyfe. When they herde that/ they entred into 
the temple erly in the mornynge and taught. 

The chefe prest cam and they that were with him and call- 
ed a counsel togedder/ and all the seniours off the chyldren 
off israhel/ and sent to the preson to ^i fett them. When the 
ministers cam and founde them nott in the preson/ they cam 
agayne and tolde sayinge : ^^ The preson founde we shut 
13 with all diligence/ and the kepers stondynge with out before 
the dores : but when we had openned we founde no man with 
in. When the chefe prest of all and the rueler of the temple/ 
and the hye prestes herde these thynges/ they doubted off 
them/ where vnto this wolde growe. 

Then cam won and shewed them : Loo the men thatt ye 

''' Helde much of them, Cov. ^ Barrows, Cov. Couches, Cr. Gen. 
Bps. ^ Cr. adds — (and that they might be deUvered from their in- 
firmities.) '^^ Go your way and step up, Cov. Go and stande and 
speake, etc. Cr. Bps. Go your way, and stand in the temple and 
speake, Gen. ^^ Fetch, T. M. Bps. Cause them to be brought, Gen. 
i^ Gen, adds — Certainijr. i3 g^j-g ^s was possible, T.M. Gen. 



2rt)e ^ctes of ti)e apostles. ®|). b. 

putt in preson stonde in the temple/ and i^ preache to the peple. 
Then went the rueler of the temple with ministers/ and 
brought them with out violence. For they feared the people 
lest they shulde have bene stoned. And when they had 
brought them/ they sett them before the counsell. And the 
chefe preste axed them sayinge : Did nott we straytely com- 
maunde you that ye shulde not teach in this name ? And be- 
holde ye have filled Jerusalem with youre doctrine/ and ye 
1^ intende to brynge this mans bloud apon vs. 

Peter and the other apostles answered/ and sayde : We 
ought moare to obey God then men. The God of oure fath- 
ers raysed vp Jesus/ whom ye slewe and hanged on a tre. 
Hym 16 beinge rueler and a savioure hath god exalted with 
his right honde/ for to geve repentaunce to Israhell and for- 
gevenes of synnes. And we are ^^ Jniis recordes as concern- 
ynge these thynges : and also the holy goost/ whom God hath 
geven to them that obey hym. When they herde that ^^ they 
clave asunder/ and ^^ sought meanes to slee them. Then 
stode there vp won in the counseill/ a pharisey named Ga- 
maliell/ ^^ a doctour off lawe/ ^^ had in auctorite amonge the 
people and commaunded ^^ to put the apostles a syde a lytell 
space/ and sayde vnto them: Men of Israhell take hede to 
youre selves what ye entende to do as touchinge these men. 
Before these dayes rose vp one Theudas bostynge hym silfe/ 
to whom resorted a nombre off men/ about a foure hondred/ 
which was slayn/ and they all which ^^ beloved hym were 
scatred a broode/ and brought to nought. After this man 
arose there vp won Judas off Galile/ in the ^4 tyme when tri- 
bute began/ and drewe awaye moch people after him. He 
also perisshed : and all even as meny as barkened to hym are 
scattered ^5 a brood. 

And nowe I saye vnto you : refrayne youre selves from 
these men/ and let them alone : For yff this counsell or werke 
be of men/ itt will come to nought : but if it be of God/ ye 
cannot destroye it/ lest haply ye be founde ^^ to stryve agaynst 

^4 Teache the people, T. M. Cr. Gen. ^^ Woulde bring, Gen. 

•^ Hath God hft up, with his right hand to be, Gen. ^' Records 

of [His witnesses concerning, G.] these things which we say, Ct. 
Gen. ^^ It went through the hearts of them, Cov. They brast 

for anger. Gen. [So ch. vii.54.] ^^ Thought, Co?;. Consulted, Gen. 
^ A scribe, Cov. ^i Had in reputation among, Cr. Honoured 

of all the people, Gen. 22 r^\^Q apostles to go aside, Cr. To put the 

apostles forth, Gen. ^ Inclined unto, Cov. Obeyed, Gen. [So G. 

vs. 37.] 24 Dayg of the tribute, Cov. Cr. Gen. ^^ And brought 

to nought, Gtn. ^'^ Even fighters against God, Gen. 



Jfo. c):):j. E'ije ^ctes of tfje Apostles. 

god. And to hym they agreed/ and called the apostles/ and 
bett them/ and commaunded that they shulde not speake in 
the name of Jesu/ and lett them goo. 

And they departed from the counsell reioysynge that they 
were counted worthy to sufTre rebuke for his name. And 
dayly in the temple/ and ^'^ in every housse they ceased nott/ 
teachynge and preachynge ^ Jesus Christ. 

?r!)e bf. ©tjapter. 

TN those dayes as the nombre of the disciples grewe/ there 
■ arose a grodge amonge the grekes agaynste the ebrues/ 
because theyr wyddowes wer ^ despysed in the dayly ^ myn- 
ystracion. Then the twelve called the multitude of the dis- 
ciples to gedder and sayde : it is nott mete that we shulde 
leave the worde of god and serve at the tables/ wherfore 
brethren loke ye out amonge you seven men of honest reporte/ 
full of the holy goost and wisdom/ ^ which we maye apoynte 
to ^ this nedfull busines : but we woU geve oure selves con- 
tinually to prayer/ and to the ministracion off the worde. 
And the sayinge pleased the whoale multitude wele. And 
they chose Steven a man full off fayth/ and off the holy goost/ 
and Philip/ and Prochorus/ and Nichanor/ and Simon/ and 
Permenas/ and Nicholas ^ a proselite of antioche/ which they 
sett before the apostles/ and they prayed and layde their 
hondes on them. 

And the worde of god encreasyd/ and the noumbre of the 
disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly/ And a grett com- 
pany of the prestes were obedient to the faythe. Steven full 
off faythe and power did grett wonders/ and myracles amonge 
the people. Then there arose certayne off the Sinagoge/ 
which are called lebertines/ and Sirenens/ and ^ Alexandrians/ 
and Cicilians/ and Asians/ and disputed with Steven. And 
they coulde not resist the wisdom/ and the sprete/ ''' with which 
sprete he spake. Then ^ sent they in men which sayd : we 
have herde hym speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moses/ 
and against god/ and they moved the people/ and the seniours/ 
and the scribes : and ^ they cam apon hym and caught hym/ 

^^ From house to house, Gen. ^ Cov. adds — the gospell of. 

^ Not looked upon, Coo. Neglected, Gen. ^ Hand-reaching, Cov, 

^ To whom we may commit, Cr. * This business, Cr. Gen. 

° A converte, T.M. Cr. Bps. ^ Of Alexandria, and of them of Ci- 
licia and of Asia, Gen. 'By the which he spake, T. M. Which 

spake, Cr. ^ They suborned, Gew. ' Running upon him, Gen. 



El^e ^cUu of t!)e ^posUta, €1). bff. 

and brought him to the counsell/ and brought forth falce wit- 
nesses whych sayde : This man ceasith not to speake blas- 
phemous wordes agaynst thys holy place and the lawe/ for 
we herde hym saye/ This Jesus off Nazareth shall destroye 
this place/ and shall chaunge the ordinances whych Moses 
gave vnto vs. And all that sate in counsell loked stedfastly 
on hym/ and sawe hys face as it had bene the face off an 
angell. 

'"PHEN spake the chefe prest: ^ys ytt even soo? And he 
■*■ sayde : ye men/ brethren/ and fathers/ barken to. The 
God off glory apered vnto oure father Abraham whill he was 
yet in mesopotamia/ before he dwelt in ^ charran/ and sayd 
vnto hym : come oute of thy centre/ and from thy kynred : 
and come into the londe whych I shall shewe vnto the. Then 
cam he out off the londe of caldey : and dwelt in charran. 
And after that as sone as his father was deed/ he brought him 
into this lande/ where in ye nowe dwell/ and he gave him 
none inheritaunce in it/ no not ^ one fote of grounde. "* And 
promised that he wolde geve it to hym ^ and to hys seed after 
hym/ when as yet he had no chylde. 

God verely spake on this wise/ ^ thy seed shalbe ''' a dweller 
in a straunge londe/ and they shall put them in bondage/ and 
shall entreate them evyll .iiij. c. yeares. And the nacion to 
whom they shalbe in bondage/ will I iudge (sayde god) and 
after that shall they come forthe/ and serve me in this place. 
And gave hym the testament of circumcision/ and he begat 
Isaac/ and circumcised hym the viij. daye/ and Isaac begat 
Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarkes. 

And the patriarkes ^ havinge indignacion solde Joseph into 
Egipte/ 9 and God was wit hym and delivered hym out off all 
his 1^ adversites. and gave hym faveour and wisdom in the 
sight off Pharao kynge off Egipte/ And Pharao made hym 
governor over Egipte/ and over all his housholde. 

Then cam there a derth over all ii Egipt/ and Canaan/ 
and grett affliccion/ and our fathers founde no sustenaunce. 

1 Are these things so ? Gen. ^ Haran, Cov. ^ The breadth of 
a foote, Ml the Vers. * But [Yet, G.] he promised, T. M. Gen. 

5 To possesse, T. M. Cr. For a possession, Gen. ^ That his seed 

should be, etc. Gen. ' a stranger, Cov. ^ Moved with envy, 

Gen. 9 But, Gen. i" Afflictions, Gen. ^i T. M. Cr. Gen. 

add— the land of. [So G. vs. 36] 
V 



jfo. CjPVij^ 2ri)c 0ctes of tt)e Apostles. 

When Jacob herde that there was come in Egipte/ he sent 
cure fathers fyrst/ and ^^ when he had sent them the secounde 
tyme/ Joseph was knowen off his brethren/ and Josephs kyn- 
red was made knowne vnto Pharao. Then sent Joseph ^3 
and caused his father to be brought and all his kynne/ thre 
score and .xv. soules. And Jacob descended into Egipte/ and 
deyed bothe he and ouie fathers/ and were ^^ translated into 
Sichem/ and were put in the sepulcre that Abraham bought 
for money of the sonnes of ^^ Emor/ at Sichem. 

When the tyme off the promes drue nye (which God had 
^^ promysed with an othe to Abraham) the people grewe and 
multiplied in Egipte till another kynge arose which knewe nott 
off Joseph. The same dealte suttelly with oure kynred/ and 
evyll intreated oure fathers/ and made them to ^'^cast awaye 
their chyldren/ that they shulde not remayne alyve. The same 
tyme was Moses borne/ and was i^ a propper childe in the sight 
of God/ which was norisshed vp in his fathers housse thre 
monethes. When he was cast out Pharoes doughter toke hym 
vp/ and norisshed hym vp for her awne sonne. And Moses 
was learned in all manner off wisdom of the Egipcians/ and 
was mighty in dedes and in wordes. 

When he was full forty yeare olde/ it cam into his hert to 
visit his brethren/ the chyldren off Israhel. And when he sawe 
one off them suffre wronge/ he ^^ defended hym/ and ^o aven- 
ged his quarell that had the harme done to hym/ and smote 
the egipcian. For he supposed hys brethren wolde have vn- 
derstoude howe that God by his hondes shulde ^i geve them 
health : butt they vnderstode nott. 

And the next daye he shewed hym silfe vnto them as they 
strove/ and wolde have sett them atone agayne saynge : Syrs 
ye are brethren why hurte ye won another ? but he that did 
his neghbour wronge/ thrust hym awaye sayinge : Who made 
the a ruelar and a iudge amonge vs ? What wilt thou kill me/ 
as thou diddest the egipcian yester daye ? Then fleed Moses 
at that worde/ and was a stranger in the londe off Madian/ 
Where he begat two sonnes. 

When .xl. yeares were expired/ there apered to hym in the 
wildernes of mounte Sina the angell off the Lorde in a flam 

12 At the secounde time, T. M. Cr. Gen. ^^ Cr. adds — a message. 
1"* Caryed over, Cr. Removed, Gen. ^^ Emor and Sychem, Tav. 

Sonne of Sychem, Cr. Gen. ^^ Sworne, T. M. Cr. Gen. ^^ Cast 

out their young children, T. M. Cr. Gen. ^^ Acceptable unto, Cr. 
Gen. 19 Helped, Cov. 20 Delivered him, etc. Cov. 21 gayg 
them, T. M. Deliver them, Cr. Give them deliverance, Gen. 



®:t)e ^ctes of ti)e Apostles. €!). Mj. 

off fyre in a biisshe. When Moses sawe itt he wondred at 
the sight/ and drue neare to ^ beholde it. And the voyce off 
the Lorde spake vnto hym : I am the God of thy fathers/ the 
God of Abraham/ the God of Isaac and the God off Jacob. 
Moses trempled and durst not beholde. Then sayde the 
Lorde to hym Putt off thy shewes from thy fete/ for the place 
where thou stondest is holy grounde. ^ I have perfectly sene 
the affliccion off my people whych is in Egipte/ and I have 
herde theyr gronynge/ and am come doune to deliver them. 
And nowe come and I will sonde the into Egipte. 

The same Moses whom they forsoke sayinge : who made 
the a ruelar and a iudge : God sent bothe a ruelar and a de- 
liverer/ by the hondes of the angell which apered to hym in 
the bousshe This man brought them outt shewynge wonders 
and signes in Egipte/ and in the reed see/ and in the wilder- 
nes xl. yeares. This is that Moses which sayde vnto the 
chyldren off Israhell : A prophet shall youre lorde God rayse 
vp vnto you of youre brethren lyke vnto me/ hym shall ye 
heare. 

This is he that was in the congregacion/ in the wildernes 
with the angell which spake to hym in the mounte Syna. 
And with oure^ fathers. Thys man receaved the ^^ worde of 
lyfe to geve vnto vs/ to whom oure fathers wolde not obeye : 
But 25 cast it from them/ and in their hertes turned backe 
agayne into Egypte/ sayinge vnto Aaron : Make vs goddes to 
goo before vs. For we wot nott what is be come of this Moses 
that brought vs out of the londe off Egipte. And they made 
a calfe ^^ in those dayes/ and offered sacrifice vnto the ymage/ 
and reioysed in the workes of theyr awne hondes. 

Then God turned hym silfe/ and gave them vp/ ^7 that they 
shulde worshipp the starres of the skye/ as it is written in the 
boke of the prophetes : O ye off the housse off Israhell : 
28 have ye geven vnto me offeiynges or sacrifice/ by the space 
off xl, yeares in the wildernes ? And ye toke vnto you the 
tabernacle off Moloch/ and the starre off youre god Remphan/ 
^ figures which ye made to worshippe them. 30 j^jj^j j ^ju 
translate you beyonde Babilon. 

Oure fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in wildernes/ 

^^ Consider, Gen, ^ I have seene very well, Cov. I have scene, 
I have seene, Ge7i. ^ Lively oracles. Gen. ^ Refused, Gen. 

2^ At the same time, Cov. 27 fo serve the host of heaven. Gen. 

^ Gave ye to me sacrifices and meat-offerings, T. M. Cr. Have ye 
offered to me slaine beastes and sacrifices, Gen. ^ Images, Cov. 
^Therefore I wil carry you away, etc. Gen, 



Sfo, c):):fff. STlje ^ctes of t!)e Apostles. 

as he had apoynted them speakynge vnto Moses/ that he 
shulde make it acordynge to the fassion that he had sene/ 
which tabernacle oure fathers receaved/ and brought it in 
with 31 Josue into the possession of the gentyls/ which gentyls/ 
god drave out before the face of oure fathers vnto the tyme 
of David/ which founde favour before god/ and desired that 
he myght fynde a tabernacle for the God off Jacob. ^^ And 
Solomon bylt hym an housse. 

33 But he that is by est of all dweleth not in temples made with 
hondes/ as sayth the prophete : Heven is my seate/ and erth 
is my fote stole/ what housse will ye bylde for me sayth the 
lorde ? or 34 what is my restynge place ? hath nott my honde 
made all these thynges ? 

Ye stiffenecked and of vncircumcised hertes and ears : ye 
have always resisted agaynst the holy goost : as youre fathers 
did/ so do ye. Which off the prophetes have not youre fa- 
tliers persecuted ? And they have slayne them/ which shewed 
before off the commynge off 35 that iust/ whom he have be- 
trayed and mordred. And ye also have receaved a lawe by 
the 36 ordinaunce off angels/ and have not kept itt. 

When they herde these thynges/ their hertes clove a sun- 
der/ and they gnasshed on hym with their tethe. He beynge 
full of the holy goost loked vp 3? with his eyes into heven and 
sawe the maieste off God/ and Jesus stondynge on the ryght 
honde of god/ and sayde : loo/ I se the hevens open/ and the 
Sonne off man stonde on the ryght honde of god. Then they 
gave a shute with a loude voyce/ and stopped their eares and 
ranne apon hym all at once/ and caste hym out off the citie/ 
and stoned hym. And the witnesses layde doune their clothes 
att a yonge mannes fete named Saul. And they stoned 
Steven 38 callynge on and sayinge : Lorde Jesu receave my 
sprete. And he kneled doune and cryed with a loude voyce : 
lorde 39 impute not this synne vnto them/ ^^ [For they wote 
not what they do.] And when he had thus spoken he fell 
a slope. 

31 Jesus, Gen. Bps. ^a ^^t, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Howbeit 

the most High, Gen. ^ Which is the place of my rest, Cr. Bps. 

What place is it that I should rest in ? Gen. ^ That righteous, 

Cov. ^^ Ministration, Cov. Cr. Disposition, Bps. ^ Sted- 

fastly [T. M. Cr. add — with his eyes] into, etc, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 
28 Who called on God and said. Gen. ^ Lay not this sinne to 

their charge, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps, "o rp^ ^. Cr, Gen. Bps. omit. 



iH7 

2r|)e 0cte^ of t!)e Apostles. ®i). Wff. 



S^i)e bill. (3;i)apter. 

Q AUL 1 had pleasure in his deeth. At that tyme was there 
^ a grett persecucion agaynst the congregacion which was 
att Jherusalem/ and they were all scattered abroade thorowout 
the regions of Jury and Samaria/ except the apostles. Then 
2 devout men ^ dressed Steven/ and made grett lamentacion 
over hym. Saul made havocke off the congregacion en- 
try nge into every housse/ and drewe out bothe ^ man and 
woman/ and thrust them into preson. They that were scat- 
tered abroade went ^ every where preachyng the worde. 
Then cam Philip into a cite off Samaria and preached Christ 
vnto them. And the people gave hede vnto those thjmges 
whych Philip spake wyth one acorde/ in thatt they herde and 
sawe the miracles which he did. For vnclene spretes cryinge 
with loude voyce cam out of maey which were possessed off 
them/ Many taken with palseys/ and many that halted were 
healed. And there was gret ioye in that cite. There was a 
certayne man called Simon/ which before tyme in the same 
cite/ vsed witche crafte and be witched the people/ sayinge 
that 6 he was a man that coulde do greate thinges. '^ Whom 
they regarded/ from the lest to the grettest sayinge : ^ thys ys 
that power of god/ which is called grett, Hym they sett 
moche by/ because of longe tyme wyth sorcery he had 9 de- 
luded their wittes. As sone as they beleved Phillipes preach- 
ynge ^^ off the kyngdome off God and off the name of Jesu 
Christ/ they were baptised bothe men and wemen. Then 
Simon hym silfe beleved and was baptised/ and continued with 
Phillip/ and wondred beholdynge the miracles and signes/ 
which were shewed. 

When the Apostles which were at Jerusalem herde saye 
that Samaria had receaved the worde of god : they sent vnto 
them Peter and Jhon/ which when they were come/ prayed 
for them/ that they myght receave the holy goost. For as 
yet he was come on none off them. Butt they were baptised 

^ Consented unto, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Certaine men, fearing God, 

Gen. ^ Caryed Steven among them to be buryed, Gen. Caryed 

Steven together to his buryall, Bps. ^ Men and women, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. ^ To and fro. Gen. ^ He himselfe was some great man, Gen. 
' To whom they gave heede. Gen. [So vs. 11.] ^ This man [fel- 

owe, T. .¥.] is the great power of God, T. M. Gen. Bps. » Be- 

witched them, Cr. Gen. Bps. Mocked them, T. M. ^^The thinges 
that concerned, Gen. 



JFo. cjC):fb. 5rt)e ^ctcs of tt)e S^postlesf. 

only in the name off ii Christ Jesu. Then layde they their 
hondes on them/ and they receaved the holy goost. 

When Simon sawe thatt thorowe layinge on off the Apos- 
tles hondes on them/ the holy goost was geven : he offered 
them money sayinge : Geve me also this power/ that on whom- 
soever I laye hondes/ he maye receave the holy goost. Then 
sayde Peter vnto hym : ^^ Perissh thou and thy money toged- 
der. For thou ^^ wenest that the gyfte of god may be obtey- 
ned with money ? thou hast nether parte nor fellishippe in this 
busines. For thy hert is not right in the sight of god. Repent 
therfore of this thy wickednes/ and praye God ^^ that the 
thought off thyne hert maye be forgeven the. For I perceave 
that thou arte ^^ full of bitter gall/ and wrapped in iniquyte. 

Then answered Simon and sayde : Praye ye to the lorde 
for me that none off these thynges whiche ye have spoken 
fall on me. And they when they had testified/ and preached the 
worde of the lorde returned to Jerusalem and preached the 
gospell in many cites of the Samaritans. 

The angell of the lorde spake unto Phillip sayinge : Aryse 
and goo ^^ towardes midde daye vnto the waye which leadeth 
from Jerusalem vnto Gaza/ i''' which is in the desert. He 
arose and went on/ and beholde a man off ethiopia ^^ which 
was gelded/ and ^^ of grete auctorite with Candace qurie of the 
ethiopians/ which had the rule off all her treasure/ cam to 
Jerusalem for to praye. as he returned home agayne sittynge 
in his charett he redde Esay the prophet. 

The sprete sayde vnto Philip : Goo neare and ioyne thy 
silfe to yonder charet. Philip ranne to hym/ and herde hym 
rede Esay the prophet and sayde : ^o Vnderstondest thou what 
thou redest ? And he sayd : how can 1/ except 21 1 had a 
gyde ? And he desyred Philip that he wold come vp and sit 
with hym. ^ The tener off the scripture which he redde was 
this. He was ledde as a shepe to ^3 be slayne : and lyke a 
lambe ^4 dom before his sherer/ so openned he nott his mougth/ 

" Of the Lord Jesus, Gen. ^^ Thy money perishe with thee, 

T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Thinkest, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Gen. adds— 
that if it be possible. Bps. — if perhaps. ^^ In the gall of bitter- 

nesse and the bond of iniquity, Gen. Bps. ^^ Southward, Tav. To- 
wards the south, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Which is waste, Gen. ^^ A 
chamberlayne, Cov. T. M. Cr. An eunuche, Gen. Bps. [So post.'\ 
^^ Chiefe governour. Gen. ^ Gen, adds — But. ^i gome man 
inform me, Cov. ^^ The place, Gen. ^ The slaughter, Gen, 
Bps. ^ Voiceless, Cov. 



2rt)e ^ctes of tt)0 Apostles. dtl). ft% 

25 in that he submitted hym silfe/ ^6 his iudgment was exalted : 
^"^ who shall declare his generacion ? for his life is taken from 
the erthe. The gelded man answered Philip and sayde : I 
praye the off whom speaketh the prophet this ? of hym silfe ? 
or off some other man ? 

Philip openned his mougth/ and began at the same scrip- 
ture/ and preached vnto hym Jesus. And as they went on 
their waye/ they cam vnto a certaine water/ and the gelded 
man sayde : Se here is water/ what shall lett me to be bapti- 
sed ? Philip sayde vnto hym : Yf thou beleve with all thyne 
hertz thou mayst. He answered sayinge : I beleve that Jesus 
Christe is the sonne of God and commaunded ^ the charet to 
stonde still. And they went doune bothe into the water : 
bothe Philip and also the gelded man. And he baptised hym. 
As sone as they were come out off the water the sprete off the 
lorde caught Philip. And the gelded man sawe hym no moore. 
And he went on his waye reioysynge : butt Philip was founde 
at ^ Azotus. And he ^^ walked thorowe out the countre preach- 
ynge in their cites/ till he cam to Cesarea. 

^ AUL yet brethynge out threatnynges and slaughter agaynst 
^ the disciples of the lorde/ went vnto the hye preste/ and 
desired of hym letters to damascon/ to the sinagoges : that yf 
he founde eny of this waye whether they wer men or wemen/ 
he myght brynge them bounde vnto Jerusalem. As he ^ went 
on his iorney/ hit fortuned that he drue neye to damascon/ 
and sodenly there shyned rounde about hym a lyght from he- 
ven. And he fell to the erth/ and herde a voyce saynge to 
him : Saul/ Saul/ why persecutest thou me ? And he sayde 
what arte thou Lorde .'' The lorde sayd/ I am Jesus whom 
thou persecutest/ ^ it shalbe harde for the to kycke agaynst the 
pricke. He bothe tremblynge and astonyed sayde : Lorde 
what wilt thou have me to do ? And the lorde sayde vnto 
hym : Aryse and goo into the cite/ and ytt shalbe tolde the 
what thou shalt do. 

The men which ^ acompanyed him on his waye stode ama- 

^ Because of [In, Cov.] his humbleness, Cov. T. M. Cr. In his 
humility. Gen. Bps. ^ He was not esteemed, T. M. Cr. 27 Cr. 

Gen. Bps. add— But. 28 To holde still the charet, Cov. 29 As- 

dod, Cov. ^ Walked to and fro, Gen. ^ Journeyed, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. 2 It is, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Journeyed with, T. M. Cr. Gen. 



iFo. cvTb. tHljt ^ctes of t!)e Apostles. 

sed/ "* for they herde a voyce/ butt sawe no man. Saul arose 
from the erth/ and when he had openned his eyes he sawe 
noo man. Then ledde they hym by the honde/ and brought 
him into damascon. And he was iij. dayes wyth out sight/ 
and nether ate nor dranke. 

There was a certayne disciple att Damascon named anani- 
as/ to hym spake the lorde in a vision : Ananias. And he 
sayde : I am here lorde. And the lorde sayde vnto hym : 
aryse and goo into the strete whych is called strayght/ and 
seke in the housse off Judas after one called Saul of the cite 
of Tharsus. For beholde he prayeth/ and hath sene in a vi- 
sion a man named Ananias commynge in vnto hym/ And 
puttynge hys hondes on hym/ thatt he myght receave his 
sight. 

Ananias answered : Lorde I have herde by many off thys 
man/ howe moche hurte he hath done to thy sanctes att Jhe- 
rusalem/ and in thys place he hath auctorite off the hye prestes 
to bynde all that call on thy name. The lorde sayde vnto 
him : Goo thy wayes : for he is a chosen vessell vnto me/ to 
beare my name before the gentyls/ and kynges/ and the chyl- 
dren off israhel. For I wyll shewe hym howe grett thynges 
he must suffer for my names sake. 

Ananyas went hys waye and entryd into the housse and 
putt his hondes on hym and sayde : brother Saul the lorde 
^ that apperyd vnto the in the waye as thou camst/ sent me 
vnto the/ that thou myghtest receve thy sight and be filled 
with the holy goost. And immediatly there fell from his eyes 
as ytt had bene scales and ^ he receaved his sight/ and arose 
and was baptised. And receaved meate and was ^ comforted. 

Then was Saul a certayne dayes wyth the disciples which 
wer at Damascon. And streight waye he preached Christ in 
the Sinagoges howe that he was the sonne off God. All that 
herde hym wer amased and sayde : ys nott this he that 
^spoylled them whych called on this name in Jerusalem ? 
And cam hydder for the entent that he shulde brynge them 
bounde vnto the hye prestes ? Saule encreased ^ in strengthe/ 
And confounded the iewes which dwelte at damascon ^^ af- 
firminge that this was very Christ. 

After 11 a good while/ the iewes toke counsell amonge them- 

* Hearing his voyce, Gen. ° Even Jesns, Gen. Bps. ^ Sud- 

denly, Gen. Bps. adds — Forthwith, "^ Strengthened, Gen. ^ De- 
stroyed, Gen. Bps. ^ Gen. Bps. add — the more. ^^ Confirm- 
ing, Gen. Provyng by conferryng (one scripture with another), Bps. 
" That many days were fulfilled, Gen. Bps. 



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©1)0 0ctes of tj^e MpastUs. €1). fp 

selves to kyll him. But ^^ there awayte wer knowen of Saul. 
And they watched att the gates daye and nyght to kyll hym. 
Then the disciples toke hym by nyght/ and putt hym i^ thorowe 
the wall and lett hym doune in a basket. 

When Saul cam to Jerusalem he assayde to ^^ cople hym 
silfe with the apostles/ and they wer all afrayde of hym and 
beloved not that he was a disciple. But Bernabas toke hym 
and brought hym to the apostles and tolde them howe he had 
sene the lorde in the waye and had spoken wyth hym : and 
how he had ^^ done boldely at damascon in the name off Jesu/ 
And he ^^ had his conversacion with them att Jherusalem/ and 
quitt hym silfe boldly in the name off the lorde Jesu. And he 
spake and disputed wyth the grekes and they went aboute to 
slee hym. When the brethren knew of that/ they brought 
hym to cesarea/ and sent hym forth to tharsus. Then had 
the congregacions rest thorowoute all iewry and galile and sa- 
mary/ and wer edified/ and walked in the feare of the lorde/ 
And multiplied by the comforte of the holy gost. 

Hit chaunsed that as Peter walked throughoute all quarters/ 
he cam to the sainctes which dwelt at lydda and there he 
founde a certaine man named Eneas/ whych had kepte hys 
bed viij. yere sicke of the palsey. Then sayde Peter vnto 
hym : Eneas/ the lorde Jesus Christ make the whole. Aryse 
and make thy heed. And he arose immedyatly. And all 
that dwelt at lydda and assaron/ sawe hym/ and tourned to the 
lorde. 

Ther was at Joppa a certayne woman (which was a disciple 
named Tabitha/ which by interpretacion is called dorcas) she 
was full off good warkes and almes dedes/ which she did. Hit 
chaunsed in those dayes thatt she was sicke and dyed. When 
they had wesshed her and layd her in ^"^ a chamber : Be cause 
lydda was nye too Joppa/ and the disciples had herde that 
Peter was there/ they sent vnto hym/ desyrynge him that he 
wolde not i^ be greved to come vnto them. 

Peter arose and cam with them : when he was come they 
brought hym in to the chamber/ and all the widdoos stode 
rounde aboute hym wepynge and shewynge the coottes and 
garmentes whych dorcas made whill she was with them. Pe- 
ter putt them all forth and kneled doune and prayde and turn- 

^' Their laying await, Gen.Bps. " Downe by, Bps. ^^ Joyne, 
Gen. ^^ Spoken, Gen. Preached, Bps. ^^ Was conversant, 

Gen, Was with them commyng in and going out, Bps. ^' An up- 
per chamber, Gen. Bps, '^ Take it for grief, Cov. Delay, Gen. 



^0. cj:j:bf. 2r|e ^ctes of tije Apostles. 

ed hym to the body/ and sayde : Tabitha aryse. She opened 
her eyes/ and when she sawe Peter she sat vppe/ And he gave 
her his honde and lyft her vppe/ and called the sainctes and 
wyddooes and i^ shewed her alyve. And hit was knowne 
throwout all Joppa/ and many beleved on the lorde. And hit 
fortuned that he taryed many days in Joppa with one Simon a 
tanner. 



^T^HERE was a certayne man in Cesarea called Cornelius/ 
a captaine of ^ the soudyers of ytaly/ a devoute man/ and 
won that feared God with all his houssolde/ which gave 
moche almes to the people/ and prayde God alwaye. The 
man sawe in a vysion ^ evydently aboute the nynthe houre 
of the daye the angell of god commynge in vnto hym/ and say- 
inge vnto hym : Cornelius, when he loked on hym/ he was 
afrayde/ and sayde : what is it lorde ? He sayde vnto hym : 
Thy prayers and thy almeses ar come vppe in to remem- 
braunce ^ in the presence of God. And nowe sende men to 
Joppa/ and call for one Simon named also Peter. he lodg- 
eth with won Simon a tanner/ whose housse is by the see syde. 
He shall tell the/ what thou oughtest to doo. When the an- 
gell which spake vnto Cornelius was departed/ he called two 
of his 4 household/ and ^ a devoute soudier off them thatt wayt- 
ed on hym ^ to whom he tolde all the mater/ and sent them to 
Joppa. 

On the morowe as they went on their iorney and drewe 
nye vnto the cite/ Peter went vppe ''' into the vpermost parte of 
of the housse to praye/ aboute the vj. houre. Then wexed 
he an hongred/ and wolde have eaten, whill they made redy 
for hym He fell into a traunce/ and sawe heven openned/ and a 
certayne vessell come doune vnto hym/ as it had bene a greate 
^ shete/ knytt at the iiij. corners/ and was lett doune to the 
erth/ wherein wer all manor of iiij. foted beastes of the erth 
and 9 vermen and wormes/ and foules off the ayer. And a 

^^ Restored, Gen. Delivered, Bps. ^ The band [company, C] 

called the Italian, Cov. Gen. Bps. ^ Openly, Gov. ^ Before God, 
T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. * Householde servaunts, T. M. Cr. Bps. Ser- 

vaunts. Gen. ^ A souldier that feared God, Gen. ^ And told 

them all things, Geti. ' Into a chamber, Cov. Upon the top of the 

house, T. M. Cr. Upon the house, Gen. Into the highest part of 
the house, Bps. ^ Linen cloth, Cov. ^ Wilde beastes and creep- 
ing thinges, Gen. Bp5. [So ch. xi. 6.] 



ar3 

2ri)e ^ctes of tjc Apostles. C|). ir. 

voyce spake vnto hym i^ [from heven :] Ryse Peter Kyll and 
eate. Peter sayde : ^^ God forbyd lorde/ for I have never 
eaten any thynge that is ^^commen or vnclene. And the voyce 
spake vnto hym agayne the seconde tyme : What God had 
i^clensed thatt make thou not ^^ common. This was doune 
thryse And the vessell was receaved vppe agayne into heven. 

Whyle Peter ^^ mused in him silfe what this vision which 
he had sene meant/ beholde/ the men which were sent from 
Cornehus/ had ^^ made inquyrance for Simons housse/ and 
stode 1^ befor the dore. And called oute ^^ [won] and axed 
whether Simon which was also called Peter/ were lodged 
there. Whyll Peter thought on this vysion/ the sprete sayde 
vnto hym: Loo/ ^^ men seke the. aryse therfore/ get the 
doune/ and goo with them/ and doute not. For I have sent 
them. Peter went doune to the men which were sent vnto 
hym from Cornelius and sayde : Loo/ 1 am he/ whom ye seke : 
what is the cause wherfore ye are come ? They sayde vnto 
hym : Cornelius the captayne a iuste man/ and won that fear- 
eth God/ and off good reporte amonge all the people of the 
iewes was warned ^^ by an holy angell/ to sende for the in to 
his housse/ and to heare wordes of the. Then called he them 
in/ and lodged them. 

On the morowe Peter went with them/ and certayne breth- 
ren from Joppa accompanyed hym. And ^i the thyrde daye 
entred they into Cesaria. Cornelius wayted for them/ and 
had called to gedder his kynsmen/ and speciall frendes. And 
as it chaunsed Peter to come in/ Cornelius met hym/ and fell 
doune at his fete/ and worshipped hym. Peter toke hym vppe/ 
sayinge : 22 Evyn I my silfe am a man. And as he talked 
with hym he cam in/ and founde many that were come to ged- 
der/ And he sayde vnto them : Ye dooe knowe howe thatt 
hytt ys an vnlawfull thynge for a man beynge a iewe to com- 
pany or come vn to ^^ an alient : But god hath shewed me that 
I shulde not call eny man common or vnclene : therefore cam 
I vnto you '^^ with outen scruple/ as sone as I was sent for. 
1 axe you therfore : for what intend/ have ye sent for me } 

10 T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^^ Not so, Lorde, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

13 Polluted, Gen. fSo post.} ^^ Purified, pollute thou not, Gen. 

[So ch. xi. 9.] 14 Unclean, Gov. ^^ Was cumbered, Cov. Doubt- 
ed, Ge7i. Bps. 1^ Inquired, Gen. ^'^ At the gate. Gen. ^^ Gen. 
Bps. omit. 1^ Gen. Bps. add — three. 20 (j^^ ^^^g — froj^ ^^^^ 

ven. 21 Tii^ (Jay after. Gen. The third day after, Bps. 22 gtande 
up; for 1 myselfe also am [even I myselfe am, T. M. Gen.} T.M. 
Cr. Gen. Bps. 23 ^ stranger, Gov. One of another nation, Gen. 

Bps. 24 And doubted not, Cov. Withoute saying, naye, T. M. Gen 
Withoute delaye, Cr. Bps. 



iFo. cjrvbif. ®t)e ^ctes of t|)e Apostles. 

And Cornelius sayde : ^ This daye nowe .iiij. dayes I fast- 
ed/ ^ and at the nynthe houre I prayde in my housse/ and be- 
holde/ a man stode before me in bright clothynge/ and sayde : 
Cornelius/ thy prayer is herde/ and thyn almes dedes are had 
in remembraunce in the sight of God. sende therefore to Jop- 
pa/ and call for Simon which is also called Peter. He is 
lodged in the housse off won Simon a tanner by the see syde/ 
the which as sone as he is come/ shall speake vnto the. Then 
sent I for the immediatly/ and thou hast well done for to 
come. Nowe are we all here/ present before god to heare 
all thynges that are commaimded vnto the of God. 

Peter opened his mought and sayde : Of a trueth I perseave/ 
that God 2^ is not parciall/ but in all people he that feareth hym 
and worketh rightewesnes/ is accepted with hym. 

2S Ye knowe the preachynge that God sent vnto the chyl- 
dren off Israhell/ preachynge them peace by Jesus Christe 
(which is lorde over all thynges) ^9 which preachynge was 
publisshed thorow oute all iewery/ and began in galile/ after 
the baptim preached by Jhon/ 30 After thatt God had annoynt- 
ed Jesus off Nazareth with the holy goost/ and wyth power/ 
he went aboute doinge goode/ and healynge all that were op- 
pressed with dyvles/ for God was with hym. And we are 
witnesses off all thynges which he did in the londe of the iewes 
and at Jerusalem/ whom they slew/ and hounge on tree. 
Hym God reysed vppe the thyrde daye/ and shewed hym 
openly/ not to all the people/ butt vnto vs witnesses cho- 
syn before off God/ ^^ which ate and dronke with hym/ after 
he arose frome deeth. And he commaunded vs to preache 
vnto the people and to testifie/ that it is he that is ordened of 
God a iudge off quycke and deed. To hym geveth all the 
prophetes witnes/ that throwe his name shall receave remis- 
sion of synnes all that beleve in hym. 

While Peter yet spake these wordes/ the holy gost fell on 
all them which herde his preachynge And they of the circum- 
cision which beloved were astonyed/ as many as cam with 
Peter/ because that on the gentyls also was 32sheed oute the 
gyfte of the holy gost. For they herde them speake with 

^^ Four dayes agoe, Gen. Bps. ^ Cr. Gen. Bps. add — aboute 

[until, fi] this houre. ^ Hath no regard [respecte, C] of persons, 
Cr. Bps. Is no accepter of persons, Gen, ^ Touching the worde 
which God sent, Bps. ^ Even the worde which came through, 

etc. Gen. Ye knowe howthe worde was published, etc. Bps. ^How 
God anointed, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Gen. Bps. add — Even 

to us. 32 Powred, Gen. Bps. 



STfje Stctes of t\je Apostles. <?CJ. ^f. 

tonges/ and magnify God. Then answered Peter : can eny 
man forbyd water that these shulde not be baptised/ which 
have receaved the holy gost as well as we ? And he com- 
maunded them to be baptised in the name of the lorde. Then 
prayde they hym/ to tary ^^ a feawe dayes. 

^ l^IT cam to the eares of the apostles and brethren which 
•*-•*■. were in iewry/ that the hethen also had receaved the 
worde of God. When Peter was come vppe to Jerusalem/ 
they off the circumcysion ^ disputed wyth hym/ sayinge : Thou 
wentest in vnto men vncircumcised/ and ^ arest with them. 

Peter began and expounde the thynge in order to them sa- 
ynge : I was in the cite of Joppa praynge/ and in a traunce I 
sawe a vision/ A certen vessell descende as it had bene a 
'^ large lynnyn clothe/ lett doune from hevyn by the fower cor- 
ners/ And hit cam to me : into the which when I had fastened 
myn eyes I considered and sawe fowere foted beastes off the 
erth/ and vermen and wormes/ and foules off the ayer. I 
herde also a voyce/ sayinge/ vnto me : Arise Peter/ sley and 
eate. And I sayd : ^ God forbyd lorde/ for nothynge comen 
or vnclene hath att eny tyme entred into my mought. The 
voyce answered me agayne from heven count not thou those 
thynges comen/ which God hath clensed. And this was done 
threy tymes. And all were takyn vppe agayne into heven. 

And beholde immediatly wer thre men come vnto the housse 
where I was/ sent from Cesarea vnto me. And the sprete 
sayde vnto me/ that I shulde goo with them/ with out doutinge. 
morover these sixe brethren accompany ed me. And we en- 
tred into the mans housse. and he shewed us/ how he had 
sene an angell in his housse/ which stode and sayde to hym. 
Send men to Joppa/ and call for Symon/ named also Peter 
he shall tell the wordes/ wher by both thou and all thyn housse 
shalbe saved. As I began ^ to preach/ the holy goost fell on 
them/ as he dyd on vs at the begynnynge. Then ^ cam to my 
remembraunce the wordes of the lorde/ howe he sayde : Jhon 
verely baptised with wather/ butt ye shalbe baptised with the 
holy goost. For as moche then as God gave them lyke giftes/ 

^^ Certaine days, Gen. Bps. ^ And the apostles and brethren 

which were, etc. heard, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 2 Reasoned, T. M. 

Contended, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^g^test, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Great 
sheete, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Not so, Lorde, Cr. Gen. ^ To speake, 

Gtn. Bps. 7 Remembered I, Gen. Bps, 



i^o. c):):biif. Efft ^ctes of t|)e ^jjostles. 

as he dyd vnto us/ when we beleved on the lorde Jesus Christ : ' 
what was I that I ^ shulde have withstoude God ? when they 
herde this/ they helde their peace and gloryfied God/ saynge : 
Then hath God also to the gentylles graunted repentaunce 
unto lyfe. 

The which were scattryd abroade thorowe the affliccion that 
arose aboute steven/ walked thorowe oute tyll they cam vnto 
Phenices and Cypers and Antioche/ preachynge the worde 
to no man/ butt vnto the iewes only. Some off them were 
men off Cypers and off Syrene/ which when they were come 
into Antioche/ spake vnto the grekes/ and preached the lorde 
Jesus. And the honde off the Lorde was with them/ and 
a greate nombre beleved and turned vnto the lorde. 

Tydynges off this cam vnto the eares off the congregacion/ 
which was in Jerusalem/ and they sent forthe Barnabas that 
he shulde go vnto Antioche. Which when he was come/ and 
had sene the grace off the lorde/ was glad/ and exhorted them 
all/ thatt with purpose off hertt they woulde ^ continually 
cleave vnto the lorde. For he was a perfaicte man/ and full of 
the holy goost and off faithe. And moche people ^^ was ad- 
ded vnto the lorde. Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus/ for 
to seke Saul/ and when he had founde him/ he brought him 
vnto Antioche. Yt chaunsed thatt a whole ye re they ^^ had 
their conversacion with the congregacion there/ and taught 
moche people in somoche thatt the disciples ^^ off Antioche 
wer the fyrst that wer called Christen. 

In those dayes cam prophetes from Jerusalem vnto Anti- 
oche/ Ther stode vppe won off them named Agabus/ and sig- 
nified by the sprete/ that there shulde be grett derth through- 
,oute all the worlde/ which cam tu passe ^^ in the emproure Clau- 
dius dayes. Then the disciples every man accordinge to his ha- 
bilite/ purposed to sende ^^ socour vnto the brethren which dwelt 
in iewry/ whych thynge they also did/ and sent it to the sen- 
iours/ by the hondes of Barnabas and Saul. 

2ri)e pj. <E:|)aj)ter. 

IN that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne 
of the congregacion/ to vexe them. He kylled James the 
brother off Jhon with a swerde : and be cause he sawe that it 

8 Could let God, Gen. ^ Continue in, Cov. ^° Joined them- 

selves, Gen. ^^ Were conversant with, Cr. Gen. ^^ Were first 

called Christians m Antiochia, Gen. ^^ Under [In the days of, B.} 
Claudius Caesar, Gen. Bps. ^* An hand reaching, Cov. 



2rt)e ^ctes of ti)e Apostles. ®t). pf. 

pleased the iewes/ he preceded forther/ to take Peter also. 
^ Then wer the dayes of ^ vnlevended breed/ and when he 
had caught him/ he put hym in preson/ and delyvered hym 
to iiij. quaternions off soudiers to be kepte/ entendynge after 
ester to brynge hym forth to the people. Then was Peter 
kepte in preson. But ^ prayer w^as made with out ceasynge 
off the congregacion vnto god for hym. When herod wolde 
have brought hym oute vnto the people/ the same nyght slepte/ 
Peter bitwene ij. soudiers/ bounde with two chaynes/ And the 
kepers before the dore kepte the preson. 

And beholde the angell off the lord ^ was there present/ 
and a light shyned in the ^ lodge. And he smote Peter on 
the syde/ and ^ steryd him vppe sayinge : aryse vppe quycly. 
And the cheynes fell of from his hondes, and the angell sayd 
vnto him : g^Tde thy silfe and bynde on thy "^ sandalles/ And 
so he dyd. And he sayd vnto hym : cast on thy ^mantle 
aboute the/ and folowe me. And he cam oute and folowed 
him/ and wist not/ that it was truth which was done by the 
angell/ butt thought he had sene a vision. When they were 
past the fyrst and the seconde watche/ they cam vnto the 
yeron gate/ thatt ledeth vnto the cite/ which opened to them by 
his awne accorde. And they went oute and passed thorowe 
won stret/ and by and by the angell departed from hym. 

And when Peter was come to hym silfe/ he sayde : nowe 
I knowe off a surety/ that the lorde hath sent his angell/ and 
hath delyvered me from the honde off Herode/ and from all 
the waytynge fore of the people of the iewes. And as he 
consydred the thynge/ he came to the housse of Mary the mo- 
ther of one Jhon/ which ^ was called marke also/ where many 
were gaddered to gedder in prayer. As Peter knocked at 
the entry dore/ a damsell cam forth to herken/ named Rhoda. 
And when she knewe Peters voyce/ she openned nott the en- 
try for gladnes/ but ran in and tolde howe Peter stode before 
the entrey. And they sayd vnto her : thou arte mad. i^ and 
she bare them doune that hit was even so. Then sayde they : 
it is hys angell Peter contynued knockynge. When they 
had openned the dore/ and sawe him/ they were astonyd. 
He bekened vnto them with his honde to holde their peace/ 

1 But it was Easter, Cov. 2 Swete bread, T. M. Cr. Bps. 

3 Earnest prayer was made of the, etc, Gen. '*Came upon them, Gen. 
s Habitation, Cr. House, Gen. Preson, Bjjs. ^ Waked, Cov. 

Raised, GeTi. "^ Shoes, Cov. ^ Ga-rment, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^Af- 

ter his surname was called Marke, Cov. ^° And she abode by it, 

Cop. Yet she affirmed, Cr, Gen, Bps. G, adds— constantly. 



i^o. c):):bfif. ©t)e ^cUs of tj)e ^jostles. 

as he dyd vnto us/ when we beleved on the lorde Jesus Christ : ' 
what was I that I ^ shulde have withstoude God ? when they 
herde this/ they helde their peace and gloryfied God/ saynge : 
Then hath God also to the gentylles graunted repentaunce 
unto lyfe. 

The which were scattryd abroade thorowe the affliccion that 
arose aboute Steven/ walked thorowe oute tyll they cam vnto 
Phenices and Cypers and Antioche/ preachynge the worde 
to no man/ butt vnto the iewes only. Some off them were 
men off Cypers and off Syrene/ which when they were come 
into Antioche/ spake vnto the grekes/ and preached the lorde 
Jesus. And the honde off the Lorde was with them/ and 
a greate nombre beleved and turned vnto the lorde. 

Tydynges off this cam vnto the eares off the congregacion/ 
which was in Jerusalem/ and they sent forthe Barnabas that 
he shulde go vnto Antioche. Which when he was come/ and 
had sene the grace off the lorde/ was glad/ and exhorted them 
all/ thatt with purpose off hertt they woulde ^ continually 
cleave vnto the lorde. For he was a perfaicte man/ and full of 
the holy goost and off faithe. And moche people ^^ was ad- 
ded vnto the lorde. Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus/ for 
to soke Saul/ and when he had founde him/ he brought him 
vnto Antioche. Yt chaunsed thatt a whole yere they ^^ had 
their conversacion with the congregacion there/ and taught 
moche people in somoche thatt the disciples ^^ off Antioche 
wer the fyrst that wer called Christen. 

In those dayes cam prophetes from Jerusalem vnto Anti- 
oche/ Ther stode vppe won off them named Agabus/ and sig- 
nified by the sprete/ that there shulde be grett derth through- 
,oute all the worlde/ which cam tu passe ^^ in the emproure Clau- 
dius dayes. Then the disciples every man accordinge to his ha- 
bilite/ purposed to sende ^^ socour vnto the brethren which dwelt 
in iewry/ whych thynge they also did/ and sent it to the sen- 
iours/ by the hondes of Barnabas and Saul. 

K'ife pj. ©fjapter. 

IN that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne 
of the congregacion/ to vexe them. He kylled James the 
brother off Jhon with a swerde : and be cause he sawe that it 

8 Could let God, Gen. ^ Continue in, Cov. ^° Joined them- 

selves, Gen. '"^ Were conversant with, Cr. Gen. ^^ Were first 

called Christians m Antiochia, Gen. ^^ Under [In the days of, B.] 
Claudius Caesar, Gen. Bps. ^^ An hand reaching, Cov. 



ffii)e ^ctes of t|)e Apostles. ®|). r^f. 

pleased the iewes/ he preceded forther/ to take Peter also. 
^ Then wer the dayes of ^ vnlevended breed/ and when he 
had caught him/ he put hym in preson/ and deljrvered hym 
to iiij. quaternions off soudiers to be kepte/ entendynge after 
ester to brynge hym forth to the people. Then was Peter 
kepte in preson. But ^ prayer was made with out ceasynge 
off the congregacion vnto god for hym. When herod wolde 
have brought hym oute vnto the people/ the same nyght slepte/ 
Peter bitwene ij. soudiers/ bounde with two chaynes/ And the 
kepers before the dore kepte the preson. 

And beholde the angell off the lord ^ was there present/ 
and a light shyned in the ^ lodge. And he smote Peter on 
the syde/ and ^ steryd him vppe sayinge : aryse vppe quycly. 
And the cheynes fell of from his hondes. and the angell sayd 
vnto him : gyrde thy silfe and bynde on thy "^ sandalles/ And 
so he dyd. And he sayd vnto hym : cast on thy ^ mantle 
aboute the/ and folowe me. And he cam oute and folowed 
him/ and wist not/ that it was truth which was done by the 
angell/ butt thought he had sene a vision. When they were 
past the fyrst and the seconde watche/ they cam vnto the 
yeron gate/ thatt ledeth vnto the cite/ which opened to them by 
his awne accorde. And they went oute and passed thorowe 
won stret/ and by and by the angell departed from hym. 

And when Peter was come to hym silfe/ he sayde : nowe 
I knowe off a surety/ that the lorde hath sent his angell/ and 
hath delyvered me from the honde off Herode/ and from all 
the waytynge fore of the people of the iewes. And as he 
consydred the thynge/ he came to the housse of Mary the mo- 
ther of one Jhon/ which ^ was called marke also/ where many 
were gaddered to gedder in prayer. As Peter knocked at 
the entry dore/ a damsell cam forth to herken/ named Rhoda. 
And when she knewe Peters voyce/ she openned nott the en- 
try for gladnes/ but ran in and tolde howe Peter stode before 
the entrey. And they sayd vnto her : thou arte mad. i^ and 
she bare them doune that hit was even so. Then sayde they : 
it is hys angell, Peter contynued knockynge. When they 
had openned the dore/ and sawe him/ they were astonyd. 
He bekened vnto them with his honde to holde their peace/ 

1 But it was Easter, Cov. 2 Swete bread, T. M. Cr. Bps. 

3 Earnest prayer was made of the, etc, Gen. ^ Came upon them, Gen. 
* Habitation, Cr. House, Gen. Preson, Bps. ^ Waked, Cov. 

Raised, Gen. '' Shoes, Cov. ^ Garment, Cr. Gen. Bps. ® Af- 
ter his surname was called Marke, Cov. ^'^ And she abode by it, 
Cov. Yet she affirmed, Cr. Gen, Bps. G. adds — constantly. 



ifo. cpxfi:. S:i)e Slctes of t!)e i^ijostlesf. 

and tolde them by what meanes the lorde had brought hym 
oute of preson. And sayde : goo shewe thys vnto James and 
to the brethren. And he departed and went into another place. 

As sone as ytt was daye there was i^ not lytell a doo amonge 
the soudiers/ what was becum off Peter. When Herode had 
12 called for hym/ and founde him not/ he examyned the ke- 
pers/ and commaunded ^^ to departe. And he descended from 
Jewry to Cesarea/ and there abode. Herode i"* was displeas- 
ed with them off Tyre and Sydon. And they cam all at once/ 
and 15 made inteicession vnto blastus the kynges chamberlein/ 
and desired peace/ because their countrey was noiysshed be 
the kynges londe. Apon a daye apoynted/ i^ the kynge 
arayed hym in royall apparell/ and set hym in his ^'^ seate/ 
and made an oracion vnto them. And the people gave a 
shute/ sayinge : ^^It is the voyce of a god and not of a man. 
And immediatly the angell of the lorde smote him/ be cause 
he gave not God the honoure/ and he was eatyn of wormes/ 
and gave vppe the goost. 

The worde of God grewe and multiplied. And Barnabas 
and Saul returned ^^ to Jerusalem/ and ^o fulfilled their oflSce/ 
and toke with them Jhon/ which was also called Marcus. 

S^|)e irfif. Ctlajjter, 

nnHERE were at antioche/ in the congregacion/ prophetes 
-*- and 1 doctours/ as Barnabas and Symon/ called Nyger/ 
And lucius of cerene/ and Manahen ^ Herode the tetmrkes 
norsfelowe/ and Saul. As they ^ served God/ and fasted/ 
The holy gost sayd : seperat me Barnabas and Saul/ for the 
worke where vnto I have called them» Then fasted they and 
prayed/ and put their hondes on them/ and lett them goo* 
And they after they were sent of the holy gost/ cam vnto se- 
leutia/ and from thence they sayled to Cyprus. And wheA 
they wer come to salamine/ they ^ shewed the worde off god 
in the sinagoges/ vnto the iewes. And they had Jhon to their 
minister. 

When they had gone over all the yle vnto the cite of Pa- 
li No small trouble, Gew. ^^ Sought, Cr. Gen. Bjys. ^^ Them 
to be caryed away, Cov. T.M. Cr. Bps. Them to be punished, Gen. 
1* Intended to make warre against. Gen. ^^ Ferswaded Blastus, Gen, 
16 Herode, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. i' Judgment-seat, Cr, Gen., 

18 The voice of God, Gen. i^ From, Gen. ^ Delivered the 

hand-reaching, Cov. i Teachers, Ml the Vers. * Which 

had been brought up [nourished up, J?.] with Herode, Gen. Bps. 
' Ministred to the Lorde, All the Vers. ^ Preached j Gen. Bps. 



as-*? 

t!i\)e Slctes ot t\)e Apostles. <t% pfff. 

plios/ they founde a certayne sorsereiv a falce pl'ophet which 
was a iewe/ named Bariesu/ which was with the ^ rueler off 
the countre won Sergius Paulus a prudent man. the same ru- 
ler called vnto hym Barnabas and Saul/ and desired to heare 
tlie worde of god The Sorserar Elemas (for so was his name 
by interpretacion) with stode them/ and sought to turne awaye 
the rueler from the faith. Then Saule which also is called 
Paul beinge full off the holy goost/ set hys eyes on hym/ and 
sayde : O full off all sutelte and ^ disseytfulnes the chylde off 
the devyll/ and the enemye of all righteousnes ''' thou ceasest 
not to pervert the strayght wayes off the lorde. And nowe 
beholde the honde off the lorde is upon the/ and thou shalt be 
blinde and not se the sunne for a season/ And immediatly fell 
on hym a myste and a darknes/ And he went about sekynge/ 
them that shulde leade hym by the honde. Then the rueler 
when he sawe what had hapened/ beleved/ and ^ wondred at 
the doctryne of the lorde. 

When Paule and they that were with hym/ had ^ shypped 
from Paphus/ they cam to Perga a cite of Pamphilia. There 
departed Jhon from them/ and returned to Jerusalem. Butt 
^^they wandred thorowe the countres/ from Perga to Antioche 
a cite in the countre of Pisidia/ and went in to the synagoge 
on the saboth daye/ and sate doune. After the lectur of the 
lawe and the prophetes/ the ruelers of the synagoge sent vnto 
them saynge : Ye men and brethren/ yf ye have eny i^ ser- 
mon to exhorte the people/ say on 

Paul stode vppe and beckened with his honde and sayde : 
Men off Israhel/ and ye that feare God/ geve audience. The 
(^od off this people ^^ chose oure fathers/ and exalted the peo- 
ple/ when they dwelt ^^ [as straungers] in the londe of Eg}'pt/ 
and with a ^^ mighty arme brought them outt off it/ and aboute 
the tyme off .xl. yeares suffred he their manors in the wilder- 
nes. And destroyed vij. nacions in the londe of Canaan/ and 
devided their londe to them by Lott. And afterwarde he gave 
vnto them iudges aboute the space of .iiij c. and .1. yeres vnto 
the tyme off Samuel the prophet. And after that they desyr- 
ed a kynge/ and God gave vnto them Saul the sonne off Cis/ 
a man off the tribe of Beniamin/ by the space off xl. years. 

= Deputie, Gen. Bps. \^o post.'] ^ All mischiefe, Gen. Bps. 

"> Wilt thou not cease to pervert the straite [ryghte, 5 ] Cr. Gen. Bps. 
s Was astonied, Gen. ^ Departed by shippe, Gov. T. M. Gen. De- 
parted, Bps. 10 When they departed from Per^, they came, Gen. 
Bps. " Word of exhortation for, Gen. Worde to exhorte, Bps. 
'? Gen. Bps. add— of Israel. i3 Gen. omits. i4 Hye, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

W* 



jfo. c):):)r. S^lje 0ctcs of tfje ^postlesr. 

And after he had ^^ putt hym doune/ he set vppe David to be 
their kynge/ ^^ to whome he gave witnes/ saynge : I have 
founde David the sonne of Jesse/ a man after myne awne 
hertz he he ^^ shall fulfyll all my will. 

Of this manes sede hath God (according to his promes) 
1^ brought forth to the people off Israel a savour/ vi^on Jesus/ 
when Jhon had fyrst preached before his commynge the bap- 
tim off repentaunce to ^^ Israhel. When Jhon had fulfylled 
his course/ he sayde : ^^ Whome ye thynke that I am ? ^^ the 
same am I not/ but beholde there cometh won after me/ whose 
shewes of his fete I am not worthy to lose. 

Ye men and brethren/ childeren oft the generacion of Abra- 
ham/ and whosoever amonge you feareth God/ to you is this 
worde of helth sent. The inhabiters of Jerusalem/ and their 
ruelers because they knewe hym nott/ nor yet the ^^ voyces 
of the prophetes which are redde every saboth daye/ have ful- 
fylled them in condempnynge hym And when they founde 
no cause of deeth in hym/ yet desired they Pilate ^^ to kyll 
him. And when they had fulfylled all that were written of 
hym/ they toke hym doune from the tree and putt him in a 
sepulcre : But God raysed him agayne from deeth/ 24 and he 
was sene many dayes of them/ which cam with hym from 
galile to Jerusalem which are his witnesses vnto the people. 

And we declare vnto you/ ^^ howe that the promes made 
vnto the fathers/ god hath nowe fulfylled vnto vs the children/ 
in that he reysed vppe Jesus agayne/ even as it is written in 
the 26 fyrste psalme : Thou arte my sonne/ this same daye be- 
gat I the. As concernynge that he so reysed hym vppe from 
deeth/ nowe no more to returne to ^7 corrupcion/ he sayd on 
this wyse : ^8 The holy promyses made to David I will kepe 
faithfully. Wherfore he saith also in another place : Thou 
shallt not sofFre thy ^9 saincte to se corrupcion. For David 
after he had ^o in his tyme fulfilled the will of god/ he slepte/ 

^* Taken bim away, Gen. Removed him, Bps. ^^ Of whom he 

reported, T. M. Cr. Bps. ^^ Will doe all things that I will, Gen. 

^^ Raised up to Israel the Saviour Jesus, Gen. ^^ Gen Bps. add — 
all the people of. ^^ I am not he that ye take me for, Cov. 

*' I am not he, Gen. Bj)s. ^2 Wordes, Gen. ' ^3 That he shulde 

be slaine, Bps. ^ Cr. adds — (the thyrd day.) ^ Bps. adds — 

glad tidinges. ^ Seconde, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^7 The grave. Gen. 

^^ The grace promised to David will I faithfully keep unto you, Cov. 
I will give you the holy things of David which are faithful, Gen. 
Bps. 29 Holy one. Ml the Vers. ^ In his time served, eto. 

Cov. Served bis time by the counsell [will, i?.] of God, Gen. Bps. 



... ^- '-ss I 

a!t)e 0cte» of tfje 0j)ostle:^. ffif). r^iU 

and was layd with hys fathers/ and sawe corrupcion. Butt he 
whom god reysed agayne/ sawe no corrupcion. 

Be hit knowne vnto you therfore ye men and brethren/ that 
thorowe this man is preached vnto you the forgevenes of sinnes/ 

31 And by him are all that beleve iustified from all thynges 
from the which ye coulde nott be iustified by the lawe off Mo- 
ses. Be ware therfore lest that fall on you/ which is spoken 
off in the prophetes : Beholde ye despisers/ and wonder/ and 

32 perishe ye : for I do a worke in youre dayes/ which ye 
shall not beleve/ 33yf a man wolde declare it you. 

When 34 the Jewes wer gone oute of the 35 Sinagog/ the 
gentyls besought them that they wolde preache 36 the worde of 
god to them 37 bitwene the saboth dayes. When the congrega- 
cion was broken vppe/ many of the iewes and 38 verteous pro- 
selites folowed Paul and Barnabas/ which spake to them and 
exhorted them to continue in the grace off God. And the 
nexte saboth daye cam Almoste the whole cite to gedder to 
heare the worde off God. When the iewes sawe the people/ 
they were full off 39 indignacion and spake agaynst those 
thinges which wer spoken off Paul/ ^o They spake agaynst it/ 
and dispraysed it/ raylinge on it. Then Paul and Barnabas 
wexed bolde/ and sayde : ^^ it was mete that the worde off 
God shulde fyrst have bene preached to you/ Butt seinge ye 
putt it from you/ and ^2 thynke youre selfes on worthy off ever- 
lastynge lyfe/ loo/ we tourne to the gentyls. For so hath the 
lorde commaunded vs : I have made the a lyght to the gen- 
tyls/ that thou be helth vnto the ende of the worlde. 

The gentyls herde/ and were glad and glorified the worde 
of the lorde/ and beloved even as many as wer ordened vnto 
eternall lyfe. And the worde off the lorde was "^3 puplisshed 
thorowe oute all the region. Butt the iewes moved the ^^ wor- 
shypfull and ^5 honorable women/ and the chefe men of the 
cite. And reysed persecucion agaynst Paul and Barnabas/ 
And expelled them oute off their costes. But they shuke of 

^^ And from all things whereby ye might not be justified in the law 
of Moses. But whosoever belie veth on this man is justified, Cov. 
2^ Vanish away, Gen. ^^ Though a man declare it to you plainly, 

Bps. ^ They w^ere come out of the synagogue of the Jews, Gen. 
Bps. 35 Congregation, Cr. ^6 These wordes [The worde, T.M. 
C] to them, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ The Saboth folowy nge, Tar. 

The next Saboth, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Proselytes that feared God, Gm. 
3^ Envie, Gen. '*° Speaking against [Contrarying, G. Against it, 

C] and ray ling on it, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. *^ It behoved, Cov. 

It was necessary, Gen. Bps. ^^ Judge, Gen. ^"^ Spread abroad, 

Cov. 44 Devoute, Cr. Gen. Bps. "s Honest, Cr. Bps. [So 

ch. xvii. 12.] 



J^o. t^K^y:], 5rt>e ^ctcs of tl)e Stpostles. 

the duste of their fete agaynst them/ and cam vnto Iconium. 
And the disciples wer fylled with ioye and with the holy goost. 

Crtje piif. ®l)aa)ter. 

XT IT fortuned in iconium that they went both to gedder in to 
•^•*" the Sinagoge of the iewes/ and so spake/ that a gret mul- 
titude both off the iewes and also oif the grekes beloved. Butt 
the unbelevinge iewes/ steryd vppe and lynquyeted the 
myndes off the gentyles agaynste the brethren. Longe time 
a bode they their and ^ quit them selves boldly with the helpe 
of the lorde/ the which gave testimony vnto the worde off hys 
grace/ and causyd signes and wonders to be done by their 
hondes. The people off the cite were devided : and ^ parte 
helde with the iewes/ and parte wyth the apostles. 

When there ^ was a saute made both of the gentyls and also 
of the iewes with their rulers/ to ^ put them to shame and to 
stone them/ they wer ware of it/ and fled vnto listra and derba/ 
cites ofFLicaonia/ and vnto the region that lyeth rounde aboute/ 
and there preached the gospell.^ And there sate a certayne 
man at listra '^ weake in his fete/ beinge ^ halt from his mo- 
thers woombe/ and never walkyd. The same herde Paul 
preache/ which behelde hym and perceaved that he had faith 
to be 9 whole/ and sayd with a loude voyce : stonde vppe right 
on thy fete. And he i^stert vppe/ and walked, when the 
people sawe what Paul had done/ they lifte vp their voyces/ 
sayinge in the speache of Lycaonia : Goddes are come doune 
to vs in the lyknes off men. And they called Barnabas/ Ju- 
piter/ And Paul Mercurius/ be cause he was the ^^ preacher. 
Then Jupiters preste/ which dwelt before their cite/ brought 
^2 oxen and garlondes vnto the ^^ churche porche/ and wolde 
have done sacrifise with the people. 

When the apostles/ Barnabas and Paul herde that/ they rent 
their clothes/ and ran in amonge the people/ cryinge and say- 
inge : 1^ Syrs/ why do ye this } We are ^^ men lyke vnto 

^ Corrupted, Gen. Bps. ^ Spake boldly in the Lorde, Gen. 

^ Some were with, etc. and some, Gen. ^ Rose up an insurrec- 

tion, Gov. ^ Do them violence, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Ci . adds — 

and all the multitude was moved at their doctrine, but Paul and Bar- 
nabas taryed styl at Lystra. ' Impotent, Gen. ® A creple, 
Ml the Vers. ^ Healed, Gen. '^^ Sprang up, Cov. Leaped up, 
Gen. " Chiefe speaker, Gen. jB/?5. '^ Bulles, Gen. ^^ Porche, 
Cr. Gates, Gen. Door, 5/)5. '* O men. Gen. ^^ Mortal men, 
T. M. Cr. Bps. Men subject to the like passions that ye be, Gen, 



■1^3 

E'^t ^ct« of t|)e glpostle«. €^. y^. 

you/ and preache vnlo you/ that ye shulde turne from these 
^^ vanities vnto the lyvynge god/ which made heven erth and 
the see and all that in them is/ the which in times past suffred 
all ^"^ nacions to walke in their owne wayes. Neverthelesse 
he lefte not hym silfe with outen witnes/ in that ^^ he shewed 
his benefaictes/ in gevynge vs rayne from heven and frutfull 
ceasons/ fyUinge oure hertes with fode and gladnes. And 
with these sayinges/ scase refrayned they the people/ thatt 
they had not done sacrifice vnto them. 

Thether cam certayne iewes from Antioch and Iconium/ 
and 19 optayned the peoples consent and stoned Paul/ and 
drew hym oute of the cite/ supposynge he had bene deed. 
As the disciples stode rounde aboute hym/ he arose vppe and 
cam into the cite. And the nexte daye departed with Barnabas 
to Derba. After they had preached to that cite, and taught 
many/ they returned agayne to Listra/ and to Iconium and 
Antioche/ and ^o strengthed the disciples soules/ exhortinge 
them to continue in the faith/ affyrminge that we muste throwe 
^1 moche adversite entre into the kyngdom of god. And when 
they had ordened them seniours by eleccion in every congre- 
gacion/ after they had preyde and fasted/ they commended 
them to 22 god on whom they beleved. 

And they went over all Pisidia and cam into pamphilia/ and 
when they had preached the worde of god in perga/ they de- 
scended in to Attalia/ and thence ^3 departed by shippe to An- 
tioche/ from whence they ^4 wer delyvered vnto the gmce of 
god/ to the worke whiche they had fulfilled. When they wer 
come and had gaddered the congregacion to gedder/ they re- 
harsed all that god had done by them/ and howe he had open- 
ed the dore of faith vnto the gentyls. And there they abode 
longe tyme with the disciples. 



2r|)c vb. ^ijajjter. 



A 



ND there cam certayne from iewry and taught the breth- 
ren : excepte ye be circumcysed after the manor of Mo- 
ses ye can not be saved. Then i arose there dissencion and 



16 Vaine idols, Gen. " The Gentiles, Gen. is He shew- 

ed his benefits from heaven, in giving us raine. Or. Bps. He did goode 
and gave us. Gen. i^ When they had persuaded the people, Gen. 

Bps. 20 Confirming the disciples hearts. Gen. 21 Much 

tribulation, T. M. Cr. Bps. Many afflictions. Gen. 22 The Lorde, 
Cr. Gen. Bps, «3 Sailed, Gen. ^ Were committed, Cr. Bps. 

Had been commended, Geji, > There was great dissension, etc. Gen. 



disputynge not a little vnto Paul and Barnabas agaynste them. 
And they ^ determined that Paul and Barnabas and certayne 
other of them shulde ascende to Jerusalem vnto the apostles 
and seniours aboute this question. ^ After they were brought 
on their waye by the congregacion/ they passed over Pheni- 
ces and Samaria/ declarynge the ^ conversacion off the gen* 
tyls/ and they brought gret ioye vnto all the brethren. When 
they were come to Jerusalem they were receaved of the con- 
gregacion and of the apostles and seniours. And they de- 
clared what thynges God had done by them. Then arose 
there vppe certayne of the secte of the pharises/ which dyd 
beleve sayinge thatt itt was nedfull to circumcise them and to 
s mioyne them to kepe the ]awe of Moses. The apostles and 
seniours cam to gedder to ^ reason of this matter. 

When there was moche disputynge/ Peter rose vppe and 
sayd vnto them : Ye men and brethren/ ye knowe howe that 
a goode while agoo/ God chose "^ amonge vs that the gentyls 
by my mouthe shulde here the worde off the gospell and be- 
leve. And God which knoweth the herte/ bare ^ them witnes/ 
and gave vnto them the holy gost even as he dyd vnto vs/ 
• And he putt no difference betwene them and vs/ ^and with 
fayth purified their hertes. Nowe therfore why tempte ye 
God/ thatt ye wolde putt a yoke on the disciples neckes which 
nether oure fathers nor we were able to beare : Butt we be- 
leve thatt thorow the grace of the Lorde Jesu Christ we shalbe 
saved as they doo. Then all the multitude ^^ was peased and 
gave audience to Barnabas and Paul which tolde what signes 
and wondres God had shewed amonge the gentyls by them. 

As sone as they helde their peace/ James answered sayinge : 
Men and brethren herken vnto me/ Simeon tolde howe God 
^1 at the beginninge ^^ dyd visit the gentyls/ ^^ and receaved of 
them people vnto his name, and to this agreith the wordes of 
the prophetes/ as it is written : After this I will returne/ and 
will bylde agayne the tabernacle of David which is fallen 
doune/ and ^^ that wich is fallen in dekey of it will I bilde a 
gayne and I will set it vppe/ that the residue of men myght 

2 Ordeined, Cov. Gen. ^ Thus being sent forth, Gen, * Con- 
version, T.M. Cr. Gen. ^ Command, Gen.Bps. ® Look to, Gen. 
Consider, Bps. "^ Gen. adds— out me. ^ Witnesse over them, 

Cov. ^ Seeing that with fayth, he, etc. Cr. After that by faith, he, 
etc. Gen. i° Kept silence and hearde [Gave audience to, B], Gen. 
Bps. " First, Gen. ^^ Visited to receive a people unto his name 
from among the heathen, Cov. ^^ To receive of them, Cr. Bps. 

To take of them, Gen. ^* The ruins thereof, Gen, 



2ri)e ^ctes of t|)e 0postle«f. ®t>. ifit, 

seke after the Lorde/ and also the gentyls vppon whom my 
name is called on sayth the lorde/ which doth all these thynges : 
knowne vnto God are all hys werkes from the beginninge of 
the worlde. Wherfore my sentence is/ that we trouble not 
them which of the gent}'ls are turned to God : but that we 
write vnto them that they abstayne them selves from filthines 
of ymages/ from fornicacion/ from stranglyd/ and from bloude. 
For Moses of olde tyme in every cite hath them that preache 
hym/ and he is reede in the synagoges every saboth daye. 

Then ^^ pleased it the apostles and seniours with the whole 
congregacion to send chosyn men of their owne company to 
Antioche with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called 
also Barsabas and Silas which were chefe men among the 
brethren and i^ gave them letters in their hondes after this 
manor. 

The apostles/ seniours and brethren ^"^ send gretynges vnto 
the brethren which are of the gentyls in Antioche Siria and 
cilicia/ For as moche as we have herde thatt certayne wich 
departed from vs/ have troubled you with wordes/ and com- 
bred 3^oure myndes sayinge : Ye must be circumcised/ and 
kepe the lawe/ to whom we gave no soche commaundment. 
It semed therfore to vs a good thynge/ when we were come 
to gedder with won accorde/ to sende chosyn men vnto you/ 
with oure beloved Barnabas and Paul/ men that have ^^ ieop- 
erded theyre lives/ for the name of oure lorde Jesus Christ. 
We have sent therfore Judas and Sylas/ which shall alsoo tell 
you the same thynges by mouth. For hitt semed goode to 
the holy gost and to vs to ^^ putt no grevous thynge to you 
more then these necessary thynges/ that is to saye that ye ab- 
stayne from thynges offered vnto the ymages/ from bloud/ 
from strangled/ and fornicacion. From which if ye kepe 
youre selves/ ye shall do well. Soo fare ye well. 

when they were departed/ they cam to Antioche and gad- 
dred the multitude to gedder and delivered the pistle. When 
they had redde it/ they reioysed off that consolacion. Judas 
and Sylas beinge prophetes/ exhorted the people ^^ with moche 
preachynge/ and strengthed them. After they hadde tar^^ed 
there a certayne space/ they were lett goo in peace off the 
brethren vnto the apostles. Notwithstondynge it pleasyd Sy- 
las to abyde there still. Paul and Barnabas continued in An- 

^= It seemed good to, Gen. ^^ Wrote letters by them, Gen. Bps. 

" Wish health, Gov. ^^ Given up, Gen. ^^ Charge you with 

no more, etc. Cr. Lay no more [no greater, B.] burthen upon you, 
Gen. Bps. ^ With many words, Gen. 



Jfo. cprjrffi. 2ri)e Stctes of ttje SIpostlcs, 

tioche teachynge/ and preachynge the worde of the lorde 
whith other many. 

Butt after a certayne space Paul sayde vnto Barnabas : Lett 
vs goo agayne and visite our brethren in every cite/ where we 
have 21 shewed the worde of the lorde' and se howe they do. 
Barnabas gave counsell/ to take with them Jhon called also 
Marke : But Paul 22 thought it not mete to take him vnto theyr 
company whiche departed from them at Pamphylia/ and went 
nott with them to the worke. ^3 goo sharp was the ^4 dissen- 
cion bitwene them/ that they departed asunder won from the 
other. And Barnabas toke Marke and sayled vnto Cypers, 
Paul chose Sylas and departed ^5 delivered off the brethren 
vnto the grace of God. And he went thorowe all Cyria and 
Cilicia/ stablisshynge the congregacions.^^ 



npHEN cam he to Derba and to Listra/ and beholde a cer- 
■^ tayne discyple was there named Thimotheus a womans 
Sonne whych was a iewas and beleved/ but his father was a 
greke of whom reported well the brethren of Listra/ and Icon- 
ium. Paul wolde thatt he shulde goo forth with hym/ and 
toke and circumcised hym because of the iewes which were 
in those quarters/ for they knewe all thatt his father was a 
greke. As they went thorow the cites/ they delivered them 
the 1 decrees for to kepe/ ^ ordeyned off the apostles and sen- 
iours which were at Jerusalem. So were the congregacions 
stablisshed in the faith/ and encreased in noumbre dayly. 

When they had goone thorowe out Phrigia and the region 
of Galacia/ and were forbidden off the holy goost to preach ^ in 
Asia/ they cam to Misia/ and sought to goo into Bethinia/ and 
the sprete soffered them not. When they had gone over Misia/ 
they cam doune to Troada and a vision apered to Paul in the 
nyght. There stode a man off Macedonia and prayed hym 
saynge : Come into Macedonia and helpe vs. After he had 
sene the vision immediately we prepared to goo into Mace- 
donia ^ certified that the lorde had called vs forto preache the 

2> Preached, Gen. Uttered, Bps. 22 Would not take, Cr. Bps. 

^ Then were they so stirred, Gen. 24 Contention, Cr. Bps. 

^' Committed, Gov. Cr. Bps. Commended, Gen. ^6 (j^ ^dds — 

commandyng to keepe the precepts of the Apostles and Elders. — 
^ Sentence, Cor. ^ Concluded, Gov. -^ All the Vers, add — the 

worde. * Being assured, Gen. Gathering by conference, Bps. 



a -7 

a:t)e ^ctes of tt)e apostles. ^% i:bf. 

gospell vnto them. Then - losed we forth from Troada/ and with 
a strayght course cam we to Samothracia/ the nexte daye to 
Neapolim/ and from thence to PhUippos/ which is the chefest 
cite in the parttes of Macedonia ^ a fre cite. 

We were in that cite abidinge a certayne dayes/ and on the 
saboth dayes we went oute of the cite besydes a river where 
men were wont to praye/ and we sate doune and spake vnto 
the women which thither resorted. And a certayne woman 
named Lidia/ a seller off purple/ of the cite off Thiatira which 
worshypped God/ "^ gave vs audience/ whose hert god openned 
that she attended vnto the thynges which Paul spake. When 
she was baptised/ and her houssolde/ she besought vs sayinge : 
Yf ye ^ thynke thatt I beleve on the lorde come into my 
housse/ and abide there. And she constrayned vs. 

Hit fortuned as we went to prayer/ a certayn dam sell ^ pos- 
sessed with a sprete ^^ that prophesyed met vs/ which brought 
^1 her master and mastres moche vauntage with ^'^ prophesy- 
inge. The same followed Paul and vs sayinge : These men 
are the servauntes of the most hye god/ which shewe vnto vs 
the waye of helth. And this did she many deyes. Butt Paul 
13 nott content turned about and sayd to the sprete : I com- 
maunde the in the name off Jesu Christ that thou come out off 
her. and he cam out the same houre. 

When her master and mastres sawe that the hope of their 
gaynes was gone/ they caught Paul and Silas/ and brought 
them into the market place vnto the ^'^ ruelars/ and delivered 
them to the ^^ officers sayinge : These men trouble oure cite/ 
wliich are iewes and ^^ shewe newe decrees/ which are nott 
laufull for vs to receave/ nether to observe seinge we are re- 
mains. And the people ^^ ranne on them/ and the officers 
rent their clothes/ and commaunded them to be beaten with 
roddes/ and when they hadde beaten them sore/ they cast 
them into preson commaundynge the ioyler to kepe them sure- 
ly. Which when he had receaved suche commaundment 
thrust them into the inner preson/ and made their fete fast in 
the stockes. 

^ Went we, Gen. Being caryed, Bps. ^ Whose inhabitants 

came from Rome to dwell there, Gen. '''Hearkened to, Cov. 

Heard us, Gen. ^ Have judged me to be faithful to, etc. Gen. Bps. 
^ Having a spirit of divination. Gen. ^^ Of soothsaying, Bps. 

" Her maisters. Gen. Bps. [So vs. 19.] ^^ Divination, Gen. 

Soothsaying, Bps. ^^ Being grieved, Gen. ^* Magistrates, Gen. 
*^ Governours, Gen. [So post.] '" " ' " — -- 

Gen, Bps. ^^ Rose up together against, Gen. 
X 



JFo. cxvi^lh, Ef)t ^ctcs of tfit 0postle«. 

At mydnyght Paul and Silas prayed/ and 18 lauded god. 
and the presoners herde them. Sodenly there was a greate 
erth quake/ soo that the foundacion of the preson was shaken/ 
and by and by all the dores opened/ and every mannes bondes 
were lowsed. When the keper off the preson waked out off 
hys slepe/ and sawe the preson dores open/ he drue outt his 
swearde and wolde have killed hym silfe supposynge the pre- 
soners had bene fledde. Paul cryed with a lowde voyce say- 
inge : Do thy silfe no harme for we are all heare. 

He called for a light and sprange in/ and cam tremblynge/ 
and fell ^^ doune before PauU and Silas/ and brought them out 
and sayde/ Syrs what must I doo to be saved ? And they sayde : 
beleve on the lorde Jesus/ and thou shalt be saved and thy 
houssolde. And they preached vnto hym the worde of the 
lorde/ and to all that were in his housse. And he toke them 
the same houre off the nyght and wasshed their ^Owondes/ 
and was baptised with all that belonged vnto hym straight 
waye. When he had brought them into his housse/ he sett 
meate before them/ and ioyed 21 that he with all his houss- 
holde beleved on God. 

And when it was daye the officers sent the 22 ministers say- 
inge : Lett thoose men goo. The keper off the preson tolde 
this sayinge to Paul : the officers have sent worde to lose you. 
Now therfore gett you hence and goo in peace. Then sayde 
Paul vnto them : They have beaten vs openly vncondempned/ 
for all that we are Romans/ and have cast vs into preson : and 
nowe wolde they ^^ sende vs awaye prevely ? Naye ^"^ nott so/ 
butt lett them come them selves and fett vs out. The minis- 
ters tolde these wordes vnto the officers and they feared when 
they herde that they were Romans/ and cam and besought 
them and brought them out/ and desired them to departe out 
of the cite. They went out of the preson and entred into the 
housse of Lidia/ and when they had sene the brethren/ they 
comforted them and departed. 

A S they ^ made their iorney thorowe Amphipolis/ and Apo- 
-^ Ionia/ they cam to Thessalonica where was a sinagoge 



18 Sung a psalme to, Gen. ^^ At the feet of, Cov. 20 Stripes, 

Gen. ^^ With all his householde, that he was become a beleever 

on God, Cov. ^2 Sergeants, Gen. [So vs. 38.] ^3 Thrust 

[Put, G.] us out, Gen, Bps. ^ Verely, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Passed 
through, Gen. 



Srije ^ctes of tt)e Apostles. ©1). ):bfj, 

off the iewes. Paul as his maner was went in vnto them, 
and thre saboth dayes 2 declared of the scripture vnto them/ 
openynge and alegynge that Christ must nedes have suffered 
and rysen agayne from deeth. And ihatt this 3 Jesus was 
Christ/ whom (sayde he) I preache to you. And some off 
them beleved and cam and companyed with Paul and Silas. 
Also off the 4 honourable grekes a greate multitude/ and of 
the chefe women/ not a feawe. 

The ^ iewes which beleved not havynge mdignacion toke 
vnto them ^ evyll men wich were vagabondes/ and gadered a 
company/ and ''' sett all the cite on a roore/ and ^ made asaute 
vnto the housse off Jason/ and sought to brynge them out to 
the people/ and when they founde them not/ they drue Jason 
and certayne brethren vnto the heedes of the cite cryinge : 
These ^ that trouble the worlde are come bidder also/ which 
Jason hath receaved prevely. and these all do contrary to 
the '^^ ordinacions off Cesar/ affiirmynge another kynge/ won 
Jesus. And they troubled the people and the officers of the 
cite when they herde these thynges. And when they ^^ were 
sufficiently answered of Jason/ and of the other they lett them 
goo. 

The brethren immediatly sent awaye Paul/ and Silas by 
nyght vnto Berrea. When they were come thither they en- 
tred into the sinagoge off the iewes. These were ^^ the no- 
blest amonge them off Thessalonia/ which receaved the 
worde with all i^ diligence of mynde/ and searched the scrip- 
tures dayly whether those thynges were even soo. And ma- 
ny of them beleved/ and of worshipfull women which were 
grekes/ and off men not afeawe. When the iewes off thessa- 
lonia had knowledge that the worde off God was preached off 
Paul att berrea/ they cam thither and moved the people/ and 
then by and by the brethren sent awaye Paul to goo ^'^ vnto 
the see : butt Silas and Timotheus abode there still. They 
that 1^ gyded Paul brought hym vnto Attens/ and receaved a 

2 Spake unto them, Cov. Disputed with them out of, Gen. Bps. 
^ Is Jesus Christ, whom, etc. Gen. Bps. * Devout Greeks, Cr. 

Bps. Grecians that feared God, Gen. ^ Stiff-necked Jews, Cov. 

^ Certaine vagabonds and wicked fellowes [evyll men, ^.], Gen. Bps. 
' Made a tumult in the citie, Gen. ^ Pressed unto, Cov. ^ Are 
they which have subverted the state of the world and here they are, 
Gen. ^° Decrees, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Had received sufficient 

assurance. Gen. Had taken sufficient suertie, Bps. ^^ Eldest 

amonge, Cov. The nobleste of birthe among them, T. M. Cr. Bps. 
More noble men than they which were, etc. Gen. ^^ Readiness, 

Gen. Bps. ^^ T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. add— as it were. ^^ Did 

conduct, Gen. 



Jfo. c):ppb. 2ri)e ^ctes of tt)e apostles. 

commaundment vnto Silas and Timotheus forto come to hym 
1^ at once. And cam their waye. 

Whill Paul wayted for them at Attens/ hys sprete was mo- 
ved in hym to se the cite I'^geven to worshippinge of y mages. 
Then he disputed in the Sinagoge with the iewes/ and with 
18 the devout persones/ And in the market dayly wyth 19 them 
that cam vnto him.^^ Certayne philosophers of the Epicures/ 
and of the stoyckes desputed with hym. And some there 
were which sayde : what wyll thys babbler saye. O ther 
sayd : he semeth to be ^^ a tydynges brynger off newe ^^ de- 
vyls/ because he preached vnto them Jesus/ and the resurrec- 
cion/ and they toke hym/ and brought hym into ^3 Marce strete 
sayinge : maye we nott knowe what is thys newe doctrine 
wher off thou speakest. For thou bryngest straunge tydynges 
to oure eares. We wolde knowe therfore what these thynges 
meane. For all the Attenians an ^^ straungers whych were 
there ^ gave them selves to nothynge els/ but other to tell or 
to heare ^^ newe tydynges. 

Paul stode in the myddes of ^"^ Marce strete and sayde/ ye 
men of Attens/ I perceave that in all thynges ye are ^^ som- 
what supersticious. For as I passed by and behelde ^^ the 
manner howe ye worship youre goddes/ I founde an aultre 
where in was written : vnto the vnknowen god. Whom ye 
then ignorantly worship/ hym shewe I vnto you. God that 
made the worlde/ and all that are in it/ seynge that he is lorde 
offheven and erth/ he dwelleth nott in temples made with 
hondes nether is worshipped with mennes hondes/ as though 
he neded of eny thynge. For as moche as he geveth to all 
men lyfe and breth ^o every where/ and hath made of one 
bloud of all ^1 nacions off men/ for to dwell on all the face of 
the erthe. And hath ^2 asigned tymes apoynted before/ And 
the endes of their in habitacion/ that they shulde seke god/ 

^^ With spede, Cr. Bps. "^"^ Subjecte to idolatrie, Gen. ^^ Them 
that were religious, Gen. ^^ Whomsoever he met, Gen. ^o (^^ 

Bps. add — by chance. ^' A setter forthe of strange [new, B.'] 

gods, Gen. Bps. ^^ Gods, Cov. ^3 fj^j^g council! house, Cov. 

24 Straungers and guests, Cov. ^^ Had ley sure to, Bps. ^ Some 
newe thyng, Cr. Bps. Some news. Gen. ^7 ^he common place, 

Cov. ^ Too, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Your gods' service, 

Cov. Your devotions. Gen. ^° And all thinges, Gen. ^^ Man- 

kinde. Gen. ^^ Assigned borders, appoynted before how long 

and far they shoulde dwell, Cov. Assigned before, how long time, 
and also the endes, etc. T.M. Cr. Assigned the times which were or- 
deined before and the boundes, etc. Gen. Determined the times be>- 
fore appoynted and also the bounds, etc. Bps. 



EU ^ctes of m Apostles. €!). piih 

yf 33 they myght fele and fynde hym/ though 34 he be nott 
farre from every one oiF vs. For in hym we live/ move/ and 
have oure beynge/ as certayne of youre awne poetes sayde. 
For we are also his generacion. For as moche then as we 
are the generacion off God/ we ought nott to thynke that 
the godhed is lyke vnto golde/ silver/ 35 or stone/ graven by 
36 crafte and ymaginacion of man. 

And the tyme of this ignoraunce god 37 regarded nott : butt 
nowe he 38 biddeth all men every where repent/ be cause he 
hath apoynted a daye/ in the which he woll iudge 39 the 
worlde acordyng to rightewesnes/ by that man/ ^o whom he 
hath apoynted/ ^i and hath geven faith to all men/ '*^ after 
that he had raysed hym from deeth. 

When they herde off the resurrection from deth some mock- 
ed/ and other sayde : we will heare the agayne of this matter. 
So Paul departed from amonge them. Certayne men clave 
vnto Paul and beloved/ amonge the which was '^3 Dionisius 
44 a senatour/ and a woman named Damaris/ and other with 
them. 

A FTER that/ Paul departed from Attens/ and cam to Co- 
■^^- rinthum/ and founde a certayne iewe named Aquila/ 
borne in Ponthus/ latly come from Itali with his wyfe Priscil- 
la (be cause that ^ [the Emperour] Claudius had commanded 
all iewes to departe from Rome) and he drewe vnto them. 
And be cause he was of the same crafte he abode with them 
and wrought (their crafte was to make tentes) and he ^ preach- 
ed in the sinagoge every saboth daye/ And exhorted the iewes 
and the gentyls. 

When Silas and Timotheus wer come from macedonia 
Paul 3 was payned in the sprete/ as he testified to the iewes 
that Jesus was 4 Christ, when they ^ sayde contraiy and blas- 

3^ So be they might have groped after, Gen. Perhaps they might 
have felt and founde, Bps. ^^ Gen. adds — doubtless. '"^^ Or 

imagery work of the crafte, etc. Gov. ^ Arte and the invention 

of men, Gen. Arte and man's device, ^;;5. ^^ Hath overseen, 

Gov. Winked at, Bps. ^^ Admonisheth, Gen. ^ The com- 

passe of the world, Gov. ■^^ In whom, Gov. By whom, Gr. 

•*^ And hath olFered faith. Gov. T. M. Gr. Bps. Whereof he hath giv- 
en an assurance, etc. Gen. ^^ In that, Gen. Bps. ^ Denis 
Areopagita, Gen. Bps. ^ One of the council, Gov. ^ Gen. 
Bps. omit. 2 Disputed, Gen. Bps. ^ Was constrained by 
the spirite to testifye. Gov. T. M. Gr. Bps. Burned in spirite, Gen. 
* Gov. adds — very, ^ Resisted, Gen. 
X* 



jFo. c):):^bf. tH't^t ^ctes of t|)e ^postlest. 

phemed/ he shoke his rayment and sayde vnto them : youre 
bloud apon youre awne heeddes. ^ for hence forth I goo "^ 
vnto the gentyls/ and departed from thens/ and entred into a 
certayne manes housse named Justus which worshipped god. 
whose house ioyned harde to the sinagoge. Won Crisp us a 
ruelar of the Sinagoge beloved on the lorde with all hys 
housholde. And many of the Corrinthians gave audience and 
beleved/ and were baptised. 

Then spake the lorde to Paule in the nyght by a vision : be 
nott afrayde/ but speake/ and holde not thy peace : for I am 
with the/ and noo man shall ^ invade the that shall hurte the. 
For I have moche people in this cite. And he ^ rested there 
a yeare a sixe monethes/ and taught them the worde of God. 

When Gallio was '^^ ruelar of the countre of Acaia. The 
iewes ii made insurrection with one acorde agaynst Paul/ and 
brought him to the iudges seate saying: ^^This man teacheth 
to worship god contrary to the lawe. As Paul was about to 
open his mougth Gallio sayde vnto the iewes : yf itt were a 
matter off wronge/ or an evyll dede (o ye iewes) i^ reason 
wolde that I shulde ^^ heare you : but yf it be a question off 
wordes/ or off names/ or of youre lawe/ loke ye to it youre 
selves. For I ^^ wilbe noo iudge in soche maters/ and he- 
drave them from i^ his seate. Then toke all the grekes Sos- 
tenes ^"^ a ruelar of the sinagoge and smote him before the 
iudges seate. And Gallio cared for none of tho thynges. 

Paul after thys/ taried there yet a goode whyle/ and then 
toke his leave of the brethren/ and sayled thence into Ciria/ 
Priscilla and Aquila accompanyinge hym after thatt he had 
schorne his heed in Cenchrea. For he had a vowe. And he 
cam to Ephesus and lefte them there : but he him silfe entred 
into the sinagoge/ and ^^ reasoned with the iewes. When 
they desyred hym to taiy longer tyme with them/ he consent- 
ed nott/ butt bad them feare wele sayinge : I must nedes ^^ att 
this feast that commeth be in Jerusalem : but I will returne 
agayne vnto you yff God will. ^^ And departed from Ephe- 

^ Gen. add — I am cleane. "^ Cov. T. M. Cr. Bps. add — blame- 

lesse. ® Lay hands on thee, Gen. ^ Continued, Ml the Vers. 

^° Deputie, Gen. Bps. ^'^ Arose, Gen. ^^ This felow coun- 

selleth [perswadeth, G.], T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ I woulde ac- 

cording to reason maintain you, Gen. ^* Bear with, Bps. 

^' Tbinke not to be judge there over, Cov. ^^ The judgment-seat, 

Gen. Bps. ^^ The chiefe ruler. All the Vers. [So vs. 8.] »8 Djg. 

puted, Gen. ^^ Keepe this feast that commeth, etc. Gen. ^ So 
he sailed, etc. Gen. 



n,13 

B1)e Stctes of t])e Stpostles. €1). yip 

sus and cam vnto Cesarea : and ^i ascended and saluted the 
congregacion/ and departed vnto Antioche/ and when he had 
taried there a whyle/ he departed/ and ^ went over all the 
countre off Galacia and Phrigia by order/ strengthynge all 
the disciples. 

A certayne iewe named Apollos/ borne at Alexandria cam 
to Ephesus. An eloquent man/ and myghty in the scriptures. 
The same was 23 informed in the waye off the lorde/ and he 
spake fervently in the sprete/ and taught diligently the thynges 
off the lorde/ and knewe but the baptim of Jhon only. And 
began to speake boldely in the Sinagoge. When Priscilla 
and Aquila had herde hym : they toke hym vnto them/ and 
expounded vnto hym the waye off God more perfectly. 

When he was ^4 disposed to goo into Acaia/ the brethren 
exhorted hym therto/ and wrote vnto the disciples that they 
shulde receave hym. After he was come thither he holpe 
them moche/ which had beloved thorowe grace. And myght- 
ely he ^ overcam the iewes openly shewinge by the scriptures 
that Jesus was Christ. 

Ef^e pj:. <8:t)a|)ter. 

T T fortuned/ whill apollos was at Corinthum/ that Paul pas- 
-*- sed over the vpper costes/ and cam to Ephesus/ and founde 
certayne disciples and sayd vnto them : have ye receaved the 
holy gost after ye beleved ? And they sayde vnto him : ^ Noo/ 
nether have we herde yf there be eny holy gost or noo. And 
he sayd vnto them : ^ wher with were ye then baptised ? 
And they sayd : with Jhons baptim. Then sayde Paul : 
Jhon verely baptised with the baptim off repentaunce/ sayinge 
vnto the people that they shulde beleve on hym/ which shulde 
come after hym. That ys on Christ Jesus. When they 
herde that/ they were baptised in the name of the lorde Jesu/ 
and when Paul layde his hondes apon them/ the holy gost cam 
on them. And they spake with tonges and prophesied. All 
the men were aboute xij. 

And he went into the sinagoge/ and ^ behaved hym silfe 
boldely for the space of thre monethes/ ^ disputynge/ and 

21 Went up to Jerusalem, Gen. 22 Walked thro, Cov. ^ In- 

structed, Gen. 24 Minded, Gen. 25 Confuted publickly the 

Jews, with great vehemence. Gen. ^ We have not heard [G, 

adds — so much as] whether there be, Gen. Bps. 2 Unto what, 

Gen. Bps. ^ Spake boldly, Gen. Bps. * Teaching, Gov. 



JFo. t^^v^l]. 8^1)0 ^ctes of t|)e Apostles. 

5 gevynge them exhortacions of the kyngdom off God. When 
divers ^ wexed harde herted/ and beleved nott/ but spake evyll 
off the waye off the lorde before the muhitude : he departed 
from them/ And ^ severed the disciples awaye/ And ^ taught 
dayly in the scole off won called Tiranus. And this contin- 
ued by the space of two yeares. So that all they which dwelt 
in Asia herde the worde off the lorde Jesu/ bothe Jewes and 
grekes. And god wrought ^not smale myracles by the 
hondes of Paul. So that from his body were brought vnto the 
sicke/ 1^ napkyns or partlettes/ and the diseases and evyll 
spretes departed from them. 

Certayne of the vagabounde iewes ^^ exercistes/ ^^ toke apon 
them to call over them which had evyll spretes the name of 
the lorde Jesus sayinge : We adiure you by Jesu whom Paul 
preacheth. There wore seven sonnes off one Sceva ^^ a ruel- 
er off the sinagoge which did soo : and the evyll spiete an- 
swered and sayde : Jesus ^^ I knowe/ and Paul I knowe : but 
who are ye.-* And the man in whom the ^^ wicked devyll 
was/ ranne on them/ and overcam them/ and i^ prevayled 
agaynst them/ soo that they fledde out of the house naked and 
wonded. Thys was knowen to all the iewes and grekes also/ 
which dwelt at Ephesus/ and feare cam on them all. And 
they magnified the name of the lorde Jesus. 

And many that beleved cam/ and confessed and shewed 
their workes. Many of them which vsed curious ^"^ craftes/ 
brought their bokes and burned them before all men/ and they 
counted the price of them and founde it fifty thousande ^^ sil- 
verlynges. So myghtely grewe the worde of god/ and pre- 
vayled. After these thinges were ended Paul purposed in the 
sprete/ to passe over Macedonia and Acaia/ and to goo to Je- 
rusalem saying : After I have bene there I must also se Rome. 
Soo sent he into Macedonia two of them that ministered vnto 
hym : Timotheus and Erastus : butt he hym silfe remayned 
in Asia. For a season. 

The same tyme there arose no ^^ Utell a do aboute that 

^ Exhorting [Perswading, jB] to the thinges that appertainc to the 
kingdome, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Were hardened and disobeyed, Gen. 

' Separated the disciples. Ml the Vers. ^ Disputed, T. M. Cr. Gen. 

Bps. 9 Special, Cr. Bps. ^° Kerchefs or handkerchefs. Gen. 

^^ Conjurors, Cov. ^^ Undertook to name the name, Cov. 

Took in hand to name over them, etc. Gen. ^^ A Jewe and chief 

of the priests, T. M. Cr. Bps. A Jewe, the priest. Gen. ^'* 1 acknow- 
ledge, Gen. ^^ Evyll spirite, Ml the Vers. ^^ Cast them under 
him, Cov. ^' Artes, Gen. ^^ Pieces of silver. Gen. Bps. 
^^ Small trouble, Gen. 



2rt)e 0ctes of tf)c Apostles. Cjb. X^v- 

waye. For a certayne man named Demetrius/ ^o a goldsmyth/ 
which made silver ^i schrynes for Diana/ "^^ ^as not a litell 
beneficiall vnto the craftes men : which he called togedder 
with the worke men of lyke ^ occupacion/ and sayd : Syrs 
ye knowe that by this crafte we have ^^ vauntage. Moreover 
ye se and heare thatt nott alone at Ephesus: but almost 
thorowe oute all Asia/ thys Paul ^^ entyseth/ and turned awaye 
moche people saying : that they be not goddes which are 
made with hondes : so that not only ^6 this oure crafte com- 
meth into parell to be sett at nought : but that also the temple 
of greate Diana shulde be ^"^ despysed. And her ^^ maieste 
shulde be destroyed/ which all Asia/ and the worlde worship- 
peth. 

When they herde these sayinges/ they were full of wrathe/ 
and cryed out saying : Greate is Diana of the Ephesians. 
And all the cite was ^^ on a roore/ and they russhed into the 
30 common hall with one assent/ and caught Gayus/ and Aris- 
tarchus/ men of Macedonia/ Pauls companions.^i When Paul 
wolde have entred in vnto the people/ the disciples suffered 
hym not. Certayne also off the chefe of Asia which were his 
frendes/ sent vnto hym desyrynge him that he wolde not 

22 preace into the common hall. Some cryed won thinge/ and 
some another and the ^3 congregacion was 3^ all out of quyete; 
and the moare parte knewe not wherefore they were come 
togedder. 

Some of the company drue forth Alexander (the iewes 
thrustynge him forwardes) Alexander beckoned with his honde/ 
and wolde have ^^ geven the people an answere. When they 
knewe that he was a iewe/ there arose a shute almost for the 
space of two houres off all men ciyinge/ greate is Diana of 
the Ephesians. 

When the toune clarcke had ^6 ceased the people he sayd : 
ye men of Ephesus : what man is it that knoweth nott howe 
that the cite of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the grett god- 

20 A silversmith, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^i Temples of Diana, 

Gen. 22 Brought great [Ministred no small, B.] gains. Gen. Bps. 

23 Thinges, Gen. ^'^ Our goods, Gen. ^ Perswadeth, T.M. 
Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ This thinge is dangerous unto us, that the state 
should be reprooved, but also. Gen. ^ Nothing esteemed. Gen. 
^^ MdLgn\^eence,Ml the Vers. ^sp^^jof confusion. Gen. 3°Open 
[Common, G.] place, Cov. Gen. [So C. vs. 3].] ^^ Gen. adds — 
of his journey. ^^ Press into the open place, Cov. Present 
himselfe in the common place, Gen. ^^ Assemblie, Gen. Bps. [So 
vs. 39.] ^ Out of order, Gen. ^ Excused the matter to the 
people, Gen. ^ Stayed, Gen. Pacified, Bps. 



jfo. C);):):Wf J. Ei)e ^ctcs of t!)e 0j)ostles. 

des Diana/ and ^7 off the ymage which cam from ^^ heven. 
Seynge then that no man ^9 sayth here agaynst/ ye ought to 
be ^^ content/ and to do noihynge rasshly/ For ye have 
brought bidder these men/ whiche ^^ are nether robbers off 
churches/ nor yett ^^ despisers of youre goddes. Wherfore if 
Demetrius and the craftes men which are wyth hym/ have 
eny sayinge to eny man/ the lawe is open/ and there are rue- 
lars/ lett them accuse won another. Yf ye ^^ go about eny 
other thynge/ itt may be determined in a lawfull congregacion. 
For we are in ieoperdy to be accused off this dayes ^^ busi- 
nes. For as moche as there is noo cause wherby we may 
geve '^^ a reckenynge off this concurse off people. And when 
he had thus spoken/ he let the congregacion departe. 

E\jt ):);. 0:i)aj)ter. 

A FTER the ^ rage was ceased/ Paul called the disciples vn- 
•^ to hym/ and ^ toke his leave off them/ and departed for to 
goo into Macedonia. And when he had gone over those 
parties/ and ^ geven them ^ large exhortacions/ he cam into 
grece And there abode .iij. monethes. When the iewes layde 
wayte for hym as he was aboutt to sayle into Syria/ He pur- 
posed to returne thorowe Macedonia. There accompanied 
hym into Asia Sopater of Beroen : and of Tessalonia Aristar- 
cus and Secundus/ and Gains of Derba/ and Timothe us : Out 
of Asia Tichicus/ and Trophimos. These went before/ and 
taried vs at Troas We sayled awaye from Philippos after the 
^ ester holidayes/ and cam vnto them to Troas in five dayes/ 
and there abode seven dayes. 

On 6 a saboth daye the disciples cam to gedder forto breake 
breed/ and Paul preached vnto them (redy to departe on the 
morowe) and continued his preachynge vnto mydnyght. 
There were many lightes in the chamber where we were 
gaddered to gedder/ and there sate in a wyndowe a certavne 
yonge man named Eutichos/ fallen into a depe slepe. And 

^"^ Of the heavenly image, Cov. ^^ Jupiter, Gen. Bps. ^^ Can 
speak against these thinges, Gen. Bps. ^° Appeased, Gen. Quiet, 

Bps. ^^ Have neither committed sacrilege, Gen. "*' Blas- 

phemers, Gen. Bps. ^^ Inquire any thing concerning other mat- 

ters, Gen. Bps. ^ Sedition, Gen. Uproare, Cr. Bps. *^ A rea- 

son, Gc7i. ^ Tumult, Gen. Uproare, Bps. ^ Embraced, Gen. 

[So ch. xxi. 6.] ^ Exhorted them with many words, Cov. Gen. 

* A long exhortation, Cr. Bps. ^ Days of sweete [unleavened, G.] 
bread, Cr.Gen. Bps. ^ One of the sabboth daies, Cov. Cr. Bps. The 
morow after the sabboth daye, T. M. The first daye of the week, Gen. 



Slje ^ctes of tt)e apostles. ®|). VT- 

as Paul ■'' declared he was moare overcome with slepe/ and 
fell doune from the thyrde lofte/ and was taken vp deed. 
Paul wentt doune and ^ fell on hym/ and embraced hym/ and 
sayde : ^ Make nothynge a do. For his ^^ lyfe is in hym. 
When he was come vp he agayne/ brake breed/ and ^^ tasted/ 
and 12 commened a longe whyle even till the ^^ morynge/ and 
soo departed. They brought the ^^ yonge man a live and 
were nott alitell conforted. 

Then ^^ toke we shippynge/ and departed vnto Asson/ there 
to receave Paul. For soo had he apoynted/ and wolde hym 
silfe goo 16 be londe. When he was come to vs vnto Asson/ 
we toke hym m/ and cam to Mittilenes. and sayled thence/ 
and cam the nexte day over agaynst Chios. And the day 
followinge we aryved at Samos/ and taryed at Trogilion. 
The nexte daye we cam to Mileton. For Paul had determin- 
ed to 1'' leave Ephesus as they sayled/ because he wolde not 
spende the tyme in Asia. For he hasted to be (yff itt were 
possible) at Jerusalem i^in the feaste off pentecoste. 

From Mileton he sent to Ephesus/ and called the seniours 
off the congregacion. When they were come to hym/ he 
sayde vnto them : Ye knowe from the fyrst daye that I cam 
vn to Asia/ after what maner I have bene wyth you at all 
ceasons/ servynge God with all ^^ humbleness off mynde/ and 
with many teares/ and temtacions/ whiche happened vnto me 
by the layinges awayte off the iewes/ and howe I kept backe 
nothynge thatt myght be for youre proffet : but that I have 
shewed you/ and taught you ^^ openly and at home in youre 
houses/ witnessynge both to the iewes/ and also to the grekes/ 
the repentaunce taward god/ and faith tawarde our lorde Jesu. 

And nowe beholde I goo bounde in the sprete vnto Jervsa- 
lem/ and knowe nott what shall come off me there/ butt that 
the holy gost witnesseth in every cite sayinge ; that bondes 
and 21 trouble abyde me : but 22 none of these thinges move me. 
Nether is my lyfe dere vnto my silfe/ that I myght fulfill my 

' Was speaking, Cov. Was preaching, Cr. Was long preaching 
[reasoning, J5.], Gen. Bps. ^ Laide himselfe upon, Gen. ^ Trou- 
ble not yourselves. Gen. ^° Soul, Cov. ^^ Eaten, Cr. Gen, 
Bps. ^2 Talked and communed, T. M. Talked, Cr. Bps. 
i^'Dawning of the day, Gen. ^^ Boye, Gen. ^^ We went 
afore [forth, G.] to shippe and sailed [lowsed, C] unto, Cr. Gen. Bps. 
16 Afoote, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. Afore, Tav. ^^ Sayle by Ephesus, 
Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Upon the Whitsunday, Cov. ^^ Modestie, 
Gen. ^ Openly and privately from house to house, Cov. Openly 
and throughout every house, Cr. Gen. Bjis. ^^ Afflictions, Gen. 
^' I passe not at all, neyther, Gen. 



^0. fj^n^V' ^iJ^ Stctes ot t!)e apostles. 

course with ioye/ and the ministracion ^^ which I have receav- 
ed of the lorde Jesu to testify the gospell of the grace of god. 

And no we beholde/ 1 am sure that henceforth ye all (thorow 
whom I have gone preachmge the kyngdom of god) shall se 
my face noo moore. Wherefore I take you to recorde this 
same daye/ that I am pure from the bloud of all men. For 
I have '2^ kepte nothynge backe : butt have shewed you all the 
counsell off god. Take hede therfore vnto youre selves/ and 
to all the flocke/ wher of the holy gost hath made you ^^ over- 
sears/ to 26 rule the congregacion of god/ which he hath pur- 
chased with ''^^ his bloud. For I am sure off this/ that after 
my departynge shall greveous wolves entre in amonge you/ 
which will nott spare the flocke. And off youre awne selves 
shall men aryse speakynge ^^ perverse thynges/ to drawe 
disciples after them. Therfore awake and remember/ that by 
the space of iij. yeares I ceased not to warne every one of you/ 
both nyght and daye with teares. 

And no we ^^ dere brethren I commende you to god and to the 
worde of his grace/ which is ^^ able to bylde further/ and to 
geve you an inheritaunce amonge all them which are sancti- 
fied. I have 21 desyred no mans silver/ golde/ or ^^ vestur/ 
Ye ye knowe well that these hondes have ministered vnto my 
necessities/ and to them thatt were with me. I have shewed 
you all thynges/ howe thatt soo laborynge ye ought to ^^ re- 
ceave the weake/ and to remember/ the wordes off the lorde 
Jesu/ howe that he sayde : It is ^4 more blessed to geve/ then 
to receave. 

When he had thus spoken/ he kneled doune/ and prayed 
with them all. And they wept all ^^ aboundantly/ and fell on 
Pauls necke/ and kissed hym sorowynge/ most of all/ for the 
wordes/ which he spake/ that they shulde se his face noo 
moore/ And they ^^ accompanied hym vnto the shippe. 

A ND it chaunsed that as sone as we had launched forth/ 
•^^^ and were departed from them/ we cam with a strayght 
course vnto Choon/ and the daye followynge vnto the Rhodes/ 

^ Cr. adds — (of the word.) ^ Spared noolaboure, Cr. ^ Bish- 
ops, Cov. ^^ Feede, Gen. -'^ His owne bloud, Gen, Bps. 
^^ Perverse doctrine, Cov. ^ Brethren, Ml the Vers. ^° Mighty 
to edify you, Cov. ^^ Coveted, Gen. ^^ Apparel, Gen. 
^^ Support, Gen. Helpe, Bps. ^"^ A blessed thing to give, rather^ 
etc. Gen. ^^ Sore, Cr. Bps. ^^ Convayed, Cr. 



%1^ 

STfje ^ctes of tl)e ^^ostles. <Kt). y:%], 

and from thence vnto Patara. And we founde a shyppe 
1 reddy to sayle vnto Phenices. And went a borde and sett 
forthe. 2 Then apered vnto vs Ciprus/ and we lefte it on the 
lefte honde/ and sayled vnto Siria. and cam vnto Tire. For 
there the shippe ^ vnladed her burthen. And when we had 
founde "^ brethren/ we taried there .vij. dayes. and they tolde 
Paul thorowe the sprete/ that he shuld not goo vppe to Jeru- 
salem. Ande when the dayes were ended we departed/ and 
went oure wayes and they all ^ brought us on oure waye/ 
with their wyves and children till we were come out off the 
cite, and we kneled doune in the shore and prayde. and 
when we had taken oure leave one off another/ we toke 
shippe/ and they ^ returned home agayne. 

When we had full ended the course/ from Tire/ we aryved 
at Ptholomaida/ and saluted the brethren/ and abode with them 
one daye. The nexte daye/ ^ we that were off Paulus com- 
pany/ ^ cam vnto Cesarea. and we entred into the housse of 
Philip the evangelist/ which was one of the seven/ ^ and abode 
with hym. The same man had fovver doughters virgens/ 
which did prophesy. And as we taried there a good many 
dayes/ there cam a certayne prophete from iewry/ named 
Agabus. When he was come vnto vs/ he toke Pauls gerdell/ 
and bounde his ^^ hondes and fete and sayde : Thus sayth the 
holy goost : Soo shall the iewes at Jerusalem/ bynde the man 
that ovvneth this gerdell/ and shall deliver him into the hondes 
of the genthils. 

When we herde this/ both we and other of the same place/ 
besought hym/ that he wolde nott goo vppe to Jerusalem. 
Then Paul answered/ and sayd : What do ye wepynge/ and 
breakyng myne hert ? I am redy not to be bound only/ but 
also to deye at Jerusalem for te name off the Lord Jesu. 
When 1^ we coulde nott turne his mynde/ we ceased sayinge : 
The will of the lorde be fulfilled. After those dayes we 
12 made oure silfes redy/ and went vp to Jerusalem. There 
went with vs also certayne off the disciples off Cesarea/ and 
brought with them won Mnason off Ciprus/ an olde disciple/ 

^ That went over, Gen. Sailing, Bps. ^ When we came with- 

in the sight of, Cov. When we had discovered. Gen. ^Lay forthe 
the ware, Cov. * Disciples, Gen. Bps. * Accompanied, Gen. 

^ Turned againe unto theirs, Cov. ' Paul and they that were with 

him, Gen. ^ Departed and came, All the Vers. ^ Gen. adds — 

deacons. ^^ Gen. Bps. add — owne. ^^ He woulde not be per- 

suaded, Gen. ^^ Took up our burthens, Cr. Bps. Trussed up our 
fardeles, Gen. 

y 



iFo. cpl. ' STIie ^ctes of tl^e S(postIes. 

with whom we shulde lodge. And when we were come to 
Jerusalem/ the brethren I'eceaved vs gladly. On the moreowe 
Paul went in withe vs vnto James. Ande all the seniours cam 
to gedder. And when he had i^ saluted them/ he tolde by- 
order/ what thynges God had wrought amonge the gentyls by 
his ministracion. When they herde itt/ they gloryfied the 
lorde/ and sayde vnto hym : Thou seist brother/ howe many 
thousande Jewes there are which beleve/ and they are all 

14 zelous over the lawe. and they are informed off the that 
thou teachest all the Jewes which are amonge the gentyls to 
forsake Moses/ and sayst that they ought not to circumcise 
their children/ nether to live after the customes. ^^ What is it 
therfore ? The multitude must nedes come togedder. For 
they shall heare that thou arte come. Do therfore this that 
we saye to the. 

We have .iiij. men/ which have a vowe on them. Them 
take and purify e thy silfe with them, and ^^ do cost on them/ 
that they maye shave their heedes. and all shall knowe that 
tho thynges which they have ^"^ herde off the are nothynge : 
but thatt thou thy silfe also walkest and kepest the lawe. As 
touchinge the gentyls whyche beleve we have written and 

15 concluded/ that they observe no soche thynges : but that 
they kepe them selves from thinges offred to ydoles/ from 
bloud/ from strangled/ and from fornicacion. Then the nexte 
daye Paul toke the men and purified hym silfe with them/ and 
entred in to the temple/ declarynge ^^ the fulfillynge off the 
dayes of purificacion/ vntyll that an ^Ooblacion shulde be of 
fered for every one off them. 

And as the seven dayes ^^ shulde have bene ended/ the 
iewes which were of Asia when they sawe hym in the temple/ 
they moved all the people and layde hondes on hym cryinge : 
Men of Israhell helpe/ This is the man that teacheth all men 
every where agaynst ^^ the people/ and the lawe/ and this 
place. Morover also he hath brought grekes into the temple/ 
and hath polluted this holy place. For they sawe won Troph- 
imus an Ephesian with hym in the cite. Hym they supposed 
Paul had brought into the temple. And all the cite was mov- 
ed/ and all the people ^^ swarmed togedder. And they toke 

13 Embraced, Gen. ^"^ Earnest followers of [over, C], Cr.Bps. 

Zealous of, Gen. ^^ What is then to be done, Gen. ^^ Contri- 

bute with, Gen. ^'' Been informed, Gen. ^^ Determined, Gen. 

19 That he observed [fulfilled, Cov.l the dayes, etc. Gov. T.M.Cr. 
The accomplishment of, Gen. Bps. ^o Oifering, Ml the Vers. 

21 Were almost, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Our, Cov. ^3 Ranne, Gen. 



181 

Sije ^ctes of tf)e apostles. it% ):pfj« 

Paul/ and drue hym out of the temple/ and forth with the 
dores were shut to. 

As they went about to kyll hym/ tj^dynges cam vnto the 
hye captayne off the ^^ soudiers/ thatt all Jerusalem was 
25 moved, whieh immediatly toke soudiers and ^6 vndercap- 
tynes/ and rann doune vnto them. "When they sawe the vpp- 
er captayne and the soudiers/ They lefte ^"^ smytynge off Paul, 
Then the captayne cam neare and toke hym/ and commaund- 
ed hym to be bounde with two chaynes/ and demaunded whatt 
he was/ and what he had done. Won cr3,-ed this/ another 
that/ amonge the people. And when he coulde nott knowe 
the certayne/ for the ^ rage : He commaimded hym to be 
29 caried into the castle. When he cam vnto ^^ a grece/ hit 
fortuned that he was borne off the soudiers for the violence of 
the people. The multitude off the people folowed after ciy- 
inge : a waye with hym. 

And as Paul shulde have bene carved into the castle. He 
say de vnto the ^ihye captayne: ]\Iaye I speake vnto the ? 
Which sayde : Canst thou speake greke ? Arte not thou that 
Egipcian whych before these dayes/ ^'^ made an vproure/ and 
ledde out into the wildernes about iiij. thousande men that 
were ^^ mortherers ? Paul sayde : -^^ I am a man which am a 
iewe 25 of Tharsus a cite in Cicill/ a citesyn off noo vyle cite/ 
I beseche the soffre me to speake vnto the people. When he 
had geven him licence/ Paul stode on the steppes/ and beck- 
ned with his honde vnto the people/ and there was made a 
greate silence : And he spake vnto them in Ebrue sayinge : 

€^e pirij, C!)apter. 

'VT'E men/ brethren/ and fathers/ heare ^ myne answer 
■*- which I make vnto you. When they herde that he 
spake Ebrue vnto them/ they kept the moore silence. And 
he sayde : I am verely a man which am a iewe/ borne in 
Tharsus/ a cite in Cicill/ neverthelesse yet broght vppe in this 
cite/ at the fete off Gamaliel/ and ^ informed diligently in the 

^ Bande, Geri. ^ In an uproare, Gen. Bps. ^ Captains, 

Cov. Centurions, Gen. ^7 Beating, Gen. ^ Tumult, Geii. 

^ Ledde, Gen. [So vs. .37.] so AVtayre, Cr. The grieces, Gen. 

The stayres, Bps. [So G. B. vs. 40.] ^^ Chiefe captaine. Gen. 

[So post, and ch. xxii. 24 — 29.] ^^ Raised a sedition, Gen. 

^ Privy murtherers, Cov. ^ Gen. adds — Doubtlesse. ^^ A cit- 

izen of Tarsus, a famous citie in CiUcia, Cor. Gen. ^ My defence. 
Gen. ^ Instructed [Taught, B.} according to the perfect manner of 
the law, Gen. Bps. 



iTo. cyXl mjt mctts of t|)e Apostles. 

iawe off the fathers/ and was 3 fervent mynded to God warde/ 
as ye all are this same daye/ and I persecuted this waye vnto 
the deeth byndynge/ and delyverynge into preson bothe men 
and wemen/ as the chefe prest doth beare me witnes/ and all 
^ the seniours : of whom also I receaved letters vnto the breth- 
ren/ and went to Damascon to brynge them which were there 
bounde vnto Jerusalem forto be punysshed. 

And it fortuned that as I made my iorney/ and was come 
nye vnto Damascon/ aboute none/ sodenly there shone from 
heven a greate lyght rounde aboute me/ and I fell vnto the 
erth/ and herde a voice sayinge vnto me : Saul/ Saul/ why perse- 
cutest thou me ? And I answered : what arte thou lorde ? and 
he sayde vnto me : I am Jesus of Nazareth/ whom thou per- 
secutest. And they that were with me sawe verely a lyght 
and were a frayde : but they herde nott the voyce of him that 
spake with me. And I sayd : what shall I do lorde ? And 
the lorde sayd vn to me. Aryse and goo into Damas- 
con and there it shalbe tolde the off all thinges which are 
apoynted for the to do. And when I ^ sawe no thynge for 
the brightnes of that light/ 1 was ledde by the honde off them 
thatt were with me/ and cam into Damascon. 

Won Ananias a ^ perfecte man/ and as pertaynynge to the 
Iawe havynge goode reporte of all the iewes which there dwelt/ 
cam vnto me/ and stode and sayd vnto me : Brother Saul le- 
ceave thy sight. And that same houre I "^ receaved my sight 
and sawe hym. And he sayde vnto me/ the god off oure 
fathers hath ^ ordeyned the before/ that thou shuldest knowe 
his will/ and shuldest se ^ that which is rightfull/ and shuldest 
heare the voyce/ off hys mought : for thou shalt be his witnes 
vnto al men off the thynges which thou hast sene and herde. 
And nowe : why tariest thou ? Aryse and be baptised/ and 
wesshe awaye thy synnes/ in callynge on the name of the 
lorde. 

And it fortuned/ when I was come agayne to Jerusalem and 
prayde in the temple/ that I was in a traunce/ And sawe hym 
sayinge vnto me : Make haste/ and gett the quicly out of Jeru- 
salem : For they wilnott receave the witnes that thou bearest 
of me. And I sayde : lorde they know that I presoned/ and 
bett in every sinagoge them that beloved on the. and when 

' Zealous, Gen. Bps. * Cr. Gen. Bps. add — the estate of, 

^ Coulde not see for the glorie, Gen. ^ Godly, Gen. Devout, Bps. 
"^ Looked upon him. And he, Gen. Bps. ^ Appoynted thee, Gen. 

9 That Just one, Gen. 5p5. 



^U Attest of t!)e ^postUu, ^h irjrfff. 

the bloud of thy ^^ witnes Steven was sheed/ I also stode by/ 
and consented vnto his deeth. and kept the ^^ rayment off 
them that slewe hym. And he sayde vnto me : departe for 
I will sonde the a farre hence ^^ynto the gentyls. 

Tliey gave him audience vnto this worde/ and lifte vppe their 
voyces and saide : a waye with soche a felowe from the erth. 
yt is 13 pitie that he shulde live. And they cryed and cast of 
their clothes/ and thrue dust in the ayer. The captayne bade 
hym to be brought into the castle/ and commaunded him to 
be 1'^ scourged/ and to be examined/ that he myght knowe 
wherfore they cryed on hym. And as they bounde hym with 
thonges/ Paul sayde vnto ^^ an vnder captayne : Ys it laufuU 
for you to scourge a Romain vncondempned ? When the 
vnder captayne herde that/ he went to the vpper captayne/ 
and tolde hym sayinge : ^^ What intendest thou to do ? This 
man is a Romain. 

The vpper captayne cam to hym/ and sayde : Tell me/ 
arte thou a Romain ? He sayde : Yee And the captayne 
answered : With moche money obtayned I this i^ fredom. 
And Paul sayde : ^^ I was fre born. Then strayght wayde 
departed from hym they wich shulde have examined hym 
And the captayne also was a frayde/ after he knewe that he 
was a Romain/ be cause he had bounde hym. 

On the morowe ^^ he lowsed hym from hys boundes de- 
syringe to knowe the certaynte for what cause he was accused 
of the iewes/ and commaunded the hye prestes and all the 
counsell to come togedder/ and brought Paul/ and sett hym 
before them. 

2ri)e icpfff. €:!)aptcr. 

"P AUL 1 behelde the counsell and sayde : Men and brethren/ 
■*- I have lived ^ lived in all goode concience before god vn- 
till this daye. The hye prest Ananias commaunded them 
that stode by/ to smyte hym on the mought. Then sayde 
Paul to hym God shall smyte the thou ^ payntyd wall. "^ Sit- 

»<> Martyr, Gen. »» Clothes, Cov. Gen. ^^ Among the hea- 

then. Gov. '3 Not reason, Cov. Cr. Bps. Not meete, Gen. 

'* Beaten with rods, Cov. *^ A centurion, Gen. [So ch. xxiii. post-l 
^6 What wilt thou do ? Cov. Take heede what thou dost. Gen. Bps. 
1' Burge-ship, Gen. is As for me I am a Roman borne, Cov. 

I was so borne, Gen. ^^ Because he woulde have known the 

certayntie, etc. he loosed him, etc. and commanded, Cr. Gen. Bps. 
* Earnestly beholding. Gen. Bps. 2 Served God, etc. Gen. 

3 Whited, Gen. * For thou sittest to judge me, etc. Gen. 



ifo, c):lff. tUfft ^ctes of ti)t 0j)ostles. 

test thou and iudgest me after the lawe : and commaundest 
me to be smitten contrary to the lawe ? And they that stode 
by sayde : Revylest thou Goddes hy preste ? Then sayd Paul : 
I wist not brethren/ that he was the hye preste. For it is 
written thou shalt not ^ speake evyll to the ruelar of thy peo- 
ple. 

When Paul perceved that the one parte were Saduces/ and 
the other Pharises : He cryed oute in the counsell : Men and 
brethren I am a pharisaye/ the sonne off a pharisaye. Of 
^ hope/ and of resurreccion from deeth I am '''iudged. And 
when he had soo sayde/ there rose a ^ debate bitwene the 
pharisayes and the saduces/ and the multitude was devided. 
For the saduces saye that there is no resurreccion/ nether an- 
gell/ nor sprete. But the phariseies ^ graunt bothe. And 
there arose grett crye/ and the scribes which wer on the phar- 
isais parte strove saynge : We fynde none evyll in this man. 
1^ Though a sprete/ or an angell hath apered to hym/ lett vs 
not stryve agaynst God. 

And when there arose greate de bate/ the captayne fear- 
ynge lest Paul shuld have bene ii pluckte asondre off them/ 
commaunded the soudiers to goo doune/ and take hym from 
amonge them/ and to brynge hym into the castle. The nyght 
followyne god stode by hym and sayd : Be of goode ^^ cheare 
Paul : For as thou hast testified off me in Jerusalem/ soo must 
thou beare witnes at Rome. 

When daye was come/ certayn of the iewes ^^ gaddered 
themselves to gedder/ and made a vowe sainge : that they 
wolde nether eate nor drynke till they had killed Paul. They 
were ^^ aboute .xl. which had made this conspiracion. And 
they cam to the chefe prestes and seniours/ and sayde : we 
have bounde oure selves with a ^^ vowe/ that we will eate 
nothynge vntill we have slayne Paul, Nowe therefore ^^ geve 
knowlege to the vpper captayne/ and to the counsell that he 
brynge hym forth vnto vs to morow/ as though we wolde knowe 
some thinge more perfectly of hym. But we (or ever he 
come neare) are ready i^ [in the mean season] to kill him. 

= Curse, Cov. T. M. Cr. Bps. ^ The hope and the, All the Vers. 

' Accused, GcTi. 8£)igcussion, Gen. [So vs. 10.] ^Confesse 

both, Gen. Bps. ^" But ifra spirite or an angell hath spoken to him, 

Gen. Bps. " Pulled in pieces, Gen. ^^ Courage, Gen. ^^ Made 
an assemblie and bound themselves with an oth, Gen. ^* More 

than, Cr. Gen. Bps. '' Solemn oath. Gen. [So vs. 21.] '^ Ye 

and the councell, signifie to the chiefe captaine, Gen. ^^ Cr. Gen. 
Bps. omit. 



%%f 

E]be Petes' of t\)e ^postUs. <th jrv^O'^ 

When Pauls sisters sonne herde of their layinge awayte/ he 
went and entred into the castle/ and tolde Paul. And Paul 
called off the vnder captajmes vnto hym/ and sayde : Brynge 
this younge man vnto the captayne. for he hath a certayne 
thynge to she we hym. And he toke him/ and ledde him vnto 
the hye captayne and said : Paul the presoner called me vnto 
hym and prayed me to brynge this younge man vnto the/ 
which hath ^^ a certayne matter to shewe the. 

The hye captayne toke hym by the hond/ and went a parte 
with hym out of the waye/ and axed hym : what hast thou to 
saye vnto me ? And he said : the iewes ^^ are determined 
to desyre the that thou woldest brynge forth Paul to morowe 
into the counsell/ as though they wolde ^^enquyre somwhat of 
him more parfectly. But "^i folowe not their mindes : for there 
laye awayte for hym off them/ moo then xl. men/ which have 
bounde them selves with a vowe/ that they will nether eate 
nor drynke till they have killed hym. And nowe are they 
redy/ and loke for thy promes. 

The vpper captayne lett the yonge man departe and charg- 
ed : Se thou tell no man that thou hast tolde me this. And 
he called vnto hym two ^ vnder captaynes/ sayinge : Make 
redy two hondred soudiers to goo to Cesarea/ and horsmen 
threscore and ten. And ^^ speare men two hondred/ at the 
thyrde houre off the nyght/ And ^4 dely vre them beastes that 
they maye putt Paul on/ and brynge hym safe vnto Felix 
^ the hye debite/ ^6 and wrote a letter in this maner. 

Claudius Lisias vnto the '^'^ most mighty ruelar Felix sendeth 
gretynges. This man was taken of the iewes/ and shulde 
have bene killed of them : Then cam I with ^8 soudiers/ and 
rescued him/ and perceaved that he was a Romayne. And when 
I wolde have knowen the cause/ wherefore they accused hym/ 
I brought hym forth into their counsell. There perceaved I 
that he was accused off questions of their lawe : but ^ was 
not gilty of eny thinge worthy of deeth/ or of bondes. After 
warde when it was shewed me howe that the iewes layde 

IS Something to say unto thee, Gen. ^^ Have conpsired, Gen. 

^ Hear him yet better, Cov. ^^ Let them not persuade thee, Gen. 

22 Certaine Centurions, Gen. ^ Men with darts, Gen. ^ Make 

readie an horse. Gen. ^ The Governour. And hee wrote an 

epistle, etc. Gen. ^ Cr- adds — (For he dyd feare lest happely 

the Jews should take him away and kill him, and he should be after- 
ward blamed, as though he wolde take money.) ^ Most noble, 
Gen. ^^ The garrison, Gen. An armie, Bps. ^ Had no crime, 
Gen. Having nothing layde to his charge, Bps. 



iFo. C):lfff. Stje ^ctes of tf)c Apostles. 

wayte for the man/ I sent hym strayght waye to the/ and gave 
commaundment to hys accusars/ yf they had aught agaynst 
hym/ to tell it vnto the : fare well. 

The soudiers as it was commaunded vnto them/ toke Paul 
and brought hym by nyght to Antipatras. On the morowe 
they lefte the horsmen to goo with hym/ and returned vnto the 
castle, when they cam to Cesarea/ they delivered the pistle 
to the debite/ and presented Paul before him. when the de- 
bite had redde the letter/ he axed off what ^o countre he was/ 
and when he vnderstode that he was of Cicill/ 1 will heare the 
(sayde he) when thyne accusars are come also. And com- 
maunded hym to be kepte in Herodes ^i pallys. 

A FTER V. dayes/ Ananias the bye preste descended/ with 
"^ senioures/ and with a certayne oratour named Tartullus/ 
^ and enformed the ruelar agaynst Paul, when Paul was cal- 
led forth/ Tartullus began to accuse him saying : Seynge that 
we 2 live in gret ^ quyetnes by the meanes of the and that 
many '* goode thynes are done vnto this nacion thorow thy 
providence: ^that alowe we ever and in all placis/ most 
myghty Felix with all thankes. Notwithstondynge/ lest I be 
tedeous vnto the/ I praye the/ that thou woldest heare vs of 
thy curtesy a feawe wordes. 

We have founde this man' a pestilent felowe/ and a mover 
of 6 debate amonge the iewes thorowe out the worlde/ And a 
mayntayner off the secte off the Nazarens : ''' which also hath 
enforsed to to ^ pollute the temple/ whom we toke and wolde 
have iudged accordynge to oure lawe : but the bye captayne 
Lisias cam apon vs/ and with grett violence toke hym out of 
oure hondes/ commaundynge his accusers to come vnto the/ 
off whom thou mayst (yff thou willt enquyre) knowe the cer- 
taynty of all these thynges wher of we accuse hym. The 
iewes lyke wyse affermed/ sayinge that it was even so. 

Then Paul (after that the ruelar him silfe had beckened vn- 
to him that he shulde speake) answered : ^ I shall with a 
moare quyet minde answer for my silfe/ for as moche as I 

"^ Province, Gen. Bys. ^^ Judgment-hall [house, CovJ], Cov. 

Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Which appeared before, Gen. Bps. ^ Have 

obtained great, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Peace, Cov. * Worthy, Gen. 

^ We acknowledge it wholly, Gen. ® Sedition, Gen. ' And 

hath gone aboute, Gen. Bps. ^ Suspend, Cov. * I will not be 

afraid to answer, Cov. I do the more gladly answer, Gen. 



Cfje ^ctcs of ti)e apostles. Ct). xipilti- 

vnderstonde that thou hast bene off many yeares a iudge vnto 
thys people/ be cause that thou mayst knowe that there are 
yet but xij. dayes sence I went vppe to Jerusalem for to praye. 
And that they nether founde me in the temple disputinge with 
eny man/ i^ other raysynge vp the people/ nether in the sina- 
goges nor in the cite. Nether can they prove the thinges wher 
of they accuse me. 

But this I confesse vnto the/ that after thatt waye (which 
they call heresy) so worshippe I the god of my fathers/ be- 
levinge all thynges which are written in the lawe and the 
prophetes/ and have hope tewardes god/ that the same resur- 
recsion from derth (which they them selves loke for also) 
shalbe both of iust and vniust. And iitherfore stody I to 
have a cleare conscience towarde god/ and towarde man 
also. 

1^ Many yeres agoo I cam and brought almes to my people 
and offeringes/ ^^'m the which they founde me purified in the 
temple/ nether with ^'^ multitude/ nor yett with ^^ vnquyetnes. 
There were certaine iewes out of Asia which ought to be here 
present before the/ and accuse me/ yf they had ought agaynst 
me : or els let thes same here saye/ if they have founde eny 
1^ evyll doinge in me/ whill I stonde here in the counsell/ ex- 
cepte it be for this one voyce/ that I cryed stondynge amonge 
them off the resurreccion from deeth am I ^'^ iudged off you 
this daye. 

When Felix herde that he differde them/ i^ for he knewe 
very well of that waye and sayde : when Lisias the captayne 
is come/ I will know the vt most of youre matters, and he 
commaunded ^^ an vndercaptayne to kepe Paul/ and that he 
shuld have rest/ and that he shulde forbyd none of his ac- 
quayntaunce to minister vnto him/ or to come vnto him. 

After a certayne dayes cam Felix/ and his wyfe Drusilla 
which was a iewes/ and called forth Paul/ and herde hym of 
the fayth which is toward Christ. And as he ^^ preached of 
2i Justice/ 22 temperaunce/ and Judgement to come/ Felix 

'® Neither making uproare among, Gen. " Herein I endeavour 
always, etc. Gen. ^^ But [Nowe, G. B \ after many years 1 came, 

T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ At what time, certaine Jews of Asia founde 
me, etc. etc. which ought to have been, Gen. ^* Rumour, Cov. 

*5 Tumult, Gen. ^^ Unjust thing, Gcw. ^^ Accused, Gen. 

'^ And saide. When I shall more perfectly know the thinges which 
concerne this way by the coming of Lysias, etc. I will decide your 
matter, Gen. *^ A centurion. Gen. ^o Disputed [Spake, 

C, Reasoned, B.] of righteousness, Cov. Gen. Bps. ^^ Righteous- 

ness, Cr. 22 Chastity, Cov. 



iFo. cplfb. 2ri)e ^ctes of t!)e 0|)ostles. 

trembled/ and answered : ^3 thou hast done ynough att this 
tyme/ departe/ when I have a convenient tyme/ I will sende 
for the. He hoped also that money shulde be geven hym off 
Paul that he myght lowse hym/ wherfore he called hym 
the oftenner/ and commened with hym. After two yeare 
cam Festus Porcius into Felix roume/ and Felix willynge 
to 24 shewe the Jewes a pleasure lefte Paul ^ [in preson] 
bounde. 



"V^HEN Festus ^ was come into the ~ province/ after thre 
' ^ dayes/ he ascended from Cesarea vnto Jerusalem. 
Then ^ enformed hym the hye prestos/ and the chefe off the 
iewes agaynst Paul, and they entreated hym' and desired 
faveour agaynst hym that he wolde sende for him to Jerusa- 
lem/ and layde awayte for h}-m in the waye for to kill him. 
Festus answered that Paul shulde be kept at Cesarea : but 
that he hym silfe wold shortly departe thither. Lett them 
therfore (sayd he) whiche anion ge you are able to do it come 
doune with vs and accuse hym/ if there be ^ eny faute in the 
man. 

When he had taried there ^ moare then ten dayes he de- 
parted vnto Cesarea/ and the nexte daye sate doune in the 
iudgement seate/ and commaunded Paul to be brought. When 
he was come the iewes which were come from Jerusalem/ 
cam aboute hym and layde many and greveous ^ complaintes 
agaynst Paul/ which they could nott prove "^ aslonge as he an- 
swered for hym silfe/ that he had nether agaynst the lawe of 
the iewes/ nether agaynst the temple/ nor yet agaynst Cesar 
offended eny thynge att all. 

Festus willinge to do the iewes a pleasure/ answered Paul/ 
and sayde : Wilte thou goo to Jerusalem/ and there be iudged 
of these thynges before me ? Then sayd Paul : I stonde at 
Cesars iudgement seate/ where I ought to be iudged. To the 
iewes have I ^ no harme done/ as thou very well knowest. K 
I have ^ hurte them/ or committed eny thynge worthy of deeth/ 
I refuse not to deye. Yf none of these thynges are/ where of 

^ Go thy way for this time, Or. Gen. Bps. ^ Get favour of the 
Jews, Ge7i. [So ch. xxv. 9.] ^ Ge7i. Bps. omit. ^ Had re- 

ceived the office after, etc. Cr. ^ Countrey, Gov. ^ Appear- 

ed before, Gen. * Ought, Gov. Any wickednesse. Gen. * No 

more, etc, Ge/i. ^ Quarrels, Co c. "Forasmuch as he, etc. 

Gen. ^ Done no wrong — done wrong, Gen. Bps, 



tStft ^ctes of t|)e Apostles. Qth Tm». 

they accuse me/ no man ought to deliver me to them. I ap- 
peale vnto Cesar. Then spake Festus ^ with deliberacion/ and 
answered : ^^ Thou hast appealed vnto Cesar : vnto Cesar shalt 
thou goo. 

After a certayne dayes kynge Agrippa and Bemice cam 
vnto Cesarea to ^i welcom Festus. Ajid when they had ^^ bene 
there a good ceason/ Festus ^^ rehearsed Paules cause vnto 
the kynge sayinge : There is a certayne man lefte in preson 
off Felix about whom when I cam to Jerusalem the hye 
prestes/ and seniours of the Jewes enformed me/ and desyr- 
ed to have iudgement agaynst hym. To whom I answered : 
It is not the maner off the Romayns ^"^to delivere eny man 
^^thatt he shulde perisshe/ before that he which is accused/ 
have hys accusars ^^ before hym/ and have ^'^ licence to answer 
for hym silfe/ ^^ as pertaynynge to the cryme ^^ [wher of he 
is accused.] when they were come bidder/ with out delaye 
on the morowe I sate to geve iudgement/ and commaunde 
the man to be brought forth, agaynste whom when the ac- 
cusers stode vppe/ they brought ^^ none accusacion off soche 
thynges as I supposed : But hadde certayne questions agaynst 
hym off their awne supersticion/ and of one Jesus which was 
ded. whom Paul affirmed to be alive. Be cause I douted off 
21 the questions/ I axed hym whither he wolde goo to Jerusa- 
lem/ and there be iudged of these matters. ^^Then when 
Paul had appealed to be kept vnto the knowledge off -^ Cesar. 
I commaunded hym to be kept till I myght sende hym to 
Cesar. 

Agrippa sayd vnto Festus : I wolde also heare the man my 
silfe. To morowe (sayde he) thou shalt heare hym. On 
the morowe when Agrippa was come and Bemice with greate 
pompe/ and were entrede in to the ^^ counsell housse with the 
captaynes and chefe men of the cite/ at Festus commaunde- 
ment Paul was brought forth/ and Festus sayde : Kynge 
Agrippa/ and all men which are heare present with vs : Ye 
se this man about whom all the multitude of Jewes hath ^^ bene 

^ With the counsell, Cov. Gen. Bps. ^° Hast thou, etc. Gen. 

Bps. " Salute, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Remained there many 

days. Gen. ^^ Proposed, Gen. ^^ Cr. Gen. Bps. Vidd — for favour. 
15 To death. Gen. ^^ Face to face, Bps. ^^ Place to defend 

himselfe, Gew. ^^ To the accusation. Cot?. ^^ Layde against 

him, Cr. Bps. Gen. omits. ^o ^^ crime, Gen. ^^ Such man- 

ner of, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. 22 g^^ because he appealed to be re- 

ferred to the examination of Augustus, Gen. ^^ Augustus, Bps. 

''« Common hall, Cov. Gen. ^ Entreated me, Cov. Cr. Bps. 



with me/ both at Jerusalem and also here/ cryinge that he 
ought not to live eny lenger. Yet founde I nothynge worthy 
of deeth that he had committed. Neverthelesse seinge that 
he hath appealed to ^ Cesar/ 1 have determyned to sende hym. 
Off whom I have no certayne thynge to wryte vnto my lorde. 
Wherfore I have brought hym vnto you/ and specially vnto 
the/ kynge Agrippa/ that after examinacion had/ 1 myght have 
sum what to write. For me thynketh it vnreasoneble forte 
sende a presoner/ and not to shewe the causes/ which are 
layde agaynst hym. 

STije ):):b;. €*i)aptcr. 

A GRIPPA sayde vnto Paul : Thou arte permitted to speake 
-^-^ for thy silfe. Then Paul stretched forth his honde/ and 
answered for hym silfe : I thynke my silfe happy kynge 
Agrippa/ be cause I shall answere this daye before the of all 
the thynges where of I am accused of the iewes/ ^ namely be 
cause thou arte experte in all customes/ and questions/ which 
are amonge the iewes. wheerfore I besethe the to heare me 
paciently. 

2 My livynge off a child/ ^ which was at the fyrst amonge 
myne awne nacion att Jerusalem knowe all the iewes which 
knewe me '*from the begynnynge/ yf they wolde testifye it. 
For after the most straytest secte of oure ^ lawe lived I a 
pharisaye and no we I stond and am iudged for the hope off 
the promes made off God vnto oure fathers vnto which prom- 
es/ oure .xij. tribes instantly servynge God daye and nyght/ 
hope to come. For which hopes sake/ kynge Agrippa am I 
accused off the iewes. why shulde itt be thought a thynge 
vncredible vnto you/ ^ if God rayse agayne the deed .'' 

I also verely thought in my silfe/ that I ought to do many 
contrary thynges/ clene agaynst the name off Jesus off Naza- 
reth : which thynge I alsoo did in Jerusalem. And many of 
the saynctes shut I in preson. morover I receaved auctorite 
off the bye prestes : And when they were putt to deeth I "^ gave 
^the sentence. And I punnysshed them ^ often in every sina- 

^^ Augustus, Ge7i. Bps. ^ Chiefly because thou hast knowledge 

of, Gen. 2 My life [living, C] that I have ledde of achilde, 6V. 

Bps. As touching my life from my childhood, Gen. ^ And what 

it was from the beginning. Gen. * Heretofore, Gen. ^ Jewish 

law, Gov. Religion, Cr. Gen. Bps. « That, T. M. Or. Gen. Bps, 

' Brought, Gov. ^ My sentence, Gen. ^ Throughout all the 

Synagogues, Gen. 



E\)t ^ctes of t|)c Apostles. <t% n^h 

goge/ and compelled them to blaspheme, and was yett more 
mad apon them and persecuted them/ even vnto straunge cites. 
1^ About the which thynges as I went to Damascon whith auc- 
torite/ and i^ commission from the hye prestes/ even at myd 
daye (kynge Agrippa) I sawe in the waye a lyght from heven/ 
12 above the brightnes of the sunne/ shyne rounde about me 
and them/ which iorneyed with me. 

When we wer all fallen to the erth/ I herde a voyce speak- 
ynge vnto me/ and sayinge in the ebrue tonge : Saul/ Saul/ 
why persecutest thou me .? Hit is harde for the to kicke 
agaynst the pricke. And I sayde : Who arte thou lorde ? 
And he sayde : I am Jesus whom thou persecutest : But ryse 
and stond vppe on thy fete. For I have apered vnto the for 
this purpose/ to make the a mynister/ and a witnes both off 
the thynges which thou hast sene/ and off tho thynges in the 
which I will apere vnto the/ delyverynge the from the people/ 
and from the gentyls/ vnto the which nowe I sende the/ to 
open their eyes that they myght turne ffrom darknes vnto 
lyght/ and ffrom the power of Satan vnto God/ that they 
maye receave forgevenes of synnes/ and inheritaunce amonge 
them which are sanctyfyed by fayth in me. 

Wherfore kynge Agrippa I was not ^^ disobedient vnto the 
hevenly vysion : butt shewed fyrst vnto them off Damascon/ 
and att Jerusalem/ and thorow out all the costes off Jewry/ 
and to the gentyls/ that they shulde repent/ and turne to God/ 
and do the right werkes i"* off repentaunce. For this cause 
the iewes caught me in the temple/ and went about to kill me. 

15 Neverthelesse I obtained helpe off God/ and stond vnto this 
daye witnessynge bothe to small and to greate/ saying none 
other thynges/ then those which the prophetes and Moses did 
saye shulde come/ that Christ shulde suffre/ and that he shuld 
be the fyrst that shulde ryse from deeth/ and shulde shewe 
lightt vnto the people/ and to the gentyls. 

As he thus answered for hym silfe : Festus sayde with a 
lowde voyce : Paul/ thou arte besides thy silfe. Moche learn- 
ynge hath made the mad. And Paul sayde : I am not mad 

16 most dere Festus : but speake the wordes of trueth and so- 
bernes The kynge knoweth of these thynges/ before whom 

^'^ At which time, Gen. ii Licence, Cov. T. M. Or. 12 Pass- 

ing, Gen. ^^ Faithless, Cov. ^* Of penance, Cov. ^^ Seeing 

therefore that I have obtained, Cr. Bps. ^^ O [Most, B.] noble, 

Gen, Bps. 



j^o. c):lbf. 2ri)e 0ctes of t|)e apostles. 

^"^ I speke frely nether thynke I that eny of these thynges 
are hidden from hym. For this thynge was not done in a 
corner. Kynge Agrippa belevest thou the prophetes ? I wote 
wele thou belevest. Agrippa sayde vnto Paul : ^^ Sumwhatt 
thou bryngest me in mynde ffor to be come christen. And 
Paull sayd : I wolde to God that not only thou : but also all 
that heare me to daye/ were ^^ not sumwhat only/ but alto- 
gedder soche as I am except these bondes. And when he had 
thus spoken/ the kynge rose vppe/ and the debite/ and Ber- 
nice/ and they that sate with them. And when they were 
gone aparte/ they talked betwene them selves sayinge : This 
man doeth nothynge worthy of deeth/ nor of bondes. Then 
sayde Agrippa vnto festus : This man myght have bene low- 
sed yf he had not apealed vnto Cesar. 



lE^ije trpbfj. 0tf}^ptet. 



W 



HEN it was concluded that we shulde sayle into italy/ 
they delivered Paul/ and certayne other presoners vnto 
won named Julius/ an vndercaptayne of ^Cesars soudiars. 
And we entred into a shippe of Adramicium/ and lowsed from 
lond/ 2 apoynted to sayle by the costes off Asia/ won Aristar- 
cus out of Macedonia/ of the centre of Thessalia/ ^ beinge with 
vs. The nexte daye cam we to sidon/ and Julius courteously 
entreated Paul/ and gave him liberte to goo vnto his frendes/ 
and to refresshe hym silfe. And from thence lanched we 
and say led harde by Cypers/ be cause the wyndes were con- 
trary. Then sayled we over the see ^ off Cicill/ and Pamphy- 
lia/ and cam to Myra a cite in Lycia. 

And there the vnder captayne founde a shippe off Alexan- 
dry redy to sayle in Italy/ and put vs there in/ and when we 
had sayled slowly many dayes/ and scace were come over 
agaynst Gnydon (be cause the wynde ^ with stode vs) we sa- 
ted harde by the ^ costes off Candy/ over agaynste Salmo/ and 
with moche "^ worke sayled beyonde hytt/ and cam vnto a 
place called ^ Goode porte. Neye where vnto was a citte 
called Lasea. When moche tyme was spent/ and saylynge 

^■^ Also I speake boldly : for I am persuaded that none, etc. Gen. 
^^ Almost [Somewhat, J5.] thou persuadest me, Gen. Bps. ^^ Both 
almost and altogether, Gen. Both somewhat and also in a great deale, 
Bps. ^ Augustus bande, Gen. Bps, ^ Purposing, Gen. 

? Tarying still with, Cr. Bps. * By Cilicia, Gen. ^ Suffered us 
not, Gen. ® Candie neere to Salmone, Gen. 7 ^do, Gen. 

^ Good haven, Gov. The Fair Havens, Cr. Gen. Bps, 



a^3 

WiU ^ctcs of ttje Apostles. €■% ):):bif. 

was nowe ieoperdeous/ because alsoo ^ thatt we hadd over- 
longe fasted/ Paul ^^ put them in remembraunce/ and sayde 
vnto them : Syrs I perceave that thys vyage wilbe with hurte 
and domage/ not off the ladynge and shippe only : but also 
off oure lyues. But the vndercaptayne beleved the gouerner/ 
and the master ^^ better then thoo thynges which were spoken 
off Paul. . And because the haven was nott commodius to 
wynter in many toke counsell to departe thence/ yff by eny 
meanes they myght atayne to Phenices and there to wynter/ 
whych haven pertayneth to Candy/ and ^^ servith to the sougth- 
west/ and northwest wynde. When the sougth wynde blewe/ 
^3 they supposynge to obtayne theyr purpose lowsed^^vnto 
Asson/ and sayled paste all Candy. 

Butt anon after there arose ^^ (agaynste theyr purpose) a 
flawe off wynde ^^ out of the northeste ^"^ When the shippe 
was caught/ and coulde not resist the wynde/ we lett her goo 
and IS drave with the wedder. We i^ cam vnto an yle named 
Clauda/ And ^o had moche worke to come by aboote/ which 
they toke vppe/ and vsed helppe ^^ vndergerdynge the shippe/ 
fearynge lest we shulde have fallen into Syrtes/ and we let 
doune a vessell and soo ware caryed. ^ The nexte daye 
when we were tossed with an excedynge tempest/ they light- 
ened the shippe/ and the thyrde daye we cast out with oure 
awne hondes the tacklinge of the shippe. When at the last 
nether sunne nor starre in many dayes apered/ And no smale 
tempest laye apon vs/ all hope ^ thatt we shulde be saved/ 
was taken awaye. 

Then after longe abstinence Paul stode forth in the myddes 
of them and sayde : Syrs ye shulde have herde me/ and not 
have departed from Candy/ 24 nether to have brought vnto vs 
this harme and losse. And nowe I exhorte you to be of 
good chere/ ffor there ^ shalbe noo losse off eny mans lyfe 

^ The fast was now passed, Gen. Bps. ^° Exhorted them, Gen. 
» More, Cr. Bps. Rather, Gen. ^^ Lyeth towards the Southwest 

and by West, and Northwest and by West, Gen. ^^ Gen. Bps. 

add — softly. ^^ Neerer and sailed by Candie, Gen. ^^ By it a 

stormie winde called Euroclydon, Gen. ^^ Called North-east, Cov. 
'"^ Bps. adds — which is called Euroclydon. ^^ Were caryed 

away. Gen. *^ Were caryed into, Cr. Bps. Ranne under. Gen. 

20 Coulde scarce [Had much ado to, Gew.] get a boat, Cov. Gen. 

21 And bound it under hand to, Cov. And made fast, Cr. ^^ And 
when we had bidden a great tempest, on the next day they made an 
outcasting, Cov. ^ Of our life, Cov. That we shoulde escape, Cr. 
24 So shoulde ye have gained. Gen. And to have gained unto \xs,Bps, 
^ Shall none of our lives perish, Cr, 



iFo. cjrlbff. 2rt)e ^ctes of t|je Slpostle». 

amonge you : Butt off the shippe only. For there stode by 
me this nyght the angell off God whose I am/ and whom I 
serve/ saying : feare nott Paul/ for thou must be brought be- 
fore Cesar. And loo/ God hath geven vnto the all thatt are 
in the shippe with the/ wherfore Syrs be of good ^6 chere/ for 
I beleve God that so it shalbe even as it was tolde me/ and 
we must be cast into a certayne ylonde. 

But when the fourtenthe nyght was come as we were car- 
yed 27 in Adria/ about mydnyght the shipmen demed thatt 

28 there apered some countre vnto them/ and they sounded/ 
and founde it xx. feddoms. they went a lytell further and 
sounded agayne/ and founde xv. feddoms. Then fearinge 
lest they shulde have fallen ^ on some Rocke/ they cast iiij. 
ancres out of the sterne/ and wysshed for the daye. As the 
30 shipmen were about to fle out of the shippe/ and had lett 
doune the bote into the see/ vnder a colour as though they 
wolde have cast ancres out off the forshippe : Paul sayd vnto 
the vnder captayne and the soudiers : excepte these abyde in 
the shippe ye cannot be safe. Then the soudiers cut off the 
rope off the bote/ and lett yt fall awaye. 

31 And in the meane tyme/ bitwixt that and daye/ Paul ^ be- 
sought them all to take meate/ sayinge : this is the four- 
tenthe daye that ye have taried and (continued fastynge re- 
ceavynge no thynge at all/ wherfore I praye you to take 
meate. for this ^3 no dout is for youre helth/ for there shall 
not an heere fall from the heed of eny of you. And when 
he had thus spoken he toke breed and gave thankes to God 
in presence off them all/ and brake it/ and began to eate. 
Then were they all of Good cheare/ and they also toke 
meate. We were all togedder in the shippe/ two hondred 
and thre score and sixtene soules. When they had eaten 
ynough/ they lightened the shippe and cast oute the weate in- 
to the see. 

When ytt was daye they knew not the ^^lande/ butt they 
spied a certayne ^5 reache with a banke/ in to the which they 
were mynded (yff ytt were possible) to thrust in the shippe. 
And when they had taken vppe the ancores/ they committed 

* Courage, Gen. [So post.'] ^ To and fro in the Adriatic sea, 

Gen. ^ Some countrey approched, Gen. They drewe near to, Bps, 

29 Into some rough places, Gen. ^Mariners, Gen. ^i ^ndwhen 
the daye began to appear [it began to be daye, G,] Cr. Gen. Bps, 
'2 Exhorted, Gen. [So vs. 34.] ^ Is for your safeguard. Gen. 
34 Gountrey, Gen, ^ Haven, Cov. T. M. Cr. Bps. Creek, Gen, 



Cl)e ^ctes of ti)e Apostles. ^% vWU* 

36 them selves vnto the see/ and lowsed the rudder bondes and 
hoysed vppe the mayne sayle to the wynde and drue to londe/ 
and they fell into a place/ ^7 which had the see on bothe the 
sydes/ 38 and thrust in the shippe/ and the foore parte stucke 
fast/ and moved not/ and the hynderparte brake with the vio- 
lence of the waves. 

The soudears counsell was to kyll the presoners lest eny off 
them/ when he had swome out shoulde fle awaye : but the 
vnder captayne willinge to save Paul kept them from 39 their 
purpose/ and commaunded that they that coulde swym shulde 
cast them selves fyrst into the see/ and "^^ scape to londe. 
And the other he commaunded to goo/ some on hordes/ and 
some on broken peces off the shippe. And so cam it to passe/ 
that they cam all safe to londe. 

Ctje n^til ®!)apter, 

A ND when they were ^ scaped they knewe that the yle was 
"^ called Mileta. The ^ people off the country shewed vs 
no litell kyndnes/ for they kyndled a fyre and receaved vs 
every one be cause off the ^ present rayne/ and be cause off 
colde. When Paul had gaddered a '^ boundle off stickes/ And 
putt them into the fyre/ ^ a viper (be cause off the heet) creept 
out and lept on his honde. When the men off the centre 
sawe the ^ worme hange on hys honde/ they sayde amonge 
them selves : thys man ^ must nedes be a mortherer/ Whom 
(though he have escaped the see) yet vengeaunce suffreth 
nott to live, and he shuke of the ® vermin into the fyre/ and 
felt no harme. They wayted when he shulde have swolne/ 
or fallen doune deed sodently. But after they had loked 
a greate whyle/ and sawe no ^ harme come to hym/ they 
chaunged their myndes/ and sayde that he was a God. 

In the same quarters/ the chefe man off the yle whose 
name was Publius/ had ^^ a lordshippe/ whych receaved vs/ 
and lodged vs thre dayes courteously. Hit fortuned that the 
father of Publius laye sicke off a fiever/ and of a bluddy flixe 

36 The ship, Gen. ^^ Where two seas met, Gen. ^ The ship 

dashed upon it, Cov. ^ This counsell, Gen. *^ Go out, Gen. 

^ Come safe, Gen. * Straungers, Cr. Barbarians, Gen. Barbarous 
people, Bpa. ^ Rayne that was come upon us, Cov. Present 

shoure, Gen. ■* Number, Gen. ^ Came a viper out of the 

heat, Cr. Gen. Bps. « Beast, Cov. "> Must no doubt, Cr. 

Bps. Is surely, Gen. ^ Viper, Cr. Bps. Worme, Gen. ^ Incon- 
venience, Gen. ^® Lande, Cr. Possessions, Gtn. Bps, 

2* 



jTo. crlbfff. Efft 0ctes of tt)e ^postlta. 

to whom Paul entred in and prayde/ and layde his hondes on 
hym/ and healed hym. when this was done/ other also which 
were diseased in the yle/ cam and were healed : and they did 
vs grett honour. And when we departed/ they laded vs with 
thynges necessary. 

After thre monethes we ^^ sayled in a shippe off Alexandry/ 
which had wyntred in the yle/ whos badge was Castor and 
pollux. And when we cam to Ciracuse/ we taryed there iij. 
dayes/ from whence we ^^ sayled about and cam to Regiuntf 
and after won daye the sougth wynde blewe/ and we cam the 
nexte daye to Putiolus where we founde brethren/ and were 
desyred to tary wyth them seven dayes/ and so we came to 
Rome. And from thence/ when the brethren herde of vs/ 
they cam ^3 to Apiphorum/ and thre taverns/ and met vs. 
when Paul sawe them he thanked God/ and wexed boolde. 
When we cam to Rome/ the vnder captayne delivered the 
presoners to the i^chefe captayne of the host : butt Paul was 
suffered to dwell ^^ alone with wone soudier that kept him. 

Hit fortuned that after thre dayes Paul called the chefe of 
the iewes togedder. When they were come/ he sayde vnto 
them : Men and brethren/ though I have committed noo thynge 
agaynst the people/ or lawes of oure fathers : yett was I de- 
livered presoner from Jerusalem into the hondes of the re- 
mains. Which when they had examened me wolde have 
lett me goo/ be cause they founde no cause of deeth in me : 
but when the iewes cried contrary : I was constrayned to ap- 
peale vnto Cesar. Not be cause I had ought to accuse my 
^^ people of. For this cause have I called for you to se you/ 
and to speake with you. For I ^^ be cause off the hope off 
Israhel/ am bounde with this chayne. 

And they sayde vnto him : We nether receaved letters out 
of Jewry ^^pertayninge vnto the/ nether cam eny of the 
brethren thatt shewed or spake eny harme of the. Butt we 
woll heare of the what thou thynkest. For ^^ we have herde 
off this secte/ that every wheare it is spoken agaynst. When 
they had apoynted hym a daye/ there cam many vnto hym 
into his lodgynge : to whom he expouned and testifyed the 
kyngdom off God. and preached vnto them of JesU : both 

. 4, ■ ^ ■ , 

^^ Departed, Gen. ^' Set a compasse, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

13 Against us to Apiphora [to Appii forum, Tav.'], T. M. Tav. To meete 
us at the market of Appius [at Appii forum, B.I , Gen. Bps. " Gen- 
eral captaine, Gen. ^^ By himselfe, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. i« Na- 
tion, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^"^ For the sake of, Gen. ^^ Concerning, 
Gen. Bps. '^ Concerning this sect, we know, Cr, Gen. Bps. 



2C|)e ^ctes of t|)e 0postUs. <K:|). jrpfff. 

by the lawe off Moses/ and also by the prophetes from morn- 
ynge to nyght. And some ^o beloved the thynges which were 
spoken/ and some beloved not. 

When they agreed not amonge them selves/ they departed/ 
after thatt Paul had spoken one worde : well spake the holy 
goost by Esay the prophet vnto oure fathers/ sayinge : Goo 
vnto this people and saye : ^i with youre eares shall ye heare/ 
and shall not vnderstonde. and 21 with youre eyes shall ye se 
and shall not perceave. For the hert off this people is wexed 
grosse/ and 22 their eares wexe thycke of hearinge/ and their 
eyes have they ^ closed/ lest they shulde se with their eyes/ 
and heare with their eares/ and vnderstonde with their hertes/ 
and shulde ^ be converted/ and I shulde heale them. Be it 
knowen therfore vnto you/ that this 25 consolacion of God is 
sent to the gentyls/ and they shall heare it. And when he had 
sayde that/ the iewes departed from hym/ and had grete ^ des- 
picions amonge them selves. 

But Paul 2''' dwelt two yeares in his lodgynge. And 

receaved all that cam to hym/ preachy nge the 

kyngdome off God/ and teachynge those 

thynges which concerned the lorde Jesus 

wyth all 28 confidence/ noo man 

foibyddynge hym. 



J^exe twtjttfft tije McUs off tf)c 
Apostles. 

^ Were perswaded with, Gen. Bps. ^i gy hearing — Seeing, 

Gen. 22 They hear hardly with their ears, Gov. Wyth their ears 

have they had no hist to heare, Cr. Their ears are dull of hearing, 
Gen. Bps. ^ Winked, Gen. ^ Returne, that I might, etc. 

Gen. ^ Salvation, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Reasoning, Gen. 

Bps. 2' Remained [Dwelt, B.] in his own hired house, Gen. Bps. 
^ Boldness of speach, without let, Gen. 



Epi^tU oft ttie ^»outU ^aul 
to tfit Uom^mt^* 



I^5E1L the servaunte off Jesus Christ/ called ^ vnto the 
office off an apostle/ putt a parte to preache the gospell 
of God/ which he promysed afore by his prophetes/ in the ho- 
ly scriptures ^ that medce mension of his sonne/ ^ the which 
was '* begotten of the seede of David ^ as pertaynynge to the 
flesshe : and ^ declared to be the sonne of God with power 
' of the holy goost/ that sanctifieth/ ^ sence the tyme that Je- 
sus Christ oure lorde rose agayne from deeth/ by whom we 
have receaved grace and apostle shippe/ ^ thatt all gentiles 
shulde obeye to the fayth which is in his name/ of the 
which noumbre are ye also/ ^^ which are Jesus Christes by 
vocacion. 

To all you of Rome beloved of God/ and ^^ sanctes by call- 
ynge. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father/ 
and from the lorde Jesus Christ. 

^ An apostle, Cov. To be an apostle, T. M. Gen. Bps. ' Con- 
cerning his sonne, Gen. Of his sonne, Bps. ^ Gen. adds — Jesus 
Christ, our Lorde. * Borne, Cr. Made, Gen. Bps. ^ After, 
Cr. Bps. According to, Gen. * Declared mightily, Cov. Gen. 
' After the spirite that sanctifieth, Cov. Cr. Bps. Touching the spir- 
ite of sanctification. Gen. ® By the resurrection from the dead, 
Gen. Bps. adds — of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^ To set up the obe- 
dience of faith, Cov. To bring all manner heythen people to the 
obedience of the faith, T. M. That obedience might be given to the 
faith in his name among all the heathen [Gentiles, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. 
>« The electe of Jesus Christ, Cr. " Saints by election, Cr. Call 
ed to be saints. Gen. 



Cf)e JSptstU bnto tt)c jKloma^ns. ®D. f. 

Fyrst verely I thanke my god thorow Jesus Christ for you 
all/ be cause youre faith is publisshed through out all the 
worlde. For god is my witnes/ whom I serve in my sprete/ 
in the gospell of his sonne that with out ceasynge I make 
mencion of you all wayes in my prayers/ besechynge thatt at 
one tyme or another/ a prosperous iorney (by the will of god) 
^2 myght fortune me to come vnto you. For I longe to see 
you/ that I myght bestowe amonge you some spirituall gifte/ 
13 to strengthe you with all (thatt ys) that I myght ^^ have 
consolacion togedder with you/ i^ through the commen fayth/ 
which bothe ye and I have. 

I wolde that ye shulde knowe/ brethren/ howe that I have 
often tymes purposed to come vnto you (but have bene lett 
hidderto) to ^^ have some frute amonge you/ as I have amonge 
other of the gentyls. For I am detter both to the grekes/ 
and to 1'' them which are no grekes/ vnto the ^^ learned 
and also vnto the i^vnlearned. i^Lykwyse/ as moche as 
in me is/ 1 am redy to preache the gospell to you of Rome 
also. 

For I am nott a shamed of the gospell of Christ/ because it 
is the power of God vnto salvacion to all that beleve/ namly 
to the iewe/ and also to the ^o gentyle/ For by it the right- 
ewesness which commeth of God is opened/ from faythe to 
faythe. As it is written : The iust shall live by fayth. 

For the wrath of god ^i of heven apereth agaynst all vn- 
godlynes and vnrightewesnes of men which witholde the trueth 
in vnrightewesnes/ seynge that that/ which maye be knowen 
of god/ is manifest amonge them. For god did shewe it vnto 
them. For his invisibile thynges (that is to saye/ his eternall 
power and godhed) 22 are vnderstond and sene/ by the werkes 
from the creacion of the worlde. So that they are with out 
excuse/ in as moche as when they ^3 knewe God they gloryfied 
hym not as god/ nether were thankfull/ but ^4 wexed full of 
vanities in their imaginacions. And their folisshe hertes were 

*^ By some means 1 might have [take, B.}, Gen. Bps. ^^ That ye 
might be stablished, Gen. Bps. ^* Be comforted, Gcw. '= Through 
our mutual faith [Eache with others fayth, B.] both yours and mine, 
Gen, Bps. *^ Do some good, Cov. ^'^ Un greeks, Cov. Or. Bar- 
barians, Gen. Bps. ^^ Wise — Unwise, Gen. Bps. ^^ So that, 
Cr. Bps. Therefore, Gen, 20 Greek, Gen. Bps. '^ Appereth 
from heaven, T. M. Cr. Is revelled from heven. Gen. Bps. 22 Might 
be seen while they are considered by the workes, etc, Cov. Are sene 
for as much as they are understood by, etc. Cr. Are seene by the cre- 
ation of the worlde, being considered in his workes. Gen. ^^ Knewe 
that therp is a God, Cop- *» Became yainCj Gen, 



iTo. cl. me Bpfstle of ^aul 

blynded. When they ^ counted them selves wyse/ they be- 
cam foles and turned the glory of the ^ imniortall god/ vnto 
the similitude of the ymage of ^ mortall man/ and of byrdes/ 
and foure foted beastes and 27serpentes. 

For this cause god gave them vppe vnto their hertes lustes 
vnto vnclennes to defile their awne boddies bitwene them 
selves : which tourned his trueth vnto a lye/ and worshipped 
and served the creatures ^8 more then the maker/ which is 
29 blessed for ever Amen. For this cause god gave them 
vppe vnto soghamfull lustes. For even their wemen did 
chaunge the naturall vse vnto ^^ vnnaturall. And lyke wyse 
also the men lefte the naturall vse of the woman/ and brent 
in lust won on another amonge them selves. And man with 
man wrought filthynes/ and receaved in them selves 32 the 
rewarde of their errour as it was accordynge. 

And as 33 it semed not good vnto them to be aknowen 
of god/ even so god deliveryd them vppe vnto a ^4 leawde 
mynd/ that they shulde do tho thynges which wer not ^5 com- 
ly/ beynge full of all vnrighteous doynge/ off fornicacion/ 
wickednes/ coveteousness/ maliciousnes/ full off envie/ mor- 
ther/ debate/ dissayte/ ^6 evyll condiciond/ whisperers/ back- 
biters/ 37 haters off God/ 38 doers of wronge/ proude/ bosters/ 

39 biyngers vppe of evyll thynges/ disobedient to their fathers 
and mothers/ with out vnderstondynge/ covenaunte breakers/ 
^^ vnlovynge/ ^^ stouborne and merciles. which men/ though 
they knew the ^^ rightewesnes of God/ howe that they which 
soche thinges commyt are worthy off deeth/ yett not only did 
the same/ but also ^^3 had pleasure in them that did them. 

STlje secon^g <?t|bapter. 

nPHERFORE arte thou inexcusable o man whoever thou 

■*■ be that iudgest. For in that same where in thou iudgest 

another/ thou condemnest thy silfe. For thou that iudgest 

^ Professed, Gen. ^ Incorruptible — corruptible, Gen. Bps. 

27 Creeping beasts [thinges, G.], Cr. Gen. Bjjs. ^ Forsaking the 

Creator, Gen. ^ To be praised, Cr. Bps. ^o yile affections, Gen. 
31 That which is against nature, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^2 Qxich recom- 

pense of their errour as was mete, Gen. ^^ They regarded not to 

know God, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Reprobate, Gen. ^ Convenient, 

Gen. 36 Taking all things in the evil part. Gen. ^7 Despisers, 

Cov. 38 Dysdayneful, Cr. Despitefull, Bps. ^^ Inventers, Gen. 

40 Withoute natural affection. Gen. *^ Truce-breakers, T. M. Cr. 
Bps. Such as can never be appeased, Gen. *' Law, Gen. 

Gen. 



bnto tje asiomajnsf. €t). ff. 

doest even the same silfe thynges. But we are sure that the 
iudgement of God is accordynge to trueth/ agaynst them 
which commit soche thynges. Thynkest thou O man that 
iudgest them which do soche thynges and yet dost even the 
very same/ that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God : 
Other despisest thou the riches off his goodnes and pacience 
and longe sufferance and remembrest not how that the ^ kynd- 
nes of God ledith the to repentaunce ? 

But thou after thyne ^harde herte that cannott repent/ 
heapest ^ the togedder the treasure of wrath agaynste the daye 
'* of vengeance/ when shalbe openned the rightewes iudge- 
ment of God/ whych wyllrewarde every man accordynge to 
hys dedes/ that is to saye ^ prayse/ honoure/ and ^ immortaUte/ 
to them which continuynge in goode doynge/ seke eternall 
lyfe : Butt vnto them thatt are "^ rebellious/ and disobey the 
trueth/ ^ yett folowe iniquytie/ shall come indignacion/ and 
wrathe tribulacion and anguysshe apon the soule of every 
mon that doth evyll. Of the Jewe fyrst And also off the gen- 
tyll. To every man that doeth good shall come prayse/ hon- 
oure and peace/ to the iewe fyrst/ and also to the gentyll. 
For there is no ^ parcialite with god : But whosoever hath 
synned with out lawe/ shall perishe with out lawe. And as 
many as have synned vnder the lawe/ shalbe iudged by the 
lawe. For before God they are nott righteous which heare 
the lawe : but they which do the lawe shalbe iustifyed. For 
if the gentyls which have noo lawe/ do of nature the thynges 
contayned in the lawe : then they havynge noo lawe/ are a 
lawe vnto them selves/ which shewe the i" dede off the lawe 
written in theyr hertes/ whyll their conscience beareth wit- 
nes vnto them/ and also their thoughtes/ accusynge won an- 
other/ or excusynge at the daye wen God shall iudge the se- 
cretes off men/ by Jesus Christ accordynge to my Gospell. 

1^ Beholde/ thou arte called a Jewe/ and i^ trustest in the 
lawe and i^ reioysist in God/ and knowest his will/ and i'* hast 

* Loving-kindness, Cov. Bountifulness, Gen. ^ Stubbernesse, 

[Hardnesse, G] and heart that cannot, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Unto 

thyselfe, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Of wrath, and of the declaration of the 

just [righteous, B.] judgment. Gen. Bps. ^ To them which by 

continuance, etc. seek glory and honour and immortalitie. eternal life, 
Gen. Bps. ^ Incorruption, Cov. "^ Contentious, Gen. Bps. 

® But obey [folowe, C] unrighteousness, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Respect 

of persons, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^° Effect. Gen. Work, Bps. " But 

take heed, Cov. ^^ Restest, Gen. Bps. ^^ Makest thy boast 

of, Cr. Bps. Gloriest, Gen. [So vs, 23.] ^* Provest what is best 

to do, Cov. Allowest the things that are excellent. Gen. Bps. 



j?c. elf. Srije 35i)fstle of 3Paul 

experience of good and bad/ in that thou arte informed by the 
la we : And i^ belevest that thou thy silfe arte a gyde vnto the 
blynde/ a lyght to them which are in dercknes/ an informer 
off them which lacke discrecion/ a teacher off the vnlearned/ 
which hast the ^^ ensample off thatt which ought to be knowen/ 
and off the trueth in the la we. '^'^ Howe teachest thou another : 
but teachest nott thy silfe. Thou preachest/ a man shulde 
not steale : and yet i® thou stealest. Thou sayst/ a man shulde 
nott commit advoutry : and thou breakest wedlocke. Thou 
abhorest ymages/ ^^ and robbest God of his honoure. Thou 
reioysest in the lawe/ and thorow breakynge the lawe dishon- 
ourest God. For the name off God is evyll spoken off amonge 
the gentylls thorowe you as it is written. 

Circumcision verely ^o avayleth if thou kepe the lawe : But 
if thou breake the lawe thy circumcision is made vncircum- 
cision. Therefore yf the vncircumcised kepe the Alright 
thynges contayned in the lawe : shall nott his vncircumcision 
be counted for circumcision ? And shall not vncircumcision 
which ys by nature (yf itt kepe the lawe) iudge the/ which 
^ beynge vnder the lawe and circumcision/ dost transgresse 
the lawe ? For he is not a Jewe/ which is a Jewe outwarde. 
Nether is that thynge circumcision/ which is outwarde in the 
flesshe : But he is a Jewe which is ^ hid within, and the 
circumcision of the herte ^4 [is the true circumcision/] which is 
in the sprete/ and nott in the letter : whose prayse is not of 
men but of god. 

5rt)c 2ri)frTie €:|)apter. 

V^HAT 1 preferment then hath the Jewe ? other what 
' avauntageth circumcision ? ^ Surely very moche. ^Fyrst 
vnto them was committed ^ the worde off God. What then 
though some of them did not beleve/ shall their vnbeleve make 
the ^ promes of god without effecte ? god forbid. Lett God 
betrue/ and all men lyars/ as it is written : That thou myght- 

*^ Arte confident, Cov. Perswadest thyselfe, Gen. *^ Form [En- 
sample, C] of knowledge. Or. Gen. Bps. •'^ Thou therefore which 
teachest another, teachest, etc. 7'. M. Ct. Gen. Bps. '^ Dost 

thou steale, Gen. Bps. [G. B. use the int.errog. the three next clauses.] 
^^ Committest thou sacrilege, Gen. ^'^ Is profitable, Gen. *' Or- 
dinances of. Gen. Bps. ^2 Being under the letter, Cr. Bps. By 
the letter. Gen. ^ One within, Gen. Bps. ^ Gen. omits. 
' Furtherance, Cov. ^ Much every [G. adds — maner of J way. Gen. 
Bps. ^ First because, CV. jB/>5. Chiefly because, Gcti. •♦What 
God spake, Cov. The oracles of God, Gen. * Fayth, Gen. Bps. 



bnto ttje 3Roma|»n». ®!). fff. 

est be iustifyed in thy saynges and shuldest overcome when 
thou arte iudged. Yf oure vnrightewesnes ^ make the right- 
ewesnes off God more excellent : what shall we saye ? Ys 
God vnrighteous ^ which taketh vengeaunce ? (I speake af- 
ter the maner of men) god forbid. For howe then shall god 
iudge the worlde ? yf the veritie of god ^ apere more excellent 
thorow my lye/ vnto his prayse/ why am I hence forthe iudg- 
ed as a synner ? and saye nott rather (^ as men evyll speake 
of vs/ and as some afferme that we saye) ^^ lett vs do ev- 
yll/ that good maye come therof. whose damnacion is 
iusie. 

What saye we then ? Are we ^^ better then they ? no/ in 
no wyse. For we have all redy proved how that both Jewes 
and gentyls are vnder synne/ as it is written : There is none 
righteous/ no nott one : There is none that vnderstondith/ there 
is none that seketh after God/ they are all gone out of the 
waye/ they are all made vnproffitable/ there is none that doeth 
good/ no not won. Their throte is an open sepulcre/ with 
then* tounges they have disceaved : the poyson of Aspes is 
vnder their lippes. whose mouthes are full of coursynge and 
bitternes. There fete are swytfe to sheed bloud. I'^Destruc- 
cion ande ^^ wretchednes are in their wayes. And the waye 
of peace have they nott knowen. There is no feare of God 
before their eyes. 

Ye and we knowe that whatsoever the lawe sayth/ he sayth 
itt to them which are vnder the lawe : That all mouthes maye 
be stopped/ and all the worlde be ^^ subdued to God/ be cause 
that by the dedes of the lawe/ shall no flesshe be iustified in 
the sight off god. For by the lawe commeth the knowledge 
off synne. 

Nowe verely is the rightewesnes that commeth of God ^^ de- 
clared with out the fulfiUinge of the lawe havynge witnes 
yet of the lawe/ and of the prophetes. i^ fhe rightewesnes 
no dout which ys goode before God commeth by the fayth off 
Jesus Christe vnto all/ and apon all them that beleve. 

6 Commend, Gen. Setteth forth, Bps. ' That he is angry there- 
for, Gov. Which punisheth, Gen. 8 Hath more abounded, Gen. 
Bps. ® As we are blamed, Gen. As we are slanderously reported, 
Bps. 10 Why do we not evyll ? Gen. » More excellent, Gen. 
12 Hartes griefe, Bps. i3 Calamitie, Gen. Miserie, Bps. »< Bet- 
ter, Gov. Culpable before, Gen. Endangered, Bps. >* Declared 
[Made manifest, G.] without the law, Cr. Gen. Bps. '« The 
righteousness of God commeth, etc. Cr. Bps. To wit, the righteous- 
ness of God by the fayth, etc. Gen. 
AA 



For there is no difference/ all have synned/ and ^^ lacke 
the prayse that is off ^^ valoure before God : but are iustified 
frely by his grace/ through the redemcion that is in Christ 
Jesu/ whom God hath i^j^ade a seate of mercy thorow 
faith in his bloud/ to shewe the rightewesnes which before 
hym is of valoure/ m that he forgeveth the synnes thatt 
are passhed/ 20 which God did suffre to shewe at this tyme : 
21 the rightewesnes that is alowed off hym/ that he myght 
be counted iuste/ and a iustifiar of hym which belevith on 
Jesus. 

Where is then thy 22 reioysynge ? Hitt is excluded. By 
what lawe ? by the lawe of workes } Naye : but by the lawe 
of fayth. 

We suppose therfore that a man is iustified by fayth with 
out the dedes of the lawe. Ys he the god of the iewes only ? 
Ys he not also the god off the gentyls ? 23 jje is noo doute/ 
god also of the gentyls. For it is god only which iustifieth 
circumcision/ ^4 which is off faith : and vncircumcision throw 
fayth. Do we then 25 (Jestroye the lawe throw fayth .^ God 
forbid. We rather 26 niayntayne the lawe. 



CrSe fif). <8:|)aptcr. 
HAT shall we saye then/ that Abraham oure father 1 



W 

pertayninge to the flesshe dyd fynde .? Yff Abraham 
were iustifyed by dedes/ then hath he wher in to reioyce : butt 
nott with god. For what sayth the scripture ? Abraham be- 
loved god/ and it was counted vnto hym for rightewesnes. 
To hym that worketh ys the 2rewarde nott reckoned off fa- 
vour : but of 3 duety. Tho him that worketh not/ but beleveth 
on him that iustifieth the vngodly/ is fayth counted for right- 
ewesnes.^ Even as David ^ desscribeth the blessedfulnes of 
a man/ vnto whom god ^ ascrybeth rightewesnes with out 
dedes. Blessed are they/ whose vnrightewesnes is forgeven/ 

^'^ Want the praise that God should have of them, Cov. Are desti- 
tute [deprived, G. Have nede, B.] of the glorie of God, Or. Gen.Bps. 
^^ [i. 6, value.] ^^ Set forthe to be a propitiation [The obtainer of 
mercie, C. A reconciliation, G.] through, etc. Cr. Gew.Bps. roun- 
der the sufferance of God, Cov. Through the patience of God, Gen. 
2^ His righteousness, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Boasting, Bps. ^ Yea, 

even of the, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ By faith, Bjys. =5 Make 
of none effect. Gen. ^ Establish, Gen. ^ Hath founde con- 

cerning the flesh. Gen. * Wages, Gen. ^ Dette, Gen. * Cr. 
adds — according to the purpose of the grace of God. * Declareth, 
Gen. ^ Imputeth, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



bnto tt)e 31omasns. €!). ifif. 

and whose synnes are covered. Blessed is that man to whom 
the lorde imputeth not synne. 

Cam this blessednes then apon the circumcised or apon the 
vncircumcised ^ ? We saye verely howe that fay th was reck- 
ened to Abraham/ for rightewesnes. Howe was it reckened ? 
^ in the tyme of circumcision ? or in the tyme before he was 
circumcised ? Not in tyme of circumcision : bvt when he 
was yet vncircumcised. And he receaved the signe of cir- 
cumcision as a scale of that rightewesnes whych is by fayth/ 
which faylh he had yett beynge vncircumcised/ that he shulde 
be the father of all them that beleve/ though they be nott cir- 
cumcised/ that righewesnes myght be imputed to them also/ 
And that he myght be the father of the circumcised : ^ not be 
cause they are circumcised only : but be cause they walke 
also in the steppes of fayth/ which was i^ in oure father Abra- 
ham before the tyme of circumcision. 

For the promes that he shulde be the heyre of the worlde 
was not geven to Abraham/ or to hys seed thorowe the lawe : 
but thorow the rightewesnes which cometh of fayth. For yf 
they which are of the lawe be heyres/ then is fayth ^^ but 
vayne/ and the promes of none effecte. Because the lawe 
causeth wrathe. For where no lawe is/ there is no transgres- 
sion. Therfore ^^ by fayth is the enheritaunce geven/ that it 
myght come off faveour : and that the promes myght be sure 
to all the seed. Not to them only which are of the lawe : but 
also to them which are of the fayth of Abraham/ which is the 
father of vs all. As hit is written : I have ordeyned the a 
father to many nacions/ before God whom thou hast beloved/ 
which ^3 quyckeneth the deed and calleth those thynges which 
be not as though they were. 

Which Abraham/ ^^ contrary to hope/ beloved in hope/ that 
he shulde be the father of many nacions accordynge to thatt 
wh5'ch was spoken : So shall thy seed be/ and ^^ he faynted 
nott in the fayth/ nor yet consydered hys awne boddy/ which 
was nowe deed/ even when he was almost an hondred yeare 
olde. Nether considered he ^^ the barenes off Sara. ^'^ He 

' Cr. Gen. Bps. add — also. ^ When he was circumcised or un- 

circumcised ? Gen. [So next clause.] ^ Not to them only which 

are, etc. but to them also which walke, Gen. ^^ In the uncircum- 

cision of our father Abraham, Cov. ^^ Made void, Gen. ^^ Was 
the promise made thro' faith, that it might, etc. Cor. /n'^ by faith, that 
it might come, etc. Gen. i3 Restoreth the dead unto life, Cr. Bps. 

>•» Above, Gtn. ^^ He, not weak, etc. Gen. ^^ That Sara was 

past childe bearing, T. M. Cr. The deadnesse of Sara's womb, Gen. 
Bps. 17 Js^eitber did be doubte of, Gen. 



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stackered nott at the promes off God thorowe vnbelefe : Butt 
was made stronge in the fayth/ and gave honour to God ^^ and 
stedfastly beloved/ that he whych had made the promes was 
able also ^^ to make it good, and therfore was it reckoned to 
hym for rightewesnes. 

Hit is nott written for hym only/ that it was reckoned to 
hym for rightewesnes : butt also for vs/ to whom ytt shalbe 
counted for rightewesnes so we bcleve on hym thatt raysed 
vppe Jesus oure lorde from deeth. Which was delivered for 
cure synnes/ and rose agayne forto iustifye vs. 

Efje b, ©iiapter. 

"DE cause therfore thatt we are iustifyed by fayth we are at 
-^^ peace with god thorowe oure lorde Jesus Christ : by 
whom ^we have awaye in thorow faith vnto this faveour 
wherin we stonde and reioyse in hope of the ^prayse that 
shalbe geven of God. Nether do we so only : but also we 
reioyce in tribulacion : For we know that tribidacion bryngeth 
pacience/ pacience bryngeth ^felynge/ ^felynge bryngeth 
hope, and hope ^maketh vs not a shamed/ be cause ^the 
love that god hath vnto vs/ is sheed abrod in oure hertes/ by 
the holy gost/ which is geven vnto vs. 

^ For when we were yett weake accordynge to the tyme : 
Christ dyed for vs which were vngodly. "'' Yett scace will eny 
man deye for a rightewes man. Paraventure for a good man 
durst a man deye. Butt God setteth out hys love thatt he hath 
to vs/ Seymge that whyll we were yett synners/ ^ Christ 
deyed for vs. Moche more then nowe (seynge we are iusti- 
fyed in hys bloud) shall we be ^ preserved from wrath thorow 
hym. 

For yf when we were enemys/ we were reconciled to God 
by the deeth of hys sonne : moche more/ seynge we are 
reconciled/ we shalbe preservyd by his life. Not only so/ 

^8 And was sure, Cov. Being fully assured, Gen. ^* To do it, 

Gen. To perform, Bps. ^ Also it chaunsed unto us to be brought 

in through, Cr. Also we have acoesse through. Gen. Also we have 
had an entrance by, Bps. * Glory for to come which God shall give, 
Cov. Glory (of the chyldren) of God, Cr. Of the glory of God, Gen. 
Bps. ^ Experience, Gen. Proofe, Bps. * Letteth us not 

come to confusion, Cov. ^ The love of God is shed, T. M. Cr. 

Gen. Bps. * For Christ, when we were yet of no strength, at Ms 

time, Gen. ' Doubtlesse one will scarce die. Gen. • Cr. adds — 
according to the tyme. ' Saved, Gen- Bps. [So vs. JO.] 



307 

bnto ttje aioma$ns. ®i). b. 

but we also joye in God by the meanes off oure lord Jesus 
Christ/ by whom we have receavyd this attonment. 

Wherfore as by one man synne entred into the worlde/ 
and deeth by the meanes off synne. And so deeth went over 
all men/ in somoche that all men synned. For even vnto the 
tyme of the lawe was synne in the worlde : but synne ^^ was 
not regarded/ as longe as there was no lawe. neverthelesse 
deeth rayned from Adam to Moses/ even over them also that 
synned not/ with lyke transgression as did Adam : which ^^ is 
the similitude off hym that was to come. 

But the gyfte is not lyke as is the ^^ synne. For yf thorow 
the synne of one/ many be deed : moche more ^^ plenteous 
apon many was the faveour of God and gyfte by faveoure : 
which faveoure was geven by one man Jesus Christ. 

14 And the gyfte is nott over one synne/ as deeth cam 
thorow one synne of one that synned. For ^^ damnacion cam 
off one synne vnto condemnacion : But the gyft ^^ cam to iust- 
ify from many synnes. For yff by the synne off one/ deeth 
raigned by the meanes of one/ moche more shall they which 
receave aboundance off faveour and off the gyfte of rightew- 
esnes raygne in lyfe by the meanes of one (that is to saye) 
Jesus Christe. 

Lyke wyse then as by the synne of one/ '^'^ condemnacion 
cam on all men : even so by the ^^ iustifyinge of one ^^com- 
meth the rightewesnes that bryngeth lyfe/ apon all men. For 
as by one mannes disobedience many be cam synners : so by 
the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 

The lawe in the meane tyme entred in thatt synne shulde 
encrease. And where aboundaunce off synne was/ there was 
more plenteousnes of grace. That as sinne had raigned vnto 
deeth/ even so might grace raynge thorow rightewesnes 
vnto eternal! lyfe/ ^o by the helpe of Jesu Christ. 

^° Is not imputed, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Was the figure, Gen.Bps. 

^^ Offence, Gen. [So postJ] ^^ Hath abounded unto many, Gen. 

Bps. ^^ Neither is the gift so, as that ichich entered in by one that 

sinned, Gen. And not as by one that sinned {even so) the gift, Bps. 
*^ The judgment, Cov. The faulte, Gen. ^^ Of many offences 

[sins, B \ to justification, Gen. Bps. ^^ The fault [sinne, B.'\ came 
on all men to condemnation, Gen. Bps. ^® Righteousness, Bps. 

^9 The benefit abounded toward [Good came upon, B.] all men, to the 
justification [righteousnesse, B.] of life, Gen. Bps. 20 Through 

[By, B.] Jesus, etc. Gen. Bps. 



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STJjc bf. itiDKpitv. 

'Vl/'HAT shall we saye then ? shall we continue in synne/ 
that there maye be aboundaunce off grace ? God for- 
bid. Howe shall we that are deed as touchynge synne live 
eny longer therin ? Remember ye nott thatt all we which are 
baptysed in the name off Christ Jesu/ are baptised i to deye 
with hym ? We are buryed with him by baptim forto deye : 
That as Christ was raysed vp from deeth by the glory of the 
father : even soo we also shulde walke in a newe lyfe. For 
yff we be graft ^ in deeth lyke vnto hym : even soo ^ must we 
be in the resurreccion. Thys we must remember/ that oure 
olde man ys crucified wyth hym also/ that the body of synne 
myght vtterly be destroyed/ that hence forth we shulde not be 
servauntes off synne. For he that is deed/ ys ^ iustified from 
synne. 

Wherfore yff we be deed with Christ, we beleve that we 
shall live with hym : remembrynge that Christ once raysed 
from deeth/ dieth no more. Deeth hath no more power over 
hym. For as touchynge that he died/ he died ^ as concern- 
ynge synne once. And as touchynge that he liveth/ he liveth 
vnto God. Lykewyse ^ ymmagen ye also/ that ye are deed 
as concernynge synne : but are alive vnto God thorow Jesus 
Christ oure lorde. Lett nott synne raigne therfore in youre 
mortall bodyes/ thatt ye shulde there vnto obey in the lustes 
off it. Nether geve ye youre members as ^ instrumentes off 
vnrightewesnes vnto synne : Butt geve youre selves vnto God/ 
as they that are alive from deeth. And geve youre members 
as "^ instrumentes of rightewesnes vnto god. Synne shall not 
have power over you. For ye are not vnder the lawe/ but 
vnder grace. 

What then ? Shall we synne/ be cause we are not vnder 
the lawe : but vnder grace ^ God forbid. Remember ye not 
howe that to whomsoever ye commit youre selves as ser- 
vauntes to obey/ hys servauntes ye are to whom ye obey : 
whether it be of synne vnto deeth/ or of obedience vnto right- 
ewesnes ? God be thanked. Ye were once the servauntes of 
synne: Butt now have obeyd wyth youre hertes vnto the 

^ Into his death, Gen. Bps. " With him to the simihtude [like- 

nesse, B.} of his death, Gen. Bps. ^ Shall we he partakers of, etc. 
Cr. Bps. 4 Made righteous, Cov. Freed, Gen. * Once to sinne, 
Gen. [So vs. 11.] ^ Consider, Cr. Thinke, Gen. Recken yoyr- 

gelyes to be, Bps. ' Weapons, Cov. Gen. 



forme off doctryne ^ where vnto ye were ^ delyvered. ye are 
then made fre from synne/ and are be come the servauntes 
off rightewesnes. 

^^ I wyll speake grossly because off the infirmitie off youre 
flesshe. As ye have geven youre members servauntes to vn- 
clennes and to iniquitie/ ^^ from iniquytie vnto iniquytie : even 
so nowe geve youre members servauntes vnto rightewesnes/ 
12 that ye maye be sanctified. For when ye were the ser- 
vauntes off synne/ ye were ^^ nott vnder rightewesnes. What 
frute had ye then in tho thynges/ where off ye are nowe 
ashamed. For the ende of tho thynges is deeth. Butt nowe 
are ye delivered from sinne/ and made the servauntes off God/ 
and have youre frute thatt ye shulde be sanctifyed/ and the 
ende everlastynge lyfe. For the ^^ rewarde off synne is 
deeth : butt etemall lyfe ys the gyft off God/ thorow Jesus 
Christ oure lorde. 



5rf)c bfj. ©fjaptcr. 

"O EMEMBER ye not brethren (I speake to them thatt know 
-*-*' the lawe) how thatt the lawe hath power over a man as 
longe as ^ yt enduereth : For the woman which is in subjec- 
cion to a man/ is bounde by the lawe to the man/ as longe as 
he liveth. Yff the man be deed/ she is lowsed from the lawe 
of the man. So then yf whill the man liveth 2 she couple 
her silfe with another man/ she shalbe counted 3 a wedlocke 
breaker. But yf the man be deed she is free from the lawe : 
so that she is noo 3 wedlocke breaker/ though she couple her 
silfe with another man. 

Even so my brethren/ ye also are made deed, as concem- 
ynge the lawe by the body off Christ/ that ye shulde ^ be cou- 
pled to another (I meane to hym that is rysen agayne from 
deeth) that we shulde brynge forth frute vnto God. When 
we were in the flesshe/ the ^ lustes off synne whyche were 
6 stered vppe by the lawe/ "'' raigned in oure members/ to 
bringe forth frute vnto deeth. Butt now are we deUvered 

8 Unto the whyche ye were brought, Cr. Bps. ^ Committed, 

Cov. ^° I speake after the manner of men, Gen. Bps. "From 

one iniquitie to another, Cr. To commit iniquitie, Gen. Unto iniqui- 
tie, Bps. ^' That ye may be holy, Cov. In [Unto, B.] holinesse, 
Gen. Bps. [So vs. 22.] ^^ Void of, Cr. Free from, Gen. Bps, 

^* Wages, Gen. ^ He liveth. Gen. Bps. ^ She take. Gen. 

^ An adulteresse. Gen. •* Bee unto another. Gen. * Motions, 

Gen. ® By the lawe, Gen. Bps. ' Had force, Gen. Wrought, 



:^o . clb. E\)e 32pintU of jaatil 

from the lawe/ and deed from hit/ where vnto we were ^ in 
bondage/ that we shulde serve in ^ an newe conversacion of 
the sprete/ and nott in the ^ olde conversacion off the letter. 

What shall we saye then ? is the lawe synne ? God for- 
bid : but I knewe nott what ^^ synne meand butt by the lawe. 
For I had nott knowne what lust hadde meant/ excepte the 
lawe hadde sayde/ thou shalt not lust. Butt synne toke an 
occasion by the meanes off the commaundement/ and wrought 
in me all manner off concupiscence. For verily with out the 
lawe sinne was deed. I once lived with out lawe : butt when 
the commaundement cam/ synne revived/ and I was deed. 
And the very same commaundement which was ordeyned vn- 
to lyfe/ was founde to be vnto me ^^ an occasion of deeth. 
For synne toke occasion by the meanes of the commaunde- 
ment and so disceaved me/ and by the silfe commaundement 
slewe me. wherfore the lawe is holy/ and the commaunde- 
ment holy/ iust/ and good. 

Was that then which is good made deeth vnto me ? God 
forbyd. ^^jN^^ye synne was deeth vnto me/ that it myght 
apere how thatt synne by the meanes of that which is good/ 
had wrought deeth in me : that synne ^^ which is vnder the 
commaundement/ myght be out of measure synfull. For we 
knowe that the lawe is spirituall : butt I am carnall/ solde vn- 
der synne : ^^ be cause I wote nott what I doo. For what I 
wold/ that do I not : but what I hate/ that do I. Yf I do nowe 
that which I wolde not/ 1 graunte to the lawe that yt ys good. 
So then nowe yt is nott I that do it/ butt synne that dwelleth in 
me. For I knowe that in me (that is to saye in my flesshe) 
dwelleth no good thynge. To will is present with me : butt 
I fynde no meanes to performe that which is good. For I doo 
not that goode thynge which I wold : but that evyll do 1/ 
which I wolde not. Finally/ yff I do that I wolde not/ then 
is it nott I that doo it/ but synne that dwelleth in me doeth it. 
I fynde then by the lawe that when I wolde do good/ evyll is 
present with me. I delite in the lawe off God/ as concern- 
ynge the inner man. Butt I se another lawe in my members 
1^ rebellynge agaynst the lawe off my mynde/ and ^^ subdu- 

^ Holden, Gen. ^ Newness — Oldnesse, Gen. Bps. ^° Sinne, 

but by, etc. For I had not knowen lust, Gen. Bps. ^' Unto death. 

Gen. *2 Nay, it was sinne, that sinne might appeare (by that which 
was good) to worke death, etc. Cr. Bps. But sinne, that it might ap- 
peare sinne, wrought death in me by that which, etc. Gen. " By 
the commamdment, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^* For I allowe not, Cr. Gen. 
Bps. ** Which striveth. Cor. '® Leading me captive, Gen. 



bnto tt)e HomK^ns. ^t). bCff. 

ynge me vnto the lawe of synne/ which is in my members. 
O wretched man that I am : who shall delyver me from 
i^ this boddy of deeth ? I thanke God by Jesus Christ oure 
lorde : So then I my silfe in my mynde serve the lawe off 
God/ and in my flesshe the lawe of synne. 

BU bfr/. at^npUt. 

'T^HERE is then no damnacion to them which are in Christ 
Jesu/ which walke not after the flesshe : butt after the 
sprete. For the lawe of the sprete/ wherin is life thorowe 
Jesus Christ hath delivered me from the lawe off synne/ and 
deeth. For what the lawe coulde nott doo in as moche as 
itt was weake be cause off the flesshe : ^ that performed God/ 
and sent his sonne in the similitude of synfull flesshe/ and 
^ by synne damned synne in the flesshe : that the rightewes- 
nes 3 requyred of the lawe/ myght be fulfilled in vs/ whych 
walke not after the flesshe : butt after the sprete. 

For they that are ^ carnall/ are carnally mynded. and they 
that are "^ spirituall are goostly mynded. ^ To be carnally mynd- 
ed is deeth. and ^ to be spiritualy mynded is lyfe/ and peace : 
because that the flesshly mynde is enmyte against God : For 
it is not obedient to the lawe of God/ nether can be. So then 
they that are ^ geven to the flesshe/ cannot please god. 

But ye are not ^ geven to the flesshe/ But ^ to the sprete : ^ Yft 
soo be that the sprett of God dwell in you. if there be eny 
man that hath not the sprete of Christ/ the same is none of 
his/ Yf Christ be in you/ the body is deed be cause of synne : 
But the sprete is lyfe for rightewesnes sake. Wherfore if the 
sprete of hym that raysed vppe Jesus from deeth/ dwell in 
you : even he that raysed vp Christ from deeth/ shall quicken 
youre mortall bodyes/ be cause that his sprete dwelleth in you. 

Therfore brethren we are nowe detters/ not to the flesshe/ 
to live after the flesshe : For iff ye live after the flesshe/ ye 
must deye. But if ye mortifie the dedes off the body/ by the 
helpe off the sprete ye shall live/ for as many as are ledde by 
the sprete off God/ are the sonnes of god. For ye have not 
receaved the sprete of bondage to feare eny moare/ but ye 

^' Thys body subdued unto death, Cr. The body of this death, Gen. 
Bps. ^ God sending his owne, etc. Gen. Bj)s. " For, Gen. 

3 Of the law, Cr, Gen. Bps, * After the flesh, savour the things of the 
flesh — After the spirite, the thinges, etc. Gen. * For the wisdom 

of the flesh, [so vs. 7.] — The wisdom of the spirit, Gen. ^ In the, 
etc. Cr. Gen. Bjfs, 7 Because, Gen, 



JTo. clbf. Bl^t Hpfstle of 33aul 

have receaved the sprete off adopcion wherby we crye abba 
6 fatther. The same sprete ^ certifieth oure sprete that we are 
the sormes of god. yf we be the sonnes/ we are also the 
heyres (the heyres I meane of god) and ^^ hey res anexed 
with Christ/ yf so be that we suffer togedder/ that we maye 
be glorified togedder. 

For I ^1 suppose that the afHiccions of this ^^lyfe/ are not 
worthy of the glory which shalbe shewed apon vs. also the 
fervent desire of the creatures ^^ abideth lokynge when the 
sonnes of God shall apere because the creatures are ^^ sub- 
dued to vanite ^^agaynst their will: but for his will which 
subdued them in hope. For the very creatures shalbe deliv- 
ered from the bondage off coirupcion/ into the glorious liber- 
tie off the sonnes of god. For we knowe that every creature 
groneth with vs also/ and travayleth in payne even vnto this 
tyme. 

Not they only/ but even we also which have the fyrst frutes 
of the sprete ^^ morne in oure selves and wayte for the ^"^ adop- 
cion/ 1® and loke for the deliveraunce of oure bodies. For we 
are savyd by hope. But hope that is sene is no hope. For 
how can a man hope for that which he seyth .? but and if 
we hope for that we se not/ then do we with pacience abyde 
for it. 

Lyke wyse the sprete also helpeth oure infirmities. For 
we knowe nott/ what ^^ to desyre as we ought : but the sprete 
maketh intercession mightely for vs with ^^ gronynges which 
cannot be expressid ^i [withtonge.] And he that searchith the 
herte knoweth what is the meaninge of the sprete : for he ma- 
keth 22 intercession for the sayntes accordinge to the pleasure 
of god. For we knowe wele that all thynges worke for the 
best vnto them that love god/ which also are called of purpose. 
For those which he knewe before/ he also ^3 ordeyned before/ 
that they shuld be like fassioned vnto the ^^ shape of his sonne/ 
that he myght be the ^s fyrst begotten sonne amonge many 
brethren. Morover which he ^^ apoynted before/ them he al- 

^ Dear Father, Cov. ^ Beareth witnesse with, Gen. Bps. 

^° Joynt heyres, Bps. ^^ Count, Gen. Am certainly persuaded, 

Bps. '2 Present time, Gen. ^^ Wayteth when the sonnes of 

God shall be revealed. Gen. '^^ Subject, Gen. Bps. ^^ Not of its 
own will, but by reason of him. Gen. ^^ Even we do sigh, etc. Gen. 
" The childship, Cov. The adoption (of the children of God), Cr. 
^® Even the redemption, Gen. '^ To pray. Gen. ^ Sighs, Gen. 
" Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^2 Request, Gen. [So vs. 34.] ^ Dyd 

predestinate, Gen. Bps. ^ Image, Gen. Bps. ^ First borne. Gen. 



3\3 

bnto tl)e 3£lomagns. CI), ty:- 

so called. And which he called/ them he ^ iustiiied. which 
he iustified/ them he also glorified. 

What shall we then saye vnto these thynges ? yf god be on 
oure syde : who can be agaynst vs ? which spared nott his 
awne sonnet butt gave hym for vs all : Howe shall he nott 
with hym geve vs all thynges also ? Who shall laye eny 
thynge to the charge of goddes chosen ? Hit is God that ius- 
tifieth : who then shall condempne .'' Hytt is Christ which 
is deed/ ye rather which is rysen agayne/ which is also on 
the right honde of god and maketh intercession for vs. 

Who shall seperate vs from ^7 goddes love ? shall tribula- 
cion ? or anguysshe .'* or persecucion/ ^ other honger ? other 
nakednesse ? other parell .'' other swearde ? As it is written : 
For thy sake are we kylled all daye longe/ and are counted 
as shepe ^ apoynted to be slayne. Neverthelesse in all these 
thynges we ^o overcome strongly thorow ^i his helpe that loved 
vs. 32 Ye and I am sure that nether deeth/ nether lyfe/ neth- 
er angell/ nor ^3 rule/ nether power/ nether thynges present/ 
nether thinges to come/ nether heyth/ 34 nether lowth/ nether 
eny other creature shalbe able to 35 departe vs from Goddes 
love/ which is in Christ Jesu oure lorde. 

a^iic f):. d)apter. 

T SAYE the thrueth in Christ and lye nott/ in thatt wher of 
my concience beareth me witnes in the holy goost/ that I 
have grett hevynes/ and continuall sorowe in my hert. For I 
have wysshed my silfe to be ^ cursed from Christ for my 
brethren/ which are my kynsmen as pertayninge to the flesshe. 
which are the israhelites/ to whom pertayneth the adopcion/ 
and the glory/ and the testamentes/ and the ^ ordinaunce off 
the lawe/ and the service of God/ and the promyses/ whose 
also are the fathers/ and they of whom (as concernynge the 
flesshe) Christ cam : which is God over all thynges blessed 
for ever Amen. 

3 1 speake not these thynges as though the wordes of God 

26 Made righteous, Cov. 27 The love of Christ, Gen. Bps. 

^ Or famine. Gen. ^ For the slaughter, Gcji. Bps. 2° Overcome 
far, Cov. Are more than conquerors, Gen. ^^ Him, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

^2 For I am sure [persuaded, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Principali- 

ties, Gen. 34 Nor depth. Gen. Bps. ^^ Separate, Gen. Bps. 

^ Separated, Gen. ^ Lawe that was gyven, Cr.Bps. Giving of the 
law, Gen. ^ Notwithstanding [And, B] it cannot be that the 

worde,etc. Gen. Bps. 



ifo. tlbff. m^ Hpfstle of ^aul 

toke none efFecte. For they are not all israhelites which cam 
off Israhel/ Nether are they all children ^ stray ght way be 
cause they are the seede of Abraham : But in Isaac shall thy 
seede be called/ that is to saye/ They which are the children 
of the flesshe/ are not the children of God. But the children 
off promes/ ^aboute this tyme will I come/ and Sara shall 
have a sonne. 

6 Nether was it soo with her only : but also when Rebecca 
was with chylde by won/ 1 meane by oure father Isaac/ yeer/ 
the children were borne' when they had nether done good 
nether bad (that the purpose off God which is by eleccion/ 
my ght stonde) it was sayde vnto her/ not by the reason of 
workes/ but "^ by grace of the caller/^ ^ xy^q elder shall serve 
9 the yonger. As it is written : Jacob he loved/ but Esau he 
hated. 

What shall we saye then ? ys there eny vnrightewesnes 
with god? God forbid. For he say th to Moses : I will she we 
mercy to whom I shewe mercy : And will have compassion 
on whom I have compassion. ^^ So lieth it not then in a mans 
will/ or runnynge/ butt in the mercy of God. For the scrip- 
ture sayth vnto Pahrao : Even for thys same purpose have I 
stered the vppe/ to shewe my power on the/ and that my 
name myght be declared thorow out all the worlde. Soo hath 
he mercy on whom he woll. And whom he woll he maketh 
herde herted. 

Thou wilt saye then vnto me : why i^ then blameth he vs 
yet ? For who can resist his will ? Butt o man what arte thou/ 
which 12 disputest with God ? shall the ^^ worke saye to ^^ the 
workeman : why hast thou made me ^^on this fassion ? Hath 
nott the potter power over the claye/ even off the same lompe 
to make one vessell vnto honoure/ and a nother vnto dishon- 
oure ? 1^ Even soo/ God willynge to shewe his wrath/ and to 
make hys power knowen/ suffered with longe pacience the 
vessels of wrath/ i^ ordeyned to damnacion/ that he myght de- 

* Because, etc. Gen. Bps. * Ml the Vers, add — are counted the 

seede. For this is a worde of promes. ^ Not onely thys, but al- 

so Rebecca, etc. Cr. Gen. Neyther he onely felt this, but also, etc. Gew. 
' By the caller, Cr. Bps. By him that calleth, Geri. ^ Gen. Bps. 

add — It was say d unto her. ^ The greater — the lesse, Cov. 

'° So then it is not in him that willeth nor in him, etc. but in God that 
sheweth mercie, Gen. So then (election) is not of the wyller, nor of 
the runner, but of God that taketh mercie, Bps. " Doth he yet 
complayne, Gtn. ^^ Pleadest against, Gen. ^^ Thing formed — 
Him that formed it. Gen. '* Thus, Gen. " What and if God 

would, Gen. ^' Prepared to destruction, Gen. 



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I'l" 



elate the riches offhys glory on the vessels off mercy/ which 
he had prepayred vnto glory : ^'^ that is to saye/ vs which he 
called/ nott off the iewes only/ butt also off the gentyls. As 
he sayth in Osee : I will call them my people which were 
not my people : and her beloved which was nott beloved. 
And it shall come to passe in the place where it was sayd vn- 
to them : Ye are nott my people/ that there shalbe called the 
sonnes of the livynge god. 

But Esayas cryeth ^^ for Israhel/ though the nomber of the 
children of Israel be as the sonde of the see/ yet shall a rem- 
naunt be saved. ^^ He finnyssheth the worde verely and ma- 
keth it short in rightewesnes. For a short ^o worde will god 
make on erth And as Esayas sayd before : Excepte the lorde 
of sabaoth hadde left vs seede/ we had bene made as Zodoma/ 
and had bene lykened to Gomorra. 

What shall we saye then ? we saye that the gentyls which 
folowed not rightewesnes/ have "^^ overtaken rightewesnes I 
mane the rightewesnes which commeth of fayth. Butt Israel 
which folowed the lawe of rightewesnes/ coulde not attayne 
vnto the lawe of rightewesnes. And wherfore ? Because 
they sought it not by fath : but as it were by the workes of the 
lawe. For they have stombled at the stomblynge stone. As 
it is written Beholde I put in syon a stomblynge stone/ and a 
rocke ^ which shall make men faule. and none that beleve 
on hym shalbe ^ a shamed, 

2ri)e jr. <!i:l)apter. 

"ORETHREN my hertis desyre/ and prayer to god for Is- 
-*-^ rael is that they myght be saved. For I beare them re- 
corde that they have ^ a fervent mynde to god warde/ but not 
acordynge to knowledge. For they are ignoraunt of the right- 
ewesnes 2 which is alowed before god/ and goo about to stab- 
lisshe their awne rightewesnes and therfore ^ are not obedient 
vnto the rightewesnes which is of value before god. For 
Christ is the ^ ende of the lawe ^ to iustifie all that beleve. 

''' Even us, whom, etc. Gen. '^ Concerning, All the Vers. 

^^ For there is the worde that finisheth and shorteneth in righteous- 
ness, Cov. For he will make his account and gather it into a short 
surame with righteousness, Gen. ^° Count, Gen, ^i ^^. 

tained unto, Gen. Obtained, Bps. ^^ That men shall be offended 

at, Cr. Of offence, Bps. 23 Confounded, Cov. Cr.Bps. ' The 

zeale of God, Gen. Bps. ^ That availeth before, Cov. Of God, 

Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Are not subdued, Cov. Have not submitted, Gen. 
* Fulfylling, Cr. * For righteousness unto, Gen. Bps. 

6B 



:^o. clbflf. E^e Hpfstle of 3Paul 

Moses describeth the rightewesnes which commeth off the 
lawe/ howe that the man which doth the thynges of the lawe 
shall live therein. But the rightewesnes which commeth off 
fayth/ speaketh on this wyse : Saye nott in thyne hert : who 
shall ascende into heven ? 6 (That is nothynge els then to 
fetch Christ '''doune). Other who shall descende into the 
depe ? 6 That is nothynge els but to fetch vppe Christ from 
deeth. Butt whatt sayth ^ the scripture ? The worde is nye 
the/ even in thy mougth and in thyn berth. 

This worde is the worde off fayth which we preache. For 
yf thou shalt ^ knowledge whith thy mought that Jesus is the 
lorde/ and shalt beleve with thyn hert that God raysed hym 
vppe from deeth/ thou shalt be safe. For ^^ the belefe off the 
hert iustifieth : and to knowledge with the mougth maketh a 
man safe. For the scripture sayth : whosoever beleveth on 
hym/ shall not be ashamed. 

There is no difference bitwene the iewe and the gentyll. 
For won is lorde of all/ which is riche vnto all that call on 
hym. For whosoever shall call on the name of the lorde 
shalbe safe. Howe shall they call on hym/ on whom they 
beloved not ? how shall they beleve on hym off whom they 
have nott herde ? howe shall they heare with out a preacher ? 
And howe shall they preach except they be sent ? As hit is 
written : howe beautifull are the fete of them which ^^ brynge 
glad tydynges of peace/ and brynge glad tydynges of good 
thynges. But they have nott all obeyed to the gospell. For 
Esayas sayth : Lorde l^ wo shall beleve oure sayinges ? So 
then fayth commeth by hearynge/ and hearynge commeth by 
the worde of god. But I axe : have they nott herde ? No 
dout/ their sounde went out ^^ into all londes : and their wordes 
into the endes of the worlde. 

But I demaunde '^ whether Israhel did knowe or nott ? Fyrst 
Moses sayth : I will provoke you forto envy by ^^ them that 
are no people/ and by a folisshe nacion I will anger you. 
Esayas after that is bolde and sayth. I am founde off them 
thatt sought me nott/ and have apered to them that axed 
not after me. And against Israhel he sayth : All daye longe 

^ That is, to bring [fetch, B.], Gen. Bps. ' From above, 

Gen. Bps. ^ He, Cr. Bps. It, Gen. ^ Confesse, Gen. [So 

vs. 10.] ^° With the hart, man beleeveth unto righteousness. 

Gen. Bps. ^^ Preach peace, Gov. ^^ Who hath believed our 

sayings [preaching, Gov. report, G,] Gov. Gr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Through 
all the earth. Gen. '* Did not Israel know God, Gen, ^^ A 

nation that is not my nation, Gen. 



bnto t|)e a^lomajjnsf. 

have I stretched forth my hondes vnto a ^^ people that belev- 
eth not/ but speaketh agaynst me. 

T SAYE then : hath God cast awaye his people ? God for- 
■*■ bid. For even I verely am an Israhelite of the seed of 
Abraham/ and off the tribe of beniamin. God hath not cast 
awaye his people which he knew before. O ther wote ye not 
what the scripture sayth by the mouth off HeUas/ ho we he 

1 spake to god agaynst Israhel/ sayinge : Lorde they have 
killed thy prophettes and digged doune thyn alters : and I am 
lefte only/ and they seke my ^ deeth. Butt what sayth the 
answer off God to hym agayne ? I have reserved vnto me 
seven thousande men whych have nott bowed their knees to 
baal. Even so at this tyme ys there a remnaunt lefte thorow 
the eleccion of grace. YfF hit be of grace then is it not by 
the deservynge of workes. For then were faveour no fave- 
our. Yff it be by deservynge of workes/ then is there no 
faveour. For then were deserving no deservynge. 

What then .? Israhel hath not obtayned that that he sought. 
No but yet the eleccion hath obtayned hit. the remnaunt are 
sblynded. accordynge as it is written : God hath geven them 
the sprete off '* vnquyetnes : eyes thatt they shulde nott se/ 
and efires ths-t they shylde nott heare/ even ynto this day* 
And David sayth : Lett their table be made a snare ^ to take 
them with all/ and an occasion to faule/ and a rewarde vnto 
them. Lett their eyes be blynded that they se nott : and ever 
bowe doune their backes. 

I saye then : Have they therfore stombled that they shulde 
but faule only ? God forbyd : but thorowe their faule is helth 
happened vnto the gentyls forto provoke them ^with all. 
Wherfore yf the faule of them/ be the riches of the worlde : 
and the mynnysshynge of them the riches of the gentyls : 
Howe moche more "^ shulde it be soo yf ^ they all be- 
leved. I speake to you gentyls/ in as moche as I am the 
apostle off the gentyls I will magnify myn office that I myght 

^^ Disobedient and gainsaying people, Ge7i. ^ Maketh inter- 

cession [request, G.], T. M. Or. Gen. Bps. ^ Ly^e, Ml the Vers. 

2 Hardened, Gen. ^ Slumber, Gen. Remorse, Bps. *And a net 
[a trap, B.] and a stumbling blocke, even for [and, JS.] a recompense 
unto them, Gen. Bps. ^ To follow them. Gen. "^ Their per- 
fectnesse, Cr. Shal their abundance be. Gen. Their fulness, Bps. 
8 Their fulness were there, Cov, 



JTo. tltr- E\fe lEpintle of 3^aul 

provoke them which are my flesshe :^ and myght save some 
of them. For if the castynge awaye of them/ be the recon- 
cilynge of the worlde : what shall the receavynge of them be/ 
but lyfe agayne from deeth ? For yf ^^one pece be holy/ 
11 the whole heepe is holy. And if the rote be holy/ the 
braunches are holy also. 

Though some of the braunches be broken of/ and thou be- 
ynge a wylde olive tree arte graft in i^amonge them/ and 
made part taker of the rote/ and ^^ fatnes off the olive tree/ 
host not thy sylfe agaenst the braunches. For yf thou host 
thy sylfe/ ^^ [remember that] thou bearest not the rote/ but the 
rote the. Thou wilt saye then : the braunches are broken off/ 
thatt I myght be grafte in. Thou sayest wele : be cause of 
vnbeleve they are broken of/ and thou stondest ^^ stedfast in 
faythe. Be not bye mynded/ but feare : seynge that god 
spared not the naturall braunches/ lest haply he also spare 
not the. 

Beholde the ^^ kyndnes and rigorousnes of god : on them 
which fell/ rigorousnes : but towardes the kyndnes/ yf ihou 
continue in his kyndnes. or els thou shalt be hewen of/ and 
they yf they byde nott still in vnbeleve shalbe graffed in agayne. 
For God is of power to grafte them in agayne. For yf thou 
wast cut out of 1^ a naturall wilde olive tree/ and wast graffed 
contrary to nature in a true olyve tree : howe moche more 
shall IS the naturall braunches be graffed in their awne olyve 
tree agayne. 

I wolde not that ^^ this secrete shulde be hid from you my 
brethren (lest ye shulde be ^^ wyse in youre awne consaytes) 
that partly ^^ blyndnes ys happened in Israhell/ vntill the ful- 
nes off the gentyls be come in. And so all Israhel shalbe 
saved, as it is written : There shall come oute of Syon he 
that doth deliver/ and shall turne awaye the vngodlynes of 
Jacob. And this is my testament vnto them/ when I shall 
take awaye their synnes. As concernynge the gospell/ They 
are enemies for youre sakes : butjas tochynge the eleccion/ 
22 they are loved for ^ the fathers sakes. 

• Gen. adds — to follow them. ^° The beginning, Cov. The first 

fruits, Gen. Bps. ^* All the dough, Cov. The whole lump, Gen. 

Bps. ^2 For them, Gen. ^^ Sap, Cov. ^^ Cr. Gen. Bps. 

omit. *^ By faith. Gen. ^^ Bountifulnesse and severitie. Gen. 

[So, next clauses.] ^^ The olive tree which was wild by nature. 

Gen. *8 They that are by nature, Gen. *^ Ye should be ignorant of 
this secret [mysterie, B.] , Gen. Bps. ^Arrogant in yourselves, Gen. 
•> Obstinagiej Gen, ^ I love them — their fathers' sake, Cov. 



For verely the gyftes and callynge of god are ^ soche/ that 
it cannot repent hym of them, for 24 [loke/] as ye in tyme 
passed have not beleved God/ yet have nowe obtained mercy 
thorow their vnbelefe : even so nowe have they nott beleved 
25 the mercy which is happened vnto you/ That they also maye 
obtayne mercy. God hath ^6 wrapped all nacions in vnbe- 
leve/ that he myght have mercy on all. 

O the depnes ^7 off the aboundaunt wisdom and knowledge 
of God : howe ^8 incomprehensible are his iudgements/ and 
hys wayes ^9 vnserchable. For who hath knowen the mynde 
off the lorde ? or who was his counseller ? other who hathe 
geven vnto hym fyrst/ ^Othat he myght be recompensed 
agayne ? For of hym/ and thorowe hym/ and vnto hym are 
all thynges. To hym be glory for ever Amen. 

Utijt pf. €l)aj)ter. 

T BESECHE you therfore brethren by the ^ mercifulnes of 
God/ that ye make youre bodyes a ^ quicke sacrifise/ holy 
and exceptable vnto God which is youre resonable ^ servynge 
off god. and fassioa nott youre selves lyke vnto this worlde : 
But be ye chaunged ^ [in youre shape/] by the renuynge of 
youre ^ wittes/ that ye maye ^ fele what thynge that good/ that 
acceptable/ and perfaicte will of god is. For I saye (thorowe 
the grace that vnto me geven is) to eveiy man amonge you/ 
that no man "^ esteme off hym silfe more then it becommeth 
hym to esteme : But that he ^ discretely iudge off hym silfe 
accordynge as god hath dealte to every man the measur of 
faith. 

As we have many members in one body : and all members 
have not ^ one office : So we beynge many are one body in 
Christ : and every man ^^ [amonge oure selves] one anothers 
members. Seynge that we have divers gyftes accordynge to 

^ Without repentance, Gen, Bps, ^ Gen, Bys. omit. '^ By 

the mercy, etc. Gen. ^ Shut up, Gen. Bps. ^ Of the 

richesse both of the wisedome, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Unsearch- 

able, T. :>[. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Past fynding out, T. M. Cr. Gen. 

Bps. ^'^ And he shal be, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Mercies, 

Grri. '^ hiving, Gen. ^ Service, Bps. '* Gen. oniits. 

= Mynde, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Prove, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Stand high 

in his own conceit more than, etc. Cr. Presume to understand above 
.that which is meete to understand. Gen. ^ So judge of himselfe 

that he be gentle and sober, Cr. Understande accordinge to sobriety, 
Gen. So esteeme (himselfe) that he behave himselfe discreetly, Bps, 
^ Oae manner of operation, Cov. ^^ Gen- Bps, omit. 



Sfo, cly. ffii)e JSpfstle of ^aul 

the grace that is geven vnto vs/ yf eny man have the gyft off 
prophesy/ lett hym ^ have it that itt be agreynge vnto the 
fayth. Let hym that hath an office/ wayte on his office. Let 
hym that teacheth i^ take hede to his doctryne. Let hym that 
exhorteth ^^ geve attendaunce to his exhortacion. i"* Yf eny 
man geve/ lett hym do it with singlenes. Let hym that rue- 
leth/ do it with diligence. Yf eny man shewe mercy lett hym 
do itt with cherfulnes. 

Lett love be without dissimulacion. ^^ Hate that which is 
evyll/ and cleave vnto that which is good. Be ^^ kynde one 
to another/ with brotherly love. In gevynge honoure goo one 
before another. ^"^ Let not that busynes which ye have in 
honde be tedious to you. Be fervent in the sprete. ^^ Ap- 
plye youre selves to the tyme. Reioyce in hope. Be pa- 
cient in tribulacion/ continue in prayer. Distribute vnto the 
necesitte off the saynctes.i^ Blesse them which persecute 
you. blesse but course nott. ^o gg mery with them that ^'^are 
mery. wepe with them that wepe. Be off lyke affeccion one 
towardes another. Be nott ^^ hye mynded/ but make youre 
selves equall to them off the lower sorte. Be nott wyse 
in ^ youre awne opinions. Recompence to no man evyll for 
evyll. 23 Provyde afore honde thynges honest ^4 in the sight 
of all men. yf itt be posible/ ^^ yet on youre parte ^6 have peace 
with all men. 

Derly beloved avenge nott youre selves butt geve roume 
^ vnto the wrath of god. For it is written : vengeance is myne/ 
and I will rewarde saith the lorde. 

Terfore yf thyn enemy honger fede hym : yf he thurst/ 
geve hym drynke. For in so doynge thou shalt heape coles 
off fyre on hys heed : Be nott overcome off evyll : Butt over- 
come evyll 2^ with goodnes. 

^^ Prophecie according to the proportion of faith, Gen. ^^ On 

teaching, Gen. Bps. '^^ On exhortation, Gen. Bps. '^^ He that 

distributeth, with simplicitie, Gen. ^^ Abhor, etc. Gen. Hating 

evyll, cleaving to good, Bps. *^ Affectioned \_G. adds — to love], 

Gen. Bps. '^'' Be not slothfull in the bus3mess which ye have in 

hand, Cr. Not slothfull to do service, Gen. Not lyther in businesse, 
Bps. 18 Serving the Lord, Gen. Bps. ^^ Gov. T. M. Cr. add— 

Be redy to harboure. Gen. Bps. — Given to hospitalitie. ^^ Re- 

joice, Gen. Bps. ^^ Proud in your own conceits, Gov. ^^ Your- 

selves, Gen. ^ Procure things honest. Gen. ^ Or. adds — 

not onely before God, but also. ^ As much as in you is [lyeth 

in you, B.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Live peaceablye, Cr. Bps. ^ Un- 
to wrath, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ With good, Bps, 



^1\ 

bnto t!)c asiomagns. €!>. ti(f* 



T ET every soule ^ submitt hym sylfe vnto the auctoritte off 
-*-^ the hyer powers. There is no power but of God. The 
powers that be/ are ordeyned off God. Whosoever therfore 
resysteth power/ resisteth the ordinaunce off God. They that 
resist/ shall receave to them silfe ^ damnacion. For ruelars 
are nott to be feared for good workes but for evyll. WiU thou 
be with out feare of the power ? Do wele then : and so shalt 
thou be praysed off the same. For he is the minister of god/ 
for thy welth. Butt and yff thou do evyll/ then feare. for he 
beareth not a swearde for nought, for he is the minister off 
god/ to take vengeaunce on them that do evyll. Wherfore 
ye must nodes obey/ nott for feare off ^ vengeance only : but 
also be cause of conscience. Even for this cause paye ye 
tribute. For they are goddes ministers/ '* servynge for the 
same purpose. 

Geve to every man therfore his duetie : Tribute to whom 
tribute belongeth : Custom to whom custom is due : feare to 
whom feare belongeth : honoure to whom honoure pertayneih. 
Owe no thinge to eny man : but to love one another. For he 
that loveth another/ fulfilleth the la we. For these com- 
maundementes : Thou shalt not committ advoutry : Thou 
shalt nott kill : Thou shalt nott steale : Thou shalt not beare 
falce witnes : Thou shalt nott ^ desyre : and so foith yf there 
be eny other commaundement/ ^ are all comprehended in this 
sayinge : Love thyne neghbour as thy silfe. '^ Love hurteth 
nott his neghbour : therfore is love the fulfillynge off the la we, 

s This also we knowe/ 1 mean the season/ howe that it is 
tyme that we shoulde no we awake oute off slepe. For no we 
is oure helth nerer then when we beloved. The nyght is 
passed and the daye is come nye. Lett vs therfore cast awaye 
the dedes off darcknes/ and lett vs put on the armour off light, 
lett vs walke honestly as it were in the daye light : nott in 
9 eatynge and drynkynge : nether in chamburynge and wan* 

^ Be subject, Gen. Bps. [So vs. 5.] ^ Judgment, Gen. ^ Wrath, 
Gen. Punishment, Bps. ^ Which maintain the same defence, 

Cov. Applying themselves for the same thing, Gen. ^ Covet, 

Gen. Lust, Bps. ^ It is briefly. Gen. It is in fewe words, Bps^ 

' Love doeth not evil to. Gen. Charitie worketh no ill to, etc. Bps. 
^ And that [chiefly, £.] considering the season, howe, etc. Gen. Bps. 
^ Excess of eating, etc. Cov. Gluttonie [Rioting, jB.] and drunken- 
nes, Gen. Bps. 



if 0. dp J. E'^t Hpfstle of ^^aul 

tannes : nether in stryfe and envyinge : but put ye on the 
lorde Jesus Christ. And i^ make not provision for the flesshe/ 
to fulfill the lustes off hit. 



8r|)e ):fb. <?t!)aptev. 

XT YM that is weake in the faith/ receave vnto you/ i nott in 
■*"-^ disputynge and troublynge hys conscience. One bele- 
veth that he maye eate all thynge. Another whych ys weake 
eateth earbes. let nott hym thatt eateth/ despyse hym thatt 
eateth nott. And lett nott hym whych eateth nott iudge hym 
thatt eateth. For God hath receaved hym. What arte thou 
that iudgest another mannes servaunt ? ^ Whether he stonde 
or faule/ thatt pertayneth vnto hys master. Yee/ he ^ shall 
stonde. For God is able to make hym stonde. 

Thys man "* putteth difference bitwene daye and da} e : 
another man counteth all dayes alyke. ^ Se thatt no man wa- 
ver in hys awne mynde. He that ^ observeth one daye more 
then another/ doth ytt for the lordes pleasure. And he that 
observeth not one daye more then another/ doeth it to plase 
the lorde also. He that eateth ^ doth it to plase the lorde/ for 
he geveth god thankes. and he that eateth not/ eateth not to 
please the lorde with all/ and geveth god thankes. For none 
of vs liveth ^ his awne servaunt. and also none of vs dyeth 
^ his awne servaunt. Yf we live/ we live ^ to be at the lordes 
will, yf we dye/ we dye ^ at the lordes will. Whether we 
live therfore or dye/ we are the lordes. For Christ therfore 
dyed and rose agayne/ and revived/ that he shulde be lorde 
both of deed and quicke. 

But why doest thou then iudge thy brother ? other why 
doest thou despyse thy brother ? We shall all ^^ be brought 
before the iudgement seate of Christ. For it is written : As 
truely as I live sayth the lorde/ all knees shall bowe to me/ 

^° Take no thought, Gen. * But trouble not the consciences, 

Cov. But not to controversies [doubtfulnesse, /?.] of disputations, Gen. 
Bps. ^ He standeth or falleth to his own master, Gen. Bps. 

' May well stand, Cov. Shall be holden up that he may stand, Cr. 
Shall be established, Gen. Shall be holden up, Bps. ^ Esteemeth 
one day above another, Gen. * Let every man be sure of his mean- 
ing, Cov. Let every man's mynde satisfie hym selfe, Cr. Let every 
man be fully persuaded in his own mind, Gen. Bps. ^ Observeth 

[Esteemeth, JS.] the day, observeth it unto the Lord, Gen. Bps. [So 
the antithetical clause.] 'Eateth to the Lord, etc. Bps. G<'7?,.Like] 
the preceding.] ^ To himselfe, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Unto the 

Lorde, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Appear, Gen. Stand, Bps. 



bnto tt)e asiomagns. ®!). icb. 

and all tonges shall ^^ geve knowledge to god. Soo shall every 
one off vs geve a comptes off hym silfe to God. lett vs nott 
therfore/ iudge one another eny more. 

Butt iudge this rather/ thatt no man putt a stomblinge 
blocke/ or an occasion to faule in his brothers waye. For I 
knowe/ and surly beleve in the lorde Jesus/ that there is no- 
thynge commen off hit silfe : but vnto hym that iudgeth it to 
be common/ to hym it is commen. Yf thy brother be greved 
with thy meate/ now walkest thou not charitably e. Destroy e 
not hym with thy meate/ for whom Christ dyed. ^^ Suffer ye 
not that youre treasure be evyll spoken of. For the kyngdom 
off god is not meate and drynke/ but rightewesnes/ peace and 
ioye/ in the holy goost. For whosoever in these thynges 
serveth Christ/ ^^ pleaseth well god : and is ^^ commended of 
men. 

Let vs folowe tho thinges which make for peace : and 
thynges wherwith one maye edyfye another. Destroye not 
the worke off God for ^^ [a lytell] meates sake. All thynges 
are pure : butt it is evyll for that man/ which eateth with 
^^ hurte off his conscience. Hit is good nether to eate flesshe/ 
nether to drynke wyne/ nether eny thynge/ wherby thy bro- 
ther stombleth/ other falleth/ or is made weake. Hast thou 
fayth ? have it with thy silfe before god. Happy is he that 
condempneth not hym silfe in that thynge which he aloweth. 
For he that i^ maketh conscience/ ys dampned if he eate : 
Because he doth it not off fayth. For whatsoever is not of 
fayth/ that same is synne, 

'VJ^Fi which are stronge ought to beare the ^ fraylnes of 
^ ^ them which are weake/ and not to ^ stonde in oure 
awne consaytes. Let every man please his neghbour ^ vnto 
his welth and edifyinge. For Christ pleased not hym silfe : 
but as it is written : The rebukes off them which rebuked the/ 
fell on me. Whatsoever thynges are written afore tyme/ are 
written for oure learnynge thatt we thorowe pacience and 
comforte off the scripture shulde have hope. 

" Give praise, Cr. Bps. Confesse, Gen. ^'^ Cause not your com- 
moditie [treasure, C], Cr. Gen. Let not your good, Bps. '^ Is ac- 
ceptable unto — approved, Gen. ^* Gen. Bps. omit. ^* OfFence, 
Gen. Bps. '^ Doubteth, Gen. ^ Infirmities, Gen. * Please 
ourselves, Gen. ^ In that that is good to edification, Gen. 



JTo. cljrff. c:f)e SSpisth of i^aul 

^ God which is lorde of pacience and consolation/ geve vn- 
to every one of you/ that ye be lyke mynded won towardes 
another ^ after the ensample of Jesu Christ/ that ye ^ all agre- 
ynge to gedder/ maye with one mouth eprayse god the father 
of oure lorde Jesus. Wherfore receave ye one another as 
Christ receaved vs/ to the prayse of god. 

And I saye that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circum- 
cision for the trueth of god/ to conferme the promyses made 
vnto the fathers. And let the gentyls prayse God for hys 
mercy. As itt is written : For this cause I will '^ prayse the 
amonge the gentyls/ and singe ^in thy name. And agayne 
he sayth : ye gentyls reioyse with hys people. Agayne/ 
prayse the lorde all ye gentyls/ and laude hym all nacions. 
And in another place Esaias sayth : there shalbe the rote off 
Jesse/ and he that shall ryse to raygne over the gentyls : in 
him shall the gentyls trust. The god of hope fill you with all 
ioye and peace in belevynge/ that ye maye ^ be ryche in hope 
Ihorowe the power of the holy goost. 

I my silfe am i^ fuH certified of you my brethren that ye 
youre selves are full of goodnes/ and filled with all knowledge/ 
and are ^^ able to counsell won another. Neverthelesse breth- 
ren I have somwhat boldly written vnto you/ as won that put- 
teth you in remembraunce/ flbr the grace which is geven me 
off God for this purpose that I shulde be the minister off Jesu 
Christ amonge the gentyls/ and shulde minister ^^ the glndde 
tydynges off God/ that the gentyls myght be an acceptable of- 
ferynge/ sanctyfyed by the holy goost. ^^ I have therfore where- 
offl maye reioyse in Christ Jesu/ in the thynges whych pertayne 
to God. For I dare not speake ^^ off eny off tho thynges 
which Christ hath nott wrought by me (to make the gentyls 
obedient) with worde and dede/ ^^ in myghty sygnes and won- 
ders/ by the power of the sprete oflf God/ so that from Jeru- 
salem and the costes rounde aboute/ vnto Illiricum/ I have 
^6 filled all countres with the gladde tydynges of Christ. 

So have I enforsed my silfe to preache the gospell/ not 
where Christ was named/ lest I shuld have bilt on another 



* The God of patience, etc. Cr, Gen. Bps. ^ According to Christ 
Jesus, Gen. ^ With one minde, Gen. ' Confesse, Gen. 

® Unto, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Be plenteous. Gov. Abound, Gen. 

'^^ Persuaded, Gen. Bps. " Able [Willing, C] to exhort [admon- 

ish, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. »2 xhe gospel, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ There- 

fore I may boast myself thro' Jesus Christ, that I meddle with thynges, 
etc. Cor. i<Ought,exceptChristhadwrought, etc. Cor. **With 
the power of signs [tokens, C] and wonders, Cov. Gen, ^^ Caus- 

ed to abound J the gospel, etc. Gen. 



mannes foundacion : butt as it is written : To whom he was 
not spoken of/ they shall se : and they that herde nott/ shall 
vnderstonde. For this cause I have bene ofte let to come 
vnto you : but now seynge I have no moare ^"^ to do in these 
countres/ and also have bene desyrous many yeares to come 
vnto you/ when I shall take my iorney into spayne/ 1 will 
come to you. I trust to see you in my iorney/ and to be 
brought on my waye thither warde by you ^^ after that I have 
somwhat ^^ enioyed you. 

Nowe goo I to Jerusalem/ and minister vnto the saynctes. 
For ^ it hath pleased them off Macedonia and Achaia/ to make 
a certayne distribucion apon the poore sanctes which are at 
Jerusalem, ^i m^ j^^th pleased them verely/ and their det- 
ters are they. For yfF the gentyls be made parte takers off 
their spirituall thynges/ their dutye ys to menister vnto them 
in carnall thynges. When I have performed thys/ and have 
^ shewed them this frute/ I wyll ^ come backe agayne by 
you into spayne. And I am sure when I come/ thatt I shall 
come with ^'^ aboundaunce off the blessynge off the gospell off 
Christ. 

I be seche you brethren for oure lorde Jesu Christes sake/ 
and for the love of the sprete/ that ye ^ helpe me in my busy- 
nes/ with youre prayers to god for me/ that I maye be delyv- 
ered from them which ^6 beleve not in Jewry, and that this my 
service/ which I have to Jerusalem/ maye be accepted to the 
sanctes/ that I maye come vnto you with ioye/ by the will off 
God/ and maye with you be refresshed. The God off peace 
be with all you Amen. 

5r|)c ):bj. €:|)a|)ter. 

T COMMENDE vnto you Phebe oure suster (which is a min- 
ister of the congregacion of Chencrea) that ye receave her 
in the lorde as it becommeth saynctes/ and that ye assist her/ in 
whatsoever busines she neadeth of youre ayde. For she ^ suck- 
ered many/ and myne awne silfe also. Grete Prisca and Aqui- 

^"^ Place in these quarters, Gen. *^ But so that I first refresh 

rayselfe a little with you, Cov. '^ Enjoyed your acquaintance, Cr. 
Been filled with your company [with you, B.], Gen. Bps. ^o Xhey 
of Mac. etc. have willingly prepared a common collection together 
for, Cov. ^^ They have done it willingly, Cov. ^' Brought them 
sealed, Cov. T.M. Cr. Sealed unto, Gen. Bps. ^ Passe by you, 

Gen. ^ The full blessing, Cov. 25 Woulde strive with me by 

prayers, etc. Gen. ^ Are disobedient, Gen. ^ Hath given hos- 

pitalitie to, Gen. 



JTo. cirlth me Hpfstle of 3^aul 

la my helpers in Christ Jesu : which have for my lyfe layde 
doune their awne neckes. vnto whom not I only geve thankes : 
but also all the congregacions of the gentils. Lyke wyse 
grete ^ all the company that is in their housse. Salute my 
welbeloved Epenetos/ which is the fyrst frute ^ amonge them 
of Achaia. Grete Mary which bestowed moch labour on vs. 
Salute Andronicus/ and Junia my cosyns/ ^ which were pre- 
soners with me also/ which are ^ wele taken amonge the apos- 
tles/ and were in Christ before me. Grete Amplias my be- 
loved in the lorde. Salute Vrban oure helper in Christ/ and 
Stachys my beloved. Salute Apellas approved in Christ. 
Salute them which are of Aristobolus ^ houssholde. Salute 
Herodion my kynsman. Grete them of the houshold of Nar- 
cissus which are in the lorde. Salute Triphena and Triphosa/ 
which wemen labour in the lorde. Salute the beloved Persis/ 
w^hich laboured moch in the lorde. Salute Rufus chosen in 
the lorde/ and his mother and myne. Grete Asincritus/ Phle- 
gon/ Hermas/ Patrobas/ Mercurius/ and the brethren which 
are with them. Salute Philologus and Julia/ Nereus and his 
sister/ and Olimpha/ and all the saynctes which are with 
them. Salute won another "^ [amonge youre selves] with an 
holy kisse. The congregacions of Christ salute you. 

I beseche you brethren marke them which cause division/ 
and ® geve occasions of evill contrary to the doctryne which 
ye have learned : and avoyde them. For they that are suche 
serve nott the lorde Jesus Christ : but their one bellyes. And 
by 9 swete preachy nges and flattery nge wordes deceave the 
hertes of the ^^ innocentes : for youre obedience ys spoken off 
amonge all men. I am ^^ glad no dout off you. But yet I 
wolde have you wyse vnto that which is good. And to be 
innocent as concernynge evyll. The God off peace shall 
treade Satan vnder youre fete in shorte tyme. The grace off 
oure lorde Jesus Christ be with you. 

Thimotheus my ^^ worke felow/ and Lucius/ and Jason/ and 
Sopater/ my kynsmen salute you. I Tercius ^^ salute you/ 
which wrote thys epistle in the lorde. Gaius myn hoste and 

'^ The congregation, Cr. The Church, Gen. Bps. ^ Of Achaia 

mChx'isi.Cr. Gen.Bps. ^ Andfelowe-prisoners, Gcw. ^Antient, 
Cov. Notable, Gen. " prends, Ge/i. [So vs, 11.] ' Cr. Gen. 

omit. ^ Offences, Gen. ^ Swete and flattering woordes, Cr. 

Bps. Faire speach and flattering, Gen. *^ Simple, Gen. [So vs. 19.] 
^^ Glad therefore of you [on yourbehalfe, B.~\, Gen. Bps. '^ Com- 

panion, Gen. *^ Which wrote this epistle, salute you in the 

Lorde, Gen. Bps. 



bnto tilt a^ontaajns. ®t). ybf. 

the hoste off all the congregacions/ saluteth you. Erastus sa- 
luteth you/ the chamberlayne off the cite. And Quartus a 
brother/ saluteth you. The grace off oure lorde Jesu Christ 
be wyth you all Amen. 

To hym thatt is off power to stablysshe you accordynge to my 
gospell/ wher with I preache Jesus Christ/ ^^ in openynge 
off the mistery which was kept ^^ closse sence the worlde 
began/ ^^ and nowe is openned at thys tyme and i^ de- 
clared in the scriptures of prophesy/ by the com- 
maundement of the everlastynge god/ ^^ to store 
vppe obedience to the faythe publisshed amonge 
all nacions To the same god/ whych alone 
is wise/ be prayse thorowe Jesus Christ 
for ever Amen. 

STo t!)c 3^oiiiagits. 

Sent from Chorinthum by Phebe/ she 

thatt was the minister vnto 

the congregacion at 

Chenchrea. 

^* In utterynge, T. M. Cr. By the revelation, Gen. Bps. ^^ Se- 

cret, Ml the Vers. ^^ But nowe is opened and by the scriptures 

of the prophets, Cr. Bps. ^^ Published among all nations by the 

scriptures of the prophets at the, etc. Gen. ^^ For the obedience 

of faith. Gen. Bps. 



CC 



to ttir ©orrfntftgan^t 



l^WilL ^ by vocacion the Apostle of Jesus Christ thorowe 
the will of god/ and brother Sostenes Vnto the'congrega- 
cion of God which is at Corinthum. To them that are sanc- 
tifyed in Jesus christ/ sanctes by callynge/ with all them thatt 
call on the name of oure lorde Jesus Christ in every place/ 
both of theirs and of ouers. 

Grace be with you and peace from God oure father/ and 
from the lorde Jesus Christ. 

I thanke my god all wayes on youre behalfe for the faveour 
of god which is geven you by Jesus Christ/ that in all thinges 
ye are made ryche by him/ in all ^ speache and in all know- 
ledge (even as the testimony of Jesus Christ was conformed in 
you) so that ye ^ are behynde in no gyft/ and wayte for the 
aperynge off oure lorde Jesus Christ which shall ^ strengthe 
you vnto the ende/ that ye may be blamlesse in the daye off 
oure lorde Jesus Christ. God is faythful/ by whom ye are 
called vnto the fellishyppe off his sonne Jesus Christe oure 
lorde. 

I beseche you brethren in the name of oure lorde Jesus 
Christ/ that ye all speake one thynge/ and that there be no 
dissencion amonge you : but be ye ^ perfecte in one mynde/ 

1 Called, Cr. Gen. Bps. [G. B. add— io be.] 2 Lerninge, T.M. 

Utterance, Cr. Bps. Kind of speach, Gen. ^Want nothing in any 
gift, etc. Co??. Are destitnte, Gen. Bps. ^ Confirme, Gew. ^Per- 
fecte in one meaning, Co». Knytte together in, etc. T.Jlf. Gen. A 
whole body of one mynde, etc. Cr. Perfectly joyned together in the 
same mind and the same meaning, Bps. 



?r|)e j^srst Hpfstle to ti)e ©orrfnttJ^ans. 



4^r/ 



and one ^ meanynge. hit is shewed vnto me (by brethren) 
off you by them that are of the housse of Cloe/ that there is 
^ stryfe amonge you/ I speake of that which every one of you 
sayth : ^ I holde of Paul/ Another sayth : I holde of Apollo : 
Another sayth : I holde off Cephas, and another sayth I holde 
ofChiist. Ys Christ divided 9? was Paul crucified for you ? 
other were ye baptised in the name of Paul ? I thanke god 
that I 10 cristened none of you/ but Crispus and Gains/ lest eny 
shulde saye that I in myn awne name had baptised. I bap- 
tised also the housse of Stephana. Forthermore knowe I not 
whether I baptised ^ eny man or noo. 

For Christ sent me not to baptise/ but to preache the gos- 
pell/ not with wisdom of wordes/ lest the crosse of Christ 
shulde have bene made of none effecte. For the preachynge 
off the crosse is to them that perisshe folisshnes : but vnto vs 
which are saved/ it is the power off God. For it is written : 
I will destroye the wisdome of the wyse and will cast awaye 
the vnderstondynge of the prudent. Where is the wyse man ? 
where is the scrybe ? where is the ^^ searcher of this worlde ? 
hath not god made the wisdom of this worlde folisshnes ? 

For when the worlde thorow wisdom knew not god/ in the 
wisdom of god : it pleased god throw folisshnes off preach- 
ynge to to save them that beleve. For the iewes requyre a 
signe/ and the grekes seke after wisdom, but we preach 
Christ crucified/ vnto the iewes ^^ an occasion of fallynge and 
vnto the grekes folisshnes. but vnto them which are called 
both of Jewes and grekes we preache Christ the power of god/ 
and the wisdom of god. For ^^ Godly folysshnes is wyser 
then men : And ^^ godly weaknes is stronger then are men. 

Brethren ^^ loke on youre callinge howe that not many wyse 
men after the flesshe/ not many myghty/ not many i^ of hye 
degre are called. But God hath chosen the folysshe thynges 
of the worlde/ to confounde the wyse. and hath chosen the 
weake thynges of the worlde/ to confounde the thynges which 
are myghty. And vile thynges off the worlde/ and thynges 
which are despysed/ hath god chosen yee and thynges ^'^ of 
no reputacion/ forto brynge to nought thynges ^^ off reputacion/ 

^ Judgment, Gen. "^ Contention, Gen. Bps ^ I am of Paul 

[Pauls, Gr.], Gen. Bps. [So, the next clauses and ch.iii. 4.] ^ Gov, 
adds — in parts. '° Baptized, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Any other, 

Gen. Bps, ^^ Disputer, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ A stumbling blocke, 

Gen. Bps. ^^ The foolishness of God — The weaknesse of God, 

All the Vers. ^^ You see your calling, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ No> 

ble, Gen. Bps. ^^ Which are not — that are, Gen. Bps. 



i^o. cl):b. Slje jFgtst Hpfstle of ^^atil 

that noo flesshe shulde ^^ reioyce in his presence, and ^^ vnto 
him pertayne ye/ in Christ Jesus/ which off god is made vnto 
vs wisdom/ and also rightewesnes/ and sanctifiynge/ and re- 
dempcion. that accordynge as it is written : he which reioy- 
ceth/ shulde reioyce in the lorde, 

STfje ij. dttaptcr. 

A ND I brethren when I cam to you/ cam not ^ in glorious- 
"^^ nes of wordes or of wisdom/ shewynge vnto you the testi- 
mony of God. 2 Nether shewed I my silfe that I knew eny 
thynge amonge you save Jesus Christ/ ^ even the same that 
was crucified. And I was amonge you in weaknes/ and in 
feare/ and in moche tremblynge. And my wordes/ and my 
preachinge were not with entysynge wordes of mannes wys- 
dom : but in '* shewynge of the sprete of power/ that youre 
fayth shulde nott ^ stonde in the wisdom off men/ but in the 
power of god. 

We speake that which is wisdom amonge them that are 
perfaicte : not the wisdom of this worlde nether off the ruelars 
off this worlde (which goth to nought) but we speake the wis- 
dom off god/ which is ^ in secrete and lieth hid/ which god 
' ordeyned before the worlde vnto oure glory : which wisdom 
none of the ruelars of the worlde knewe. For had they 
knowen it/ they wolde not have crucified the lorde of glory : 
but as it is written The eye hath not sene/ and the eare hath 
not hearde/ nether have entred into the herte of man/ the 
thynges which god hath prepared for them that love hym. 

But God hath opened them vnto vs by hys sprete. For the 
sprete searcheth all thynges/ yee the ^ bottom of goddes se- 
cretes. For what man knoweth the thynges of a man : save 
the sprete off a man whiche is with in hym .^ Even so the 
thynges off god knoweth no man/ but the sprete of god. and 
we have nott receaved the sprete off the worlde : but the sprete 
which commeth of god/ for to knowe the thynges that are 
geven to vs of god/ which thynges also we speake/ not in the 
^ connynge wordes off mannes wisdom/ but ^with the connynge 

>8 Glory, Bps. [So vs. 31.] ^^ Of him are ye, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

' With high wordes, Cov. With excellence of wordes. Gen. ' For 
I esteemed not to knowe, Gen. Bps. ^ And him crucified, Gen. 

Bps. * Plaine evidence. Gen. * Be, Gen. ^ In a mys- 

terie, even the hid wisedome, Gen. Bps. ' Determined, Gen. 

® Deepe things of God, Gen. Bps. ^ Wordes which man's wis- 

dom teacheth — which the holy ghost teacheth, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



3^\ 

to t!)e ^oxt{nt\inm^. ^% fff- 

wordes off the holy goost/ ^^ makynge spretuall comparesons 
of spretuall thynges. For the naturall man perceaveth not 
the thynges off the sprete off god : For they are but folysshnes 
vnto hym. nether can he preceave them be cause ^^ he is 
spretually examyned : butt he that is sprituall ^^ discusseth 
all thynges : yet he hym silfe is iudged of no man. For who 
knoweth the mynde of the lorde/ ^^ other who shall inforrne 
hym ? but we ^^ vnderstonde the mynde off Christ. 

B\)c iff. ^Ijapter. 

A ND I coulde not speake vnto you brethren as vnto spirit- 
•^■*- ua]l : butt as vnto carnall/ even as it were vnto babes in 
Christ. I gave you my Ike to drynke and not meate. For ye 
then were not ^ stronge/ noo nether yet are ^ stronge. For 
ye are yet carnall. ^Aslongeverely as there is amonge you 
envyinge/ stryfe/ and ^ dissencion : are ye not carnall/ and 
walke after the manner of men ? As longe as one sayth : I 
holde of Paul/ and another/ I am of apollo. are ye not car- 
nall .? "^ What is Paul ? ^ what ^[thinge] is apollo ? but ministers 
by whom ye beleeved even as the lorde gave ^ every man 
grace. I have planted : Apollo watred : but god gave the in- 
creace. So then/ nether is he that planteth eny thynge/ 
nether he that watreth : but god which gave the increace. 

He that planteth/ and he that watreth/ "'' are nether better 
then the other. Every man yet shall receave his ^ rewarde 
acordynge to his labour. We are goddis labourers : ye are 
goddis husbandrye/ ye are goddis byldynge. Acordynge to 
the grace of god geven vnto me/ as a ^ wyse bilder have I 
layde the foundacion/ another hath bylt theron : but let every 
man take hede ho we he bildeth apon. For other foundacion 
can no man laye/ then that which is layde/ which is Jesus 
Christ. Yff eny man bilde on this foundacion/ golde/ silver/ 
precious stones/ tymber/ haye/ or stuble : eveiy mannes 
worke shall i^ apere. for the daye shall declare it/ and it 

'° And judge of spiritual matters spiritually, Cov. Comparing spir- 
itual things with spiritual, etc. Gen. Bps. " They are spiritually 
discerned [examined, C] Cr. Gen. Bps. '^- Discerneth, Gen. Bps. 
'3 That he might instruct him, Gen. Bps. '* Have, Gen. Bps. 
'" Able to beare it — able, Gen. ^ For whereas there is. Gen. See- 
ing then there is, Bps. 3 Sectes, Cr. Bps. Divisions, Gen. 
< Who, Gen. ^ Gen. Bps. omit. ^ To every man, Gen. Bps. 
' The one is as the other, Cov. Are one, Cr. Gen. Bps ^ Wages, 
Gen. [So vs. 14.] » Skilful! [Wise, B.] master builder, Gen. 
Bps. '0 3e made mariifeet, Gen. Bps. 
QQ* 



ifo. clxbj, Sr^e if^vst JSpwtU of 3Paul 

shalbe shewed in fyre/ and the fyre shall trye every mannes 
worke what it is. Yf eny mannes worke that he hath bylt 
apon byde/ he shall receave a rewarde. Yf eny mannes 
worke burne/ he shall sufFre losse : but he shalbe safe hym 
sylfe. neverthelesse yet as itt were thorow fyre. 

^1 Are ye nott ware that ye are the temple of god/ and 
ho we that the sprete of god dwelleth in you ? Yf eny man 
1'^ defyle the temple of god/ hym shall god destroye. For the 
temple off God is holy/ which temple are ye. Lett no man 
deceave hym silfe/ yf eny man i^ seme wyse amonge you/ 
let him be a fole in thys worlde/ that he maye be wyse. For 
the wisdom of this worlde is folyssnes with God. For it is 
written : He ^^ compaseth the wyse in their craftynes. And 
agayne/ God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be 
vayne. Therfore let no man reioyce in men. For all thynges 
are youres/ whether it be Paul/ other Apollo/ other Cephas : 
wether it be the worlde/ other lyfe/ other deeth/ whether they 
be present thynges or thynges to come : all are youres/ and 
ye are Christes/ and Christ is goddis. 

S^lje lb. ®|)a})ter. 

T ET 1 men this wyse esteme vs/ even as the ministers of 
"^ Christ/ and disposers of the secretes of god. ^ further- 
more it is required of the disposers that they be founde faith- 
full. With me ^ is it but a very small thinge/ that I shulde be 
iudged of you/ other of mans ^ daye. No I iudge not myn 
awne selfe. I know nought by my silfe : yet am I not ther- 
by iustified. hit is the lorde that iudgeth me. Therfore iudge 
no thynge before the tyme/ vntill the lorde come/ which will 
lighten thynges that are hid in darcknes : and ^ open the coun- 
sels of the hertes. and then shall every man have prayse off 
God. 

These thinges brethren I have ^ described in myn awne 
person/ and Apollos : for youre sakes/ that ye myght learne 
by vs thatt no man ''' counte off hym silfe beyonde that which 
is above written : that one ^ swell nott agaynst another for eny 

" Knowe ye not, Cr. Gen. Bps, ^^ Destroy, Gen. ^3 Among 

you, seeme [b. adds — (to him selfe)'] to be wise in this world, Gen. 
Bps. 14 Catcheth, Gen. ^ A man so tliink of [esteeme, J5.] 

us, Gen. Bps. ^ And as for the rest. Gen. ^ 1 passe very lit- 

tle, Gen. 4 Judgment, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Make manifest, Gen. 

« For an ensample described, Cr. Figuratively applied unto myne 
owne selfe. Gen. Bps. ' Presume above that, etc. Gen. Be wise 

above that, etc. Bps. ^ Be not puffed up, Cov. 



333 

to tfje (toxxtntf^s^ns. it% fb. 

mans cause. For who ^ preferreth the ? What hast thou/ 
that thou hast not receaved ? yf thou have receaved it : why 
reioysest thou as though thou haddest not receaved it ? Nowe 
ye are full : nowe ye are made rych. ye raygne as kynges 
with out vs : and I wold to god ye did raygne/ that we myght 
raygne with you. 

^^ My thynketh that god hath ^^ shewed vs which are apos- 
tles/ for the ^2 hynmost off all/ as it were men apoynted to 
deeth/ for we are a gazingstocke vnto the worlde/ and to the 
angels/ and to men/ we are foles for Christes sake/ and ye 
are wyse thorow Christ : we are weake/ and ye are stronge. 
ye are honorable and we are despised. Even vnto this daye 
we honger and thyrst/ and are naked/ and are boffetted 
13 [with fistes/] and have no certayne dwellynge place/ and 
labour workynge with oure owne hondes. We are reviled/ 
and yet we blesse. we are persecuted/ and suffer it. i"* We 
are evyll spoken off/ and we praye. we are made as it were 
the filthynes off the worlde/ the of scowrynge of all thynges/ 
even vnto thys tyme. 

I write not these thynges to shame you : but as my beloved 
sonnes I i^ warne vou. For though ye have ten thousande 
instructours in Christ : yet have ye nott many fathers. In 
Christ Jesu/ I have begotten you thorowe the gospell. Wher- 
fore I desyre you ^^ to conterfayte me. For this cause have 
I sent vnto you Timotheus/ which is my deare sonne/ and 
faithfull in the lorde/ which shall put you in remembraunce 
off my wayes which I have in Christ/ even as I teach every 
where in all congregacions. Some swell as though I wolde 
1^ come no more at you : but I will come to you shortely/ yf 
god will/ and will knowe/ not the wordes off them whiche 
swell/ but the power. For the kyngdom off God is not in 
wordes/ but in power. What will ye ? Shall I come vnto 
you with a rodde/ or els in love/ and in the sprete of i^ meke- 
nes ? 

9 Separateth, Gen. Bps. ^^ For me thinke [I thinke, G.] that 

God hath set forth us, the last apostles, as men appointed, etc. Cr. 
Gen. Bps. ^^ Set forth, T. M. Sent forth, Tav. ^^ Lowest 

of all, Gov. T. M. ^^ Gen. Bps. omit. i* Being defamed, Bps. 

^^ Admonish, Gen. ^^ To folowe me as I folowe Christ, Cr. 

Be ye followers of me, Gen. Bps. ^'' Not come to you, Gen. 

^^ Softnesse, Cr. 



2ri)e b. ®f)aj)tct. 

1 npHERE goeth a commen saynge that there is fornicacion 
-*- amonge you/ and soche fornicacion as is not once na- 
med amonge the gentyls : that won shulde have his fathers 
wyfe. and ye swell and have not rather sorowed/ that he 
which hath done this dede myght be put from amonge you. 
For I verely as absent in body/ even so present in sprete/ 
have determined all redy (as though I were present) of hym 
that hath done this dede/ ^ [in the name of oure lorde Jesu 
Christ/] when ye are gaddered togedder/ and my sprete/ with 
the power off the lord Jesus Christ/ to deliver hym vnto Sa- 
tan/ for the destruccion of the flesshe that the sprete maye be 
saved in the daye off the lorde Jesus. 

Youre reioysynge is not good. Knowe ye nott that a lytell 
leven ^ sowereth the whole lom-pe of dowe ? pourge therfore 
the olde leven/ that ye may be ^ newe dowe as ye are swete 
breed. For Chrisle oure ester lambe is ^ offered vppe for us. 
Therfore let vs kepe ^ holydaye/ not with olde leven/ nether 
with the leven of mahciousnes and wickednes but with the 
swete breed of ''' purenes and trueth. 

I wrote vnto you in a pistle that ye shulde not company ^ with 
fornicatours. And 9 I meante nott atall of the fornicatours 
of this world' other off the coveteous/ or of extorsioners/ other 
of the ydolaters : for then muste ye nedes have gone out of 
the worlde : but now I have written vnto you that ye compa- 
ny not togedder. Yf eny that is called a brother/ be a forni- 
cator/ or covetous/ or a worshipper of ymages/ other a ray- 
lar/ other a dronkard/ or an extortionar : with hym that is 
soche se that ye eate not. For what have I to do to iudge 
them which are with out ? Do ye not iudge them that are 
within ? Them that are with out/ god shall iudge. Put awaye 
from amonge you ^^ that evyll parsone. 

2Lt)e bj. €:i)aj)tet. 

^ TJOWE dare one of you havinge busines with another/ 
^goo to lawe vnder the wicked .? and not rather vnder 

^ It is heard certainely that, etc. Gen, ^ Gen. reads this clause 

after — my sprete. ^ Leaveneth the whole lumpe, Gen. Bps. 

< A new lumpe, Gen. Bps. ^ Sacrificed, Gen. ^ The feast, Gen. 
' Sincerity, Gen. ^ With fornicatours of this worlde, eyther of, 

etc. Cr. 3 Not altogether with the fornicatours, etc. or with, etc. 

Gen. ^° The evell, Cr. That wicked man, Gen. ' Dare any 

of you, Cr. Gen. Bps, 'JBee judged under the unjust, Gen. Bps. 



2>3^ 

to tf)e (JtovrmttJgans. €:$. bf. 

the sanctes ? Do ye not know that the saynctes shall iudge 
the worlde ? Yf the worlde shalbe iudged by you : are ye 
^ nott goode ynought to iudge ^ small tryfles. Knowe ye not 
howe that we shall iudge the angels ? Howe moche more 
maye we iudge thynges that pertayne to ^ the lyfe ? yf ye 
have iudgementes ofF^ worldely matters/ take them which are 
despised in the congregacion/ and make them iudges. This 
I saye to youre shame Ys there vtterly nowyse man amonge 
you ? what not one att all ? that can iudge bitwene "^ brother 
and brother ? but one brother goeth to lawe with another : and 
that vnder the ^ vnbelevers ? 

Nowe therfore is there vtterly a faute amonge you/ be cause 
ye goo to lawe one with another. Why rather suffer ye not 
wronge ? why rather ^ suffre ye not youre selves to be rob- 
bed ? Naye ye youre selves do wronge/ and ^^ robbe : and 
that the brethren. Do ye remember howe that the vnrigh- 
teous shall not inheret the kyngdom of god } Be not deceav- 
ed. For nether fornicators/ nether worshyppers off ymages/ 
nether ii whormongers/ nether ^^ weaklinges/ nether i^abusars 
of them selves with the mankynde/ nether theves/ nether the 
coveteous/ nether dronkardes/ nether ^^^ cursed speakers/ 
nether i^pillers/ shall inheret the kyngdom off god. And 
soche ware ye verely : but ye are wesshed : ye are sanctified : 
ye are iustified by the name off the lorde Jesus : And by the 
sprete of cure God. 

^6 AH thynges are lawfull vnto me : but all thynges are not 
profitable. I maye do all thynges : but I will be brought vnder 
1"^ nomans power. meates are ordeyned for the belly/ and 
the belly for meates : but God shall destroye bothe hym and 
them, is Lett nott the body be applied vnto fomicacion/ but 
vnto the lorde/ and the lorde vnto the body. God hath rays- 
ed vppe the lorde/ and shall rayse vs vppe by his power. O 
ther remember ye nott/ that youre bodyes are the members of 
Christe ? Shall I nowe take the members off Christ/ and 
make them the members of an harlott ? God forbid. Do ye 

3 Unworthy, Gen. Bps. * The smallest matters, Gen. Bps. 

^ The temporal life, Gov. « Of things pertaining to this life set 

up them [B. adds — to judge] which are least esteemed, etc. Gen. Bps. 
' His brethren, Geii. Bps. a Infidels, Gen. » Suffre fSus- 

teine, G,] ye not harme, Or. Gen. Bps. i" Doe harme, Gen. Bps. 

" Adulterers, Cr. Gen. i* Wantons, Gen. Effeminate, Bps. 

13 Buggerers, Gen. ^* Railers, Gen. Revilers, Bps. '^ Extor- 

tioners, Gen. ^« I may do all things. Gov. Cr. " No thing, 

Gen, '^ The body ig not for fornication, etc. Gen. Bps. 



jTo. cl):bfff. me iTntst Hpfstle of 3^aul 

nott vnderstonde thatt he whych coupleth hym silfe with an 
harlott/ is be come one body. For two (sayth he) shalbe one 
flesshe : butt he that is ioyned vnto the lorde is one sprete. 

Fie fornicacion. All synnes that a man dothe/ are with out 
the body. Butt he that is a fornicator/ synneth agaynst his 
awne body. Knowe ye not howe thatt youre boddyes are the 
temple off the holy goost/ which is in you/ whom ye have of 
God/ and howe that ye are not youre awne .'' For ye are 
19 dearly bought. Therfore glorify e ye god in youre bodyes 
and in youre spretes/ for they are goddis. 

E^e faf;'. ^ijnpUx. 

A S concernynge the thynges wher of ye wrote vnto me : 
*^ Hitt isgood for a man/ nott to touche a wo man. Never- 
thelesse to avode fornicacion/ lett every man have his wyfe : 
and lett every woman have her husbande. Let the ^ man 
geve vnto the wyfe due benevolence. Lykwyse also the wyfe 
vnto the the ^ man. The wyfe hath nott power over her 
awne body : butt the husbande : And lykewyse the ^ man 
hath not power over his awne body : but the wyfe. ^ With- 
drawe not youre selves one from another excepte itt be with 
consent for a tyme/ forto geve youre selves to fastynge and 
prayer/ and ^ afterwarde come agayne to the same thynge/ 
lest Satan tempt you for youre incontinency. 

This I saye ^ of faveour/ not of commaundment. For I 
wolde that all men were as I my silfe am : but every man 
hath his proper gifte off god/ won after this manner/ a nother 
after that. I saye vnto the vnmarried men/ and widdowes : 
it is good for them yf they abyde even as I do : but and yf 
they cannot abstayne/ let them mary. For it is better to 
Mary then to bourne. 

Vnto the maried commaunde not 1/ but the lorde : that the 
wyfe ^ separate nott her silfe from the man. yf she separate 
her silfe/ let her remayne vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her 
husbande agayne. And lett not the husbande put awaye his 
wyfe from hym. 

To the remnaunt speake 1/ and nott the lorde : yfeny broth- 
er have a wyfe that beleveth nott/ yf she be content to dwell 

19 Bought for [with, B.] a price, Gen. Bps. [So ch. vii. 23.] ^ Hus- 
bande, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Defraude not one another, Gen. Bps. 
3 Again come together, Cr. Gen. Bps. * By permission, Gen. 
* Departe not, Gen. Bps. [So vs. 11.] 



^37 

to t|)e (JTorrrntljgaitJf. C|). bff. 

with hym/ lett hym not ^ putt her awaye. And the woman 
which hath "'' to her husbande an infidell/ yfF he consent to 
dwell with her/ lett her nott ^ putt hym away. For the vnbe- 
levynge husbande is sanctifyed by the wyfe : and the vnbe- 
levynge wyfe ys sanctifyed by the husbande. Or els were 
youre chyldren vnclene : but nowe are they pure. Butt and 
yff the vnbelevynge departe/ lett hym departe. A brother or 
a sister ys not in subieccion ^ to soche. God hath called vs 
in peace. For howe knowest thou o ^ woman/ whether thou 
shalt save thy husbande ^^ [or not ?] O ther howe knowest 
thou o man/ whether thou shalt save the wyfe or not ? but 
even as god hath distributed to every man. 

11 As the lorde hath called every person so let him walke : 
and so orden I in all congregacions. yf eny man be called 
beynge circumcised/ let hym ^^ adde nothynge therto. yf eny 
man be called vncircumcised : let hym not be circumcised. 
Circumcision is nothynge. vncircumcision is nothynge : but 
the keppyng of the commaundmentes of god ^^ [is altogedder.] 
Let every man abide in the same state werin he was called. 
Arte thou called a servaunt ? care not for hit. Neverthe- 
lesse if thou mayst be fre/ vse it rather. For he that is call- 
ed in the lorde beynge a servaunt/ is the lordes freman. 
Lykwyse he that is called beynge fre/ is Christes servaunt 
Ye are dearly bought, be not mennes servauntes. Breth- 
ren lett evere man wherin he is called/ therin abyde with god. 

As concernynge virgins/ 1 have noo commaundment of the 
lorde : yet geve I ^^ counsell as won that hath obtayned ^^ off 
the lorde to be faithfull. I suppose that it is good for the 
present necessite : ^^ for it is good for a man so to be. Arte 
thou bounde vnto a wyfe ? seke nott to be lowsed. Arte thou 
lowsed from a wife ? seke not awyfe. but and yf thou take 
a wyfe/ thou hast not sinned. Lykwyse if a virgin mary/ 
she hath not sinned : neverthelesse soche shall have trouble 
in their flesshe : but I ^"^ faver you. 

This saye I brethren/ i® the tyme is shorte. Hitt remayn- 
eth that they which have wyves/ be as though they had none : 

^ Forsake her — him, Gen. ^ An husbande that beleeveth not, 

Gen. ^ In such things, Gen. Bps. ^Wife, Gen. ^'^ Gen. Bps. 
omit. " To every man, as the Lord, etc. Gen. Bps. ^^ Not 

add uncircumcision, Cr. Bps. Not gather his uncircumcision, Gen. 
" Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^^ Good meaning. Gov. Advice, Gen. 

*5 T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. add — mercy. ^^ / meane it is, Gen. That 

(I say) it is, Bps. '^ Spare, Gen. Beare with, Bps. ^^ Be- 

cause the time, etc., hereafter that they. Gen. By cause the time is 
short : it, etc. Bps. 



iFo. tly:t%. 5ri)e iF^rst Hpfstle of 3?aul 

and they that wepe/ be as though they wept not : and they 
that reioyce/ be as though they reioysed nott : and they that 
bye/ be as though they possessed nott : And they that vse 
this worlde/ be as though they vsed it not : For the fassion of 
this worlde goeth awaye. 

I wolde have you with out care/ the ^ syngle man careth 
for the thynges of the lorde/ howe he may please the lorde : 
but he that hath maried/ careth for the thynges off the worlde/ 
howe he maye please ^^ his wyfe. There is difference bi- 
twene a virgen and a wyfe. The single woman careth for 
the thynges of the lorde/ that she may be pure both in body 
and also in sprete : but she that is maried/ careth for thynges 
off the worlde/ howe she maye please her husband. This 
speake I for youre ^ proffit/ not to ^3 tangle you in a snare : 
but 2'* for that which is honest and comly vnto you And that 
ye maye quyetly cleave vnto the lorde with out ^^ separacion. 

Yf eny man thynke that it is vncomly for his virgen if she 
passe the ^^ tyme off mariage/ and iff so nede requyre/ let 
him do what he listeth/ he synneth not : let them be coupled 
in mariage. Neverthelesse/ he that ^"^ purposeth surely in his 
herte/ havynge none nede : but hath power over his awne will : 
and hath so decreed in his herte that he will kepe his virgen/ 
doth wele. So then he that ^ ioyneth not his virgen in mariage 
doth wele. And he that ^8 ioyneth not his virgen in mariage 
doth better. The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as longe as her 
husband liveth. Yf her husbande slepe/ she is at her liberie 
to mary with whom she woll only in the lorde. but she is 
^ happiar yf she so abyde/ in my iudgement. And I thynke 
verely that I have the sprete off God. 

^f)t biif. C^Dapter. 

1 nnO speake off thynges dedicate vnto ^ ydols/ we are sure 

■^ that we all have knowledge. Knowledge maketh a 

man swell : but love edifieth. yf eny man thynke that he 

knoweth eny thynge/ he knoweth nothynge yett as he ought 

20 Unmarried, Cr. Gen. Bps. [So vs. 34.] 21 Hjg ^yfg ^nd 

is divided. A woman and a virgin that is single careth, etc. Cov. 
22 Owne commoditie, Gen. 23 Cast a snare upon you, Bps. 

2* That ye followe that which is honest and that ye, etc. Gen. For 
comelinesse sake and sitting fast unto the Lorde, etc. Bps. 25 Hin- 

drance, Gov. 26 Flowre of her age. Gen. 27 gtandeth firm 

[stedfast, B.], Gen. Bps. 28 Giveth, Gen. Bps. 29 ^^^^ 

blessed, Gen. ^ As touching things offered [sacrificed, G.], Cr. 

Gen. Bps. [So post.} 2 images, Cr. [So post.] 



to tt)c ©orrftitj^ans. Qth Ip 

to knowe. but yfF eny man love god/ the same is knowen of 
hym. 

To speake of meate dedicat vnto ydols/ we are sure that 
3 there is none ydoll in the worlde : and that ther is none other 
god but one. And though there be that are called goddes/ 
whether in heven other in erth (as there be goddes many and 
lordes many) but vnto vs is there one god/ which is the father/ 
off whom are all thynges/ and we in hym : and one lorde 
Jesus Christ/ by whom are all thynges/ and we by hym. 

But "^ every man hath not knowledge, for some ^ suppost 
that there is an ydoll/ vntill this houre/ and eate as off a thynge 
offered vnto the ydole/ and so their consciences beynge yet 
weake are defyled. Meate ^ maketh vs not accepted to god : 
nether yff we eate "^ are we the better : Nether yf we eate not 
"^ are we the worsse. 

But take hede ^ that youre libertie cause nott the weake to 
faule. For yf some man se the which hast knowledge sitt at 
mate in the ydols temple shall not the conscience off hym 
which is weake be ^ boldened to eate those thynges which are 
offered vnto the ydole ? And so thorow thy knowledge shall 
the weake brother perisshe for whom christ dyed. When we 
synne so agaynst the brethren and wounde their weake con- 
sciencies/ we synne agaynst Christ. Wherfore yf meate hurt 
my brother/ I will ^^ eate no flesshe whill the worlde stondeth/ 
be cause I will not hurte my brother. 

Si)^ I p. €:|)c-tjpter. 

AMI not an Apostle ? Am I nott fre ? have I not sene Jesus 
•^ Christ oure lorde ? Are not ye my worke in the lorde. 
Yf I be nott an Apostle vnto other/ yet am I vnto you. For 
the scale off myne Apostleshippe are ye in the lorde. ^ Myne 
answer to them that ^ axe me/ is this : Have we not power to 
eate and to drynke ? other have we nott power to leade about 
3 a sister to wyfe as well as other Apostles/ and as the breth- 
ren off the lorde/ and Cephas ? ^ O ther only I and Barnabas 

^ An idole is nothing, Cr. Gen. Bps. * There is not in, etc, 

that knowledge, Bps. ^ Having conscience of the idole, untel, 

etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Furthereth us not, Gov. ' Have we more 

. . . have we lesse. Gen. Bps. ^ Lest by any means this libertie 

[power, G.] of yours, be an occasion of falling [become a stumbling, 
jB ], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Occasioned, Gov. '" Never eate flesh, lert, 
etc. Gov. Cr. ^ My defence, Ge7i. 2 Examine, Gen. ' ^ ^q. 
man a syster, Cr. A wife being a sister. Gen. A sister a woman, Bps. 
* Is tlie libertie of not labouring, taken from me and Barnabas only ? Bps. 
DD 



JTo. dn, ^fft iTjjrst JBpMh of "^ml 

have not ^ power this to do ? who goeth a warfare eny tyme 
att his awne cost ? who planteth a vynearde and eateth nott 
ofthefrute? or who fedeth a flocke and eateth nott off the 
my Ike .6 

Saye I these thinges after the manner of men ? or sayth 
nott the lawe the same also ? For itt ys written in the la we of 
. Moses : Thou shall not mosell the mouth of the oxe that tread- 
eth out the corne. doth god take thought for oxen ? other 
sayth he it nott all togedder for oure sakes ? For oure sakes 
no doubt this is written : that he which eareth shulde eare in 
hope : and that he which throssheth in hope/ shulde be part 
taker of his hope. Yf we sowe vnto you spirituall thynges : 
is it a greate thynge yf we reepe youre carnall thynges ? yf 
other be part takers of this power over you ? wherfore are 
not we rather. 

Neverthelesse we have not vsed this power : but suffre all 
thinges lest we shulde hynder the gospell of Christ. Do ye 
not vnderstonde howe that they which minister ^ in the tem- 
ple : have their fyndynge of the temple ? And they which 
wayte att the ^ aulter 9 are partlakers with the ^ aultre ? Even 
so also dyd the lorde ordayne/ thatt they whych preache the 
gospell/ shulde live off the gospell : But I have vsed none of 
these thynges. 

Nether wrote I these thynges that it shulde be soo done 
vnto me. Hit were better for me to deye/ then that eny man 
shulde 10 take this reioysynge from me. In that I preache the 
gospell I 11 have nothinge to reioyce of. For necessite is putt 
vnto me. wo is it vnto me yf I preache not the gospell. yf I 
do it with a good will/ 1 have my rewarde. yf I do it agaynst 
ray will/ 12 an office is committed vnto me. what is my re- 
warde then ? Verely that I i^ misvse not i^ myne auctorite in 
the gospell. 

For though I be fre from all men/ yet have I made my 
silfe servaunt vnto all men/ that I myght wyn the mooe. And 
vnto the iewes/ 1 be cam as a iewe/ to wyn the iewes. To 
them that were vnder the lawe/ was I made as though I had 
bene und' the lawe/ to wyn them that were vnder the lawe. 
To them that were with out lawe/ becam I as though I had 

^ We power not to worke, Gen. ^ Cr. Gen. Bps. add — of the 

flocke. ''' Aboute the holy things, eat of the thynges of the temple 
[live of the sacrifice, C], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Temple, Cr. [So ch. 

X. 18.] ^ Enjoy, Cov. ^° Make my rejoycing vaine. Gen. Bps. 

" Need not boast, Cov. ^^ [G. adds — notwithstanding] the dis- 

pensation. Gen. Bps. ^^ Abuse, Gen. ^^ My libertie, Cov. 



^^\ 



to t!)e Corrfnttjgatis. ®t). y. 

bene with out la we (when I was not with out la we as perteyn- 
inge to god/ but ^^ vnder a lawe as concernynge Christ) to 
wyn them thatt were with out lawe. To the weake be cam 
I as weake/ to wyn the weake. ^^ In all thynge I fassioned 
my silfe to all men/ to save ^"^ att the lest waye some. And 
this I do for the gospels sake/ that I myght have my parte 
ther of. 

Perceave ye not howe that they which runne in a i^ course/ 
runne all/ yet butt one receaveth the ^^ rewarde. So runne 
that ye maye obtayne. Every man that proveth mastres ab- 
staineth from all thynges. and they do itt to obtayne a cor- 
ruptible croune : but we ^o to obtayne an everlastinge croune. 

1 therfore soo runne/ nott as ^^ at an vncertayne thynge. So 
fyght 1/ not as won that beateth the aier : but I ^^ tame my 
body and brynge hym into subieccion/ lest after that I have 
preached to other/ I my silfe shulde be ^3 a castawaye. 

&l)e y, ^1)aptet. 

"ORETHREN I wolde not thatt ye shulde be ignoraunt off 
■^"^ this/ howe thatt oure fathers were all vnder a cloude/ and 
all passed thorowe the see/ and wer all baptised vnder Moses 
in the cloude/ and in the see. and did eate ^ of one spirituall 
meate/ and did all drynke ^ off one maner of spirituall drynke. 

2 And they dronke off that spretuall rocke that folowed them/ 
which rocke was Christ, but in many of them had god no 
delite. For they were ^ overthrowen in the wildernes. 

These are ensamples to vs that we shulde not lust after 
evyll thynges/ as they lusted. Nether be ye worshippers of 
Images as were some off them accordynge as ytt is written : 
The people sate doune to eate and drynke/ and rose vppe 
agayne to playe. Nother let vs ^ commit fornicacion as some 
of them committed fornicacion/ and ^ were destroyed in one 
daye xxiij. thousande. Nether let us tempte Christ/ as some 
off them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes. Nether 
murmure ye as some of them murmured/ and were destroyed 
off the destroyer. 

^^ Under [In, B.} the law of Christ, Cr. Bps. Jim in the Law through 
Christ, Gen. ^^ I am become of all fashions, Cov. I am made all 

things, Gen. Bps. ^"^ By al meanes, Gen. Bps. ^^ Race, 

Gen. Bps. ^^ Prize, Gen. ^o poj. an incorruptible, T. M. Gen. 

Bps. ^^ Uncertainely, Gen. ^^ Beate down. Gen. ^3 j^^, 

proved. Gen. ^ The same, Gen. Bps. ^ For, Gen. Bps. 

3 Smitten downe, Cov. ^ Be defiled with, Cov. ^ Fell, Cr. 
Gen. Bps. 



^0. clvvh ^t)^ jfgrst Hpfstle of 33atil 

All these thynges happened vnto them for ensambles/ and 
were written to ^put vs in remembraunce/ whom the endes off 
the worlde are come apon. Wherfore lett hym thatt thynketh 
he stondeth/ take hede lest he fall. There hath none other 
temptacion taken you/ but soche as '^ foloweth the nature of 
man. God is faythfull/ which shall not suffer you to be tempt- 
ed above ^ youre strengthe : but ^ shall in the myddes off the 
temptacion make awaye '^^ to escape out. Wherfore my deare 
beloved/ fie from worshippynge of ydols. 

I speake as vnto them which have discrecion/ Judge ye 
what I saye. Ys not the cuppe of ^^ blessinge which we blysse/ 
^2 partakynge of the bloude of Christ .'' ys not the breed which 
we breake/ ^^ partetakynge of the body of Christ ? i^ be cause 
that we (though we be many) yet are one breed/ and one 
body in as moch as we all are partetakers off one breed, i^ Be- 
holde Israhell which walketh carnally. Are not they which 
eate of the sacryfyse/ partetakers off the aultre .? 

What saye I then ? that the ymage is eny thinge ? or that 
it which is offered to ymages is eny thinge ? Naye/ but I 
saye/ that those thenges which the gentyls offer/ they offer 
to devyls/ and not to god. And I wolde not that ye shulde 
have fellishippe with the devyls. Ye cannot drynke of the 
cuppe off the lorde/ and of the cuppe off the devyls. Ye can- 
not be parte takers off the lordes table/ and off the table off 
devyls. ^^ Other shall we provoke the lorde ? other are we 
stronger then he .? ^^ All thynges are laufull vnto me, but all 
thynges are not expedient. ^^ All thynges are lawfuU/ but all 
thynges edifye not. Lett noman seke his awne ^^ [prophet] : 
but lett every man seke ^^ his neghbours welthe. 

What soever is soldo in the ^^ market/ that eate/ and aske 
no questions for conscience sake. For the erth is the lordis/ 
and all that therein is. Yf eny off them which beleve not bid 
you to afeast/ and yff ye be disposed to goo/ whatsoever is 
seet before you eate/ axynge no question for conscience sake : 

® To warn us, Cov. To admonish us, Gen. For our admonition, ^^y, 
' Appertaineth to man, Gen. ^ That you are able, Gen. Bps. 

* Will even give the issue [make a way to escape, B.} with the tenta- 
tion, that yee may be able to beare it. Gen. Bps. ^ That ye may 

be able to beare it, Cr. " Thanksgiving, Cov. ^^ The commu- 

nion, Gen. Bps. ^^ For we that are manie, Gen. ^^ Cr. adds — 

and of one cup. ^^ Eyther do we [Do we, G.] provoke the Lorde 

to anger, Gen. Bps. ^^ I may doo all thinges, Cr. " Cr. Gen. 

Bps. omit — prophet, [i. e. profit.] ^^ Another's welth, T.M. Gen, 

Bps. That which belongeth to another, Cr^ ^^ Flesh market, Cn 

Shambles. 



to tt)e ©orrfnttJsans. €t). Vh 

but and yff eny man saye vnto you : this is dedicate vnto 
ydols/ eate not off it for his sake that shewed it/ and for hurt- 
ynge off conscience : the erth is the lordes and all that there 
in is. Conscience I saye/ not thyne : but the conscience of 
that other. Why shulde my liberte be iudged of another 
mannes conscience .'* For yf I ^^ take my parte with thankes : 
why am I evell spoken off for that thynge wher fore I geve 
thankes. 

Whether therfore ye eate or drynke/ or whatsoever ye do/ 
do all to the prayse off God. Se that ye geve occasion off 
evell/ nether to the iewes/ nor yet to the gentyls/ nether to 
the congregacion of god : even as I please all men in all 
thynges not sekynge myne awne proffet/ but the proffet of 
many/ that they myght be saved. '^^ Folowe me as I do Christ. 



^f)t 1:1. CCIjaptcv. 

T COMMENDE you brethren that ye remember me in all 
thynges/ and kepe the ordinaunces ' which I gave you. I 
wolde ye knowe that Christ is the heed of every man. and 
the womans heed is the man/ and Christes heed is God. Ev- 
ery man prayinge or prophesyinge havynge eny thynge on 
his heed/ ^ shameth his heed. Every woman that prayeth or 
prophesieth bare bedded dishonesteth her heede. For it is 
even allwon/ and the very same thynge even as though she 
were shaven Yf the woman be not covered/ lett her also be- 
shaven. Yf it be ^ shame for a woman to be shaven or shorne/ 
let her cover her heed. 

A man ought not to cover his heed/ for as moche as he is 
the ymage and glory of god. The woman is the glory of the 
man. For the man is not of the woman/ but the woman of 
the man. Nether was the man created for the womans sake : 
but the woman for the mannes sake. For this cause ought 
the woman to have power in her heed/ for the angels sakes. 
Neverthelesse/ nether is the man with oute the woman/ nether 
the woman with out the man in the lorde. For as the woman 
is of the man/ even soo is the man by the woman : but all is 
of god. 

Judge in youre selves whether it be comly that a woman 

20 Through God's benefit, bee partaker, Gen. Bps. 21 Cr. Gen. 

Bps. connect this vs. with ch. xi. Be ye followers of me, etc. C. G. B. 
^ As I delivered them, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. [So vs. 23.] ^ Dishon- 

oureth, Gen. [So vs. 5.] 3 Uncomely, Cov. 

DD* 



Sfo, clppj. STfje Sf^xBt JSpisth of 3Paul 

praye vnto god ^ bare bedded. Or els doth not nature teach 
you/ that it is a shame for a man/ if he have longe heere : 
^ [and a prayse to woman if she have longe heere ?] For her 
heere is geven her to cover her v^^ith all. yf there be eny 
man amonge you that lusteth to ^ stry ve/ let him knowe that 
we have no soche customes/ nether the congregacions of God. 

^ This I warne you of/ and commande not that ye come to- 
gedder ^ after a worsse manner/ and nott after a better. Fyrst 
of all when ye come togedder in the congregacion/ I heare 
that there is dissencion amonge you : And I partly beleve it. 
For there must be ^sectes amonge you/ that they which 
amonge you are ^^perfaict myght be knowen. When we 
come togedder in one place/ ^^aman cannot eate the lordes 
supper. For every man i^ begynneth a fore to eate his awne 
supper, and one is hongrye/ and another is dronken. Have 
ye nott houses to eate and to drynke in ? Or els despyse ye 
the congregacion off God ? and shame them that have nott } 
what shall I saye vnto you ? shall I prayse you ? in this prayse 
I you not. 

That which I gave vnto you I receaved off the lorde. For 
the lorde Jesus the same nyght in the which he was betrayed/ 
toke breed : and thanked and brake/ and sayde : Take ye/ 
and eate ye this is my body which is broken for you. This 
do ye in the remembraunce of me. After the same manner 
he toke the cuppe when sopper was done sayinge : This cuppe 
is the newe testament in my bloud/ this do as oft as ye drinks 
it/ in the remembraunce off me. For as often as ye shall 
eate this breed/ and diynke thys cuppe/ ye shall shewe the 
lordes deeth/ till he come. Wherfore whosoever shall eate 
off ihis bred/ or drynke off the cuppe ^^ vnworthely/ shalbe 
giltie off the body and blout off the lorde. Let a man ther- 
fore examen hym silfe/ and so let hym eate off the breed and 
drynke off the cuppe. For he that eateth or drynketh vnwor- 
thely/ eateth and drynketh his awne damnacion/ be cause he 
1^ maketh no differenceof the lordis body. 

For this cause many are weake and sicke amonge you/ and 

* Uncovered, Gen, ° Cov. omits. ^ Be contentious, Gen. 

' No we in this I declare, 1 praise you not. Gen. ^ Not with pro- 

fit, but with hurt. Gen. ^ Heresies, Gen. Bps. ^° Approved, 

Gen. Bps. ^* The Lord's supper cannot be eaten [kept, Cov.], Cov. 
Cr. This is noUto eate, etc. Gen. ^^ Taketh his own supper 

afore, Cov. When they should eat, taketh, etc. (as Cov.), Gen. Fre- 
venteth other in eating, Bps, '^ Qr, Gen. Bps, add— of the Lorde. 

^^ Discerneth not, Gen. 



3HS' 

to tije iKCortfntfjsatts. ©fj. yij, 

many slepe. Yff we had truly iudged oure selves/ we shulde 
not have bene iudged. When we ^^ iudged of the lorde we 
are chastened/ be cause we shulde not be ^^ damned with the 
worlde. Wherfore my brethren/ when ye come togedder to 
eate/ tary one for another, yff eny man honger let hym eate 
at home/ that ye come not togedder vnto condemnacion. Wo- 
ther thynges will I set in order when I come. 

2r|)e j:t], Cltfjaptct:. 

* TN spretuall thynges brethren I wolde not have you igno- 
-■- raunt. ye knowe that ye were gentyls/ and ^ went youre 
wayes vnto dom ydoles/ even as ye were ledde. Wherfore 
I declare vnto you that no man speakynge in the sprete of 
god 3 ditffieth Jesus. Also no man can saye that Jesus is the 
lorde : but by the holy goost. 

There are diversities of gyftes verely/ yet but one sprete. 
And there are ^ differences of ^administracions/ and yet but 
one lorde. And there are divers manners off operacions/ 
6 and yet but one God/ which worketh "^ all thynges that are 
wrought in all creatures. ^ The gyftes off the sprete are gev- 
en to every man ^ to proffit the congregacion. To won is 
geven the ^^ vtteraunce off wisdom : to another is geven the 
1^ vtteraunce off knowledge by the same sprete : to another is 
geven fayth/ by the same sprete. To another the gyftes of 
healynge/ by the same sprete. To another ^^ power to do 
miracles : To another prophesy/ To another ^^ iudgement of 
spretes/ To another divers tonges : To another the intcrpre- 
tacion off tonges : and these all worketh even the silfe same 
sprete/ ^^ devidynge to every man ^^ severall gyftes even as 
he woll. 

For as the body is one/ and hath many membres/ and all 
the membres of one body though they be many/ yet are but 
one body : even soo is Christ. For in one sprete are we all 

^* Are judged, wee are chastened of the Lorde, Ge/i. fi)^^. '^Con- 
demned, Gen. ' Concerning spiritual giftcs, Gen. Bps. ^ Were 
caryed away, Gen. Bps. ^ Calleth Jesus execrable, Gen. ■* Di- 

versities, Gen. [So vs. 5.] = Offices, Gov. ^ But God is 

the same, Gen. ' All in all, Gen. Bps. ^ The manifestation of 

the spirit is given to every man to profit withall. Gen. Bps. ^ To 

edifie withal, Cr. ^° Worde, Gen. Bps. ^' The operations of 

great workes. Gen. '^Judgment to discerne spirits, Gov. Cr. Dis- 
cerning of spirits, Gen. Bps. '^ Distributing, Gen. ^* A 
several gift, Cr. Severally, Gen. Bps. 



baptised ^^ to make one body/ whether we be iewes or gen- 
tyls : whether we be bonde or fre. and have all dronke of one 
sprete. For the body is not one member/ but many. Yf the 
fote saye : I am not the honde/ therfore I am not of the body : 
is he therfore not of the body ? and if the eare saye I am not 
the eye : therfore I am not of the body : is he therfore not of 
the body ? yf all the body were an eye : where were the 
^^ eare ? if all were hearinge : where were the smellynge ? 

But nowe hath god disposed the members/ every one of 
them in the body/ at his awne pleasure Yf they were all won 
member : where wer the body ? nowe are there many mem- 
bers/ yet but one body, and the eye cannot saye vnto the 
honde : I have no nede of the : nor the heed also to the fete : 
I have no nede of you. Ye ^^ rather a greate dele those mem- 
bres off the body which seme to be most feble/ are most ne- 
cessary. And apon those members of the body which we 
thynke ^^ lest honest/ put we most honestie on. And our 
1^ vngoodly parties have most ^^ beauty on. for oure ^^ honest 
members nede it not : but God hath so ^o disposed the body/ 
and hath geven most honoure to that parte which laked/ lest 
there shulde be eny 21 stryfe in the body : butt that the mem- 
bers shulde 22 indifferently care one for another. And iff one 
member suffer all suffer with hym : yff one member be had 
in honoure/ all members 23 be glad also. 

Ye are the body off Christ/ and members won off another. 
And God hath also ordeyned in the congregacion/ fyrst the 
Apostels/ secondarely prophetes/ thyrdly teachers/ then them 
that do miracles/ after that the gyftes off healynge/ helpers/ 
governers/ diversite off tonges. 

Are all apostles ? are all prophetes ? Are all teachers } 
are all doars off miracles ? have all the gyftes off healynge ^ 
Do all speake with tonges ? do all interprete ? 24 Covet af- 
ter the best gyftes. And yet shewe I vnto you a moare ex- 
cellent waye. 

S:|)e ):fff. €:|)ajpter. 

nn HOUGH I speake with the tonges of men and angels/ 
and yet had no 1 love/ 1 were even as soundynge brasse : 

^* To be, Cov. Into, Gen. Bps. i« Hearing, Gen. ^^ Much 

rather those, etc. Gen. ^^ Most unhonest, Gen. Lesse honourable, 
Bps. ^^Uncomly . . Comelenesse . . Comely, Gera. Bps. ^MetL- 
sured, Cov. Tempered, Gen. Bps. 21 Division, Gen. 22 gave 

the same care, Gen. Bps. 23 Rejoice, Gen. Bps. 24 3^^ desire 

you, Gen. 1 Charitie, Bps. [So post through the chapter.] 



to ttie €orrfnt|)ajan». d^h Wf. 

and as a tynklynge Cynball. and though I coulde prophesy/ 
and vnderstode all secretes/ and all knowledge : yee/ if I had 
all fayth so that I coulde ^ move mountayns [oute of there pla- 
ces/] and yet had no love/ I were nothynge. And though I 
3 bestowed all my gooddes to fede the poore/ and though I 
gave my body even that I burned/ and yet have no love/ it 
profeteth me nothynge. 

Love ^ sufTreth longe/ and ^ is corteous. love envieth nott. 
Love doth nott ^ frawardly/ swelleth.not/ ^ dealeth not dishon- 
estly/ seketh nott her awne/ is not provoked to anger/ thynk- 
eth not evyll reioyseth not in iniquitie : but reioyseth in the 
trueth/ suffreth all thynge/ beleveth all thynges hopeth all 
thynges/ endureth in all thynges. Though that prophesyinge 
sfayle/ other tonges shall cease/ or knowledge vanysshe 
awaye : yet love falleth never awaye. 

For 9 oure knowledge Is vnparfet/ and oure prophesyinge is 
vnperfet : but when thatt which is parfet is come : then that 
which is 10 vnparfet shall be done awaye. When I was a 
chylde/ 1 spake as a chylde/ 1 vnderstode as a childe/ I ^^ ym- 
magened as a chylde : but as sone as I was a man I put awaye 
12 all childesshnes. Nowe we se ^^ in a glasse even in a darke 
speakynge : but then shall we se face to face. Nowe I knowe 
vnparfectly : but then shall I knowe even as I am knowen. 
Nowe abideth fayth/ hope/ and love/ even these thre : but the 
chefe of these is love. 

8:t)e ):ffff. €l)a|)ter. 

' T ABOUR for love/ and covet spretuall giftes : and most 
-*-^ chefly forto prophesy. For he that speaketh ^ with tonges 
speaketh not vnto men/ but vnto god. No man heareth him : 
For in the sprete he speaketh ^ misteris. But he that prophe- 
sieth speaketh vnto men/ ^ for their edifyinge and comforte. 
He that speaketh with tonges/ proffiteth him silfe : he that 
prophesyeth edifieth the congregacion. I wolde that ye all 
spake with tonges : but rather that ye prophesied. For great- 

2 Remove, etc. Gen. Bps. G. B. omit what follows. ^Feede 

the poor with all, etc. Gen. ^ Is patient, Cov. ^ Is bountiful, 

Gen. ® Boast itselfe, Gew. "^ It AisdaJineih. not, Gen. ^ Be 

abolished. Gen. [So vs. 30] ^ We knowe in parte and we prophe- 
cie in parte. Gen. *°In parte, Gen. [So vs. 12] "Thought, 

Gen. *2 Childish things. Gen. ^^ Through a glass darkly, 

Gen. ^ Follow after. Gen. Bps. ^Strange language, Gen. 

iSo post.'] 3 Secret things, Gen. * To edifying and to exhorta- 

tion and to comfort, Gen. 



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er is he that prophesieth/ then he that speaketh ^ with tonges/ 
except he expound hit also/ that the congregacion maye have 
edifyinge. Nowe brethren if I come vnto you speakinge 
with tonges : what shall I proffit you ? excepte I speake vnto you/ 
other by revelacion/ or knowledge/ or prophesyinge/ or doctrine: 

More over when thynges with out lyfe geve sounde : wheth- 
er itt be a pype/ or an harpe : except they make a distinccion in 
the soundes : howe shall it be knowen what is pyped or harp- 
ed ? And also if the trompe geve an vncertayne voyce/ who 
shall prepare hym silfe to ^ fyght ? Even so lykwyse when 
ye speake with tonges/ excepte ye speake wordes '^ that have 
significacion/ howe shall ytt be vnderstonde what is spoken ? 
For ye shall but speake in the ayer. 

Many kyndes off voyces ^ are in the worlde/ and none off 
them 9 are with out significacion. Yf I knowe not what the 
voyce meaneth/ I shalbe vnto hym that speaketh ^^ an alient : 
and he thatt speaketh shallbe ^^ an alient vnto me. Even so 
ye (for as moche as ye couvet spretuall giftes) seke that ye 
may ^^ have plenty vnto the edifyinge off the congregacion. 

Wherfore lett him that speaketh with tonges/ praye that he 
maye interpret also. Yff I praye with tonges/ my sprete 
prayeth : butt my ^^ mynde ys with out frute. What is it 
then ? I will praye with my sprete/ and will pray with ^^ ^ly 
mynde also. I will singe with my sprete/ and will singe with 
^3 my mynde also. 

For els when thou ^"^ blessest with the sprete/ howe shall he 
that occupieth the roume off the vnlearned saye a men att thy 
gevynge off thankes ? seynge he vnderstondeth nott what thou 
sayest. Thou verely gevest thankes wele : butt the other ys 
nott edyfied. I thanke my god/ I speake with tonges moare 
then ye all. yett had I i^ lever in the congregacion to speake 
five wordes with my mynde to the informacion of other/ rather 
then ten thousande wordes with the tonge. 

Brethren be not chrildren in witte : as concernynge ^^ ma- 
liciousnes be children : but in witt be ^'^ perfet. In the lawe 
it is written/ ^^ with other tonges/ and with other lippes wyll I 

^ Divers tongues, Ge7i. [So vs. 6.] ^ The warre, Cr. Bps. 

Battel, Gen. "^ Easy to be understood, Bps, ^ Gen. adds — 

(as it Cometh to passe.) ^ Is domme; Gen. ^^ A barbarian, Gen. 

^^ Excel, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^"^ Understandynge doeth no good, 

Cr. Understandynge, etc. Gen. Understanding is unfruitfull, Bps. 
^' The understanding, Cr. Gen. Bps. [So post.] ^* Givest thanks, 

Gov. ^^ Rather, Gen- Bps. ^^ Noughtinesse, Bps. *''' Of a 

ripe age, Gen. ^^ With sundry tongues, etc. Cov. By men of other 
tongues and by other languages, Geji^ 



to t!)e C!torrlntt)jjatts» ®i). ^ifff, 

speake vnto thys people/ and yelt for all thatt will they nott 
heare me sayth the lorde. Wherfore tonges are for a signe/ 
not to them that beleve : but to them that beleve nott. con- 
trary wyse prophesyinge serveth not for them that beleve nott : 
but for them which beleve. 

Yf therfore when all the congregacion is come to gedder/ 
and all speake with tonges/ there come in they thatt are vnlearn- 
ed/ or they whych beleve nott : will they not saye that ^^ ye 
are out off youre wittes ? Butt and yff all prophesy/ and 
there come in one that beleveth nott/ or one vnlearned/ he ys 
2^ reproved off all men/ and ys iudged of every man : and so 
are the secretes off hys hert openned : and then falleth he 
doune on hys face/ and worshippeth god/ and sayth that god 
is with you in dede. 

Howe is it then brethren ? when ye come togedder every 
man hath ^^ his songe/ hath his doctryne/ hath his tonge/ hath 
hys revlacion/ hathe his interpretacion : Lett all thynges be 
vnto edyfyinge : Yff eny man speake with tonges/ lett ytt be 
two atonce : or at the most thre atonce : and that by course. 
and lett another interprete it: Butt yf there be no interpreter/ 
lett hym kepe silence in the congegacion/ and let hym speake 
to hym silfe/ and to god. 

Lett the prophetes speake ^2 two atonce/ or thre atonce/ and 
let other iudge. Yf eny revelacion be made to another that 
sitteth by/ lett the fyrst holde his peace. For ye maye all 
prophesy one by one/ thatt all maye learne/ and all maye have 
comforte. For the spretes off the prophets are ^3 in the power 
off the prophetes. For god is nott ^^ causer of stryfe : but of 
peace/ ^^ as he is in all other congregacions of sanctes. 

Lett youre ^e^yves kepe silence in the congregacions. 
For it is not permitted vnto them to speake : butt lett them 
be ^^ be vnder obedience/ as sayth the la we : yf they will 
learne eny thinge/ let them axe their husbandes att home. 
For it is a shame for women to speake in the congregacion. 
28 Spronge the worde off God from you ? other cam ytt vnto 
you only ? Yf eny man thynke him sylfe a prophet other 
spirituall : lett hym '^ vnderstonde/ what thynges I write vnto 

*^ Ye are madde, Bps. ^^ Rebuked, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ A psalme, 
Gen. Bps. 22 Two or three and let, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Subject 
to, Gen. Bps. ^* The author of confusion [dissention, C], Gen. Bps. 
^^ As (I teach) in all, etc. Cr. As tee see in all, etc. Gen. ^ Wo- 

men, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Subject, Gen. ^^ Came, Gen. 

2^ Knowe, Cov. Cr. Acknowledge [Knowe, B } that the things, etc. 
are the comraaundments of the Lord, Gen. Bps. 



jfo. cl^rpb. Sl)e JF^tst Hpfstle of 3^aul 

you. For they are the commaundmentes of the lorde. Butt 
and yf eny man be ignorant/ lett hym be ignorant. Wherfore 
brethren covet to prophesy/ and forbyd nott to speake with 
tonges. Lett all thynges be done honestly and in order. 

1T>RETHIIEN as pertaynynge to the gospell which I 
"^ preached unto you/ which ye have also ^ accepted/ and 
in the which ye continue : by the which also ye are saved/ 
2 1 do you to witt after what maner I preached vnto you/ [yf 
ye kepe it/] except ye have beleved in vayne. 

For fyrst of all I gave vnto you that which I receaved : 
howe that Christ deyed for oure synnes/ ^agreynge to the 
scriptures : and thatt he was buried/ and thatt he arose agayne 
the thyrd daye accordynge to the scriptures : and thatt he was 
sene of Cephas/ then of the twelve/ after thatt he was scne off 
moo than five hondred brethren atonce : off the which ^ many 
^ remayne vnto '^ thys daye/ and ^ many are fallen a slope. 
After that ^ apered he to James/ then to all the Apostles. 

And last off all he was sene off me/ as off one thatt was 
borne out off due tyme. For I am the lest off all the Apos- 
tles/ which am nott worthy to be called an apostle/ be cause I 
persecuted the congregacion of God : but by the faveour of 
God I am that I am. And his faveour whych is in me was 
not in wayne : butt I labored moare aboundauntly then they 
all/ not 1/ butt the faveour of God which is with me. Wheth- 
er ytt were I or they/ so have we preached/ and so have ye 
beleved. 

Yf Christ be preached howe that he rose from deeth : howe 
saye some that are amonge you/ that there ys no resurreccion 
from deeth ? Yff there be no rysynge agay ne from deeth : 
then is Christ nott rysen. Yff Christ be nott rysen/ then ys 
oure preachynge vayne/ and youre fayth is also vayne : Yee/ 
and we are founde falce witnesses of God. For we have tes- 
tified 10 agaynste god howe that he raysed vppe Christ/ whom 
he raysyd nott uppe/ yf it be so that the deed ^^ ryse nott vppe 

^ Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel, etc. Gen. Bps, 
* Received, Gen. Bps. ^ It ye keepe in memorie after, etc. Gen. 

If ye kepe the doctrine which, etc. Bps. [G. B. omit the clause in 
crotchets.] * According, Gen. Bps. ^ The more part, Bps. 

^ Are alive, Gov. '' This present, Gen. ^ Some, Gen. Bps. 

» He was seene of, Gen. Bps. ^^ Of God, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

Gen. [So post through the chapter.] 



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to tt>e €oi:iffnt|)$an». ^Kf). %^, 

agayne. For yf the deed ryse nott agayne/ then is Christ not 
rysen agayne. Yf it be so thatt Christ rose not/ then is youre 
fayth in vayne. and yet are ye in youre synnes. Also they 
whiche are fallen a slepe in Christ/ are perrished. Yf in thys 
lyfe only we ^^ beleve on Christ/ then are we off all men the 
miserablest. 

Nowe is Christ rysen from deeth/ and is be come the fyrst 
frutes off them that slept. For ^^ by a man cam deeth/ and 
by a man cam resurrection from deeth. For as by Adam all 
deye : even so by Christ/ shall all be made alive/ and every 
man in his awne order : The ^^ fyrst is Christ/ then they that 
are Christis att his commynge. Then commeth the ende/ 
when he hath delivered vppe the kyngdome to God the father/ 
when he hath putt doune all rule/ auctorite and power. For 
he must ruele till he have putt all his enemys vnd' his fete. 

The last enemy that shalbe destroyed is deeth For he 
hath put all thynges vnder his fete, butt when he sayth/ all 
thynges are ^^ putt vnder hym/ it is manifest that he is except- 
ed/ which did putt all thynges vnder him. When all thynges 
are subdued vnto hym : then shall the sonne also hym silfe be 
subiecte vnto hym thatt ^^ put all thynges vnder hym/ that 
God maye be all in all thynges. 

Other els what do they which are baptised ^^ over the deed/ 
if the deed ryse not at all ? why are they baptised ^^ over the 
deed ? And why stonde we in ieoperdy every houre .? by 
oure reioysynge which I have in Christ Jesu oure lorde/ 1 deye 
dayly. ^'^ That I have fought with beastes att Ephesus after 
the maner of men/ what avauntageth it me/ yf the deed ryse 
not agayne ? Lett vs eate and drynke/ to morowe we shall 
deye. Be not deceaved : ^^ malicious speakynges corrupte 
good manners. Awake ^^ truely out off slepe/ and synne nott : 
For some have not the knowledge off God. I speake this vn- 
to youre ^^ rebuke. 

But some man will saye : howe shall the deed aryse ? with 
what body shall they come ? Thou fole/ thatt which thou sow- 
est/ is nott quickened except it deye. And ^^ what sowest 
thowe ? Thowe sowest not that body that shalbe : but bare 

*2 Have hope in. Gen. Bps. *^ Since by man, etc. even so by 

man, etc. Gen. Bps. '* First fruites, Gen. Bps. i» Subdued to 

. . did subdue, Gen. ^^ For, Gen. Bps. i^ if i have, Gen. Bps. 

*5 Evill wordes [speakings, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ To live right- 

eously, Gen. To righteousnesse, Bps. 20 ghame, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

^' That which thou sowest, thou sowest not, Gen. Bps. 

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5o. tln^l ^1)^ ifgtst ISpfstle of 33a ul 

corne ^ (I meane other off wheet/ or of some other) and God 
geveth it a body att his pleasure/ to every seed ^3 a severall 
body. 

AH flesshe is not ^4 one manner of flesshe : but there is 
^ one maner flesshe oif men/ another manor flesshe of beastes/ 
another maner flesshe of fysshes/ and another of byrdes. 
There are ^6 celestiall bodyes/ and there are bodyes ^'^ terres- 
trial : Butt the glory of the ^ celestiall is one/ and the glory of 
the ^ terrestriall is another. There is one maner glory of the 
Sonne/ and another glory of the mono/ and another glory of 
the starres. For one starre differeth from another in glory. 
So is the resurreccion of the deed. Hit is sowen in corrup- 
cion/ and ryseth in incorrupcion. Hitt is sowen in dishonoure/ 
and ryseth in honoure. It is sowen in weaknes/ and ryseth in 
power. Hit is sowne a naturall body/ and ryseth a spretuall 
body. 

There is a naturall bodye and there is a spretuall body. 
as it is written : The fyrst man Adam was made a livynge 
soule : and the last Adam was made a quickenynge sprete : 
but that is nott fyrst which is spirituall : but that which is nat- 
urall/ and then that which is spretuall. The fyrst. man is of 
the erth/ erthy : The seconde is ^^ from heven/ ^hevenly. As 
is the erthy/ soche are they that are erthy: And as is the hev- 
enly/ soche are they that are hevenly. And as we have borne 
the ymage off* the erthy/ so shall we beare the ymage of the 
hevenly. 

This saye I brethren/ that flesshe and bloud cannot inheret 
the kyngdom of god. Nether corrupcion inhereteth vncorrup- 
cion. Beholde I shewe ^ a mistery vnto you : we shall not 
all slepe : butt we shall all be chaunged/ and that in a mo- 
ment/ and the twincklynge of an eye/ at ^^ [the sounde of] 
the last trompe. For the trompe shall blowe/ and the deed 
shall ryse incorruptible : And we shalbe chaunged. For this 
corruptible must put on ^i incorruptibilite : and this mortall 
must put on immortalite. 

When this corruptible hath put on ^^ incorruptibilite : and this 
mortall hath putt on immortalite : then shalbe brought to passe 

22 As of wheat, Cr. As itfalleth [It may chance, B.} of wheate, Gen. 
Bps. '^ His owne, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ The same, Gen. Bps. 

*» One flesh, Gen. Bps. [So, G. next clauses.] ^6 jjgavenly, Gen, 
27 Earthly, Gen. =« The Lorde from heven, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

C. adds— (hevenly). "9 a secret thing, Gen. ^ Cr. Gen. Bps. 

omit. ^^ Incorruption, Gen. [So vs. 54.] 



to tfje <5:orrfnti)a?ans. «!>♦ ):bf. 

the sayinge that is written : Deeth is ^2 consumed into vic- 
tory. Deeth where is thy stynge ? ^3 Hell where is thy vic- 
tory ? The stynge of deeth is synne. 

The strengthe off synne ys the lawe : butt thankes be vn- 
to God/ whych hath geven vs victory/ thorowe oure lorde Jesus 
Christ. Therfore my deare brethren/ be ye stedfast and vn- 
movable/ alwayes ^4 ryche in the workes of the lorde/ for as 
moch as ye knowe howe that youre labour is not in vayne in 
the lorde. 

J^^F the gadderynge for the saynctes/ as I have ordeyned 
^^^ in the congregacion off Galacia/ even so do ye. ^ In 
some saboth daye let every one off you put a syde ^ at home/ 
and laye vppe ^ whatsoever he thynketh mete/ thatt ^ there be 
no gadderynges when I come. When I am come/ whosoever 
ye shall alowe by youre letters/ them will I sende to brynge 
youre liberalite vnto Jerusalem. And yff yt be mete thatt I 
goo/ they shall goo with me. I will come vnto you after I 
have gone over Macedonia, For I wyll goo thorow out Ma- 
cedonia. With you ^ paraventure I wyll abyde a whyle : or 
els wynter/ thatt ye maye brynge me on my waye whither 
soever I goo. 

I will nott se you nowe in my passage : butt I trust to abyde 
a whyle with you/ yff ^ god shall suffre me. I wyll tary att 
Ephesus vntill ^ witsontyde. For a greate dore and ^ a frut- 
full is openned vnto me : and there are many adversaris. 
Yff Timotheus come/ se thatt he be with out feare with you. 
For he worketh the worke of the lorde as I doo. Lett no 
man despyse him : but convaye hym forthe in peace/ that he 
maye come vnto me. for I loke for hym with the brethren. 

9 To speake of brother Apollo : i^ I greatly desyred hym 
to come vnto you with the brethren/ but his mynde was nott 
at all to come at this tyme. He woll come when he shall 
have a convenient tyme. Watche ye/ stonde fast in the fayth/ 

2^ Swallowed up, Or. Gen. Bps. ^^ Grave, Gen. ^^ Abun- 

dant, Gen. Bps. ^ Upon some Sondaye, T. M. Every first day of 
the weeke. Gen. * By him seife, Gov. Gen. B]js. ^ As God 

hath prospered him, Gen. Bps. * The collection be not to gather, 

Cov. ^ It may be, Gen. Bps. ^ The Lorde permit, Gen. 

7 The fyftieth daye, Or. Pentecost, Gen. ^ Effectual, Gen. Bps. 

® As touching, Gen. Bps. '° Cov. adds — Be ye sure that. Cr. — (I 

certifie you that.) 



i^o. cl|:j:bfj. 2rt)e jFjtst SBjjfstle to ti)e <S:orrCnt|)2an». 

quyte you lyke men/ and be stronge. Lett all youre busynes 
be done ^^ in love. 

Brethren (ye knowe the housse of Stephana howe that they 
are the fyrst frutes of Achaia/ and that they have ^^ apoynted 
them selves to minister vnto the saynctes) I beseche you that 
ye be obedient vnto soche/ and to all that helpe and labour. 
I am gladde of the commynge of Stephana/ and Fortunatus/ 
and Achaichus : for i'* that which was lackinge on youre parte 
they have supplied. They have comforted my sprete and 
youres. ^^ Loke therfore that ye knowe them that are soche. 

The congregacions of Asia salute you. Aquila and Pris- 
cilla salute you moche in the lorde/ and so doeth the congre- 
gacion that is in their housse. All the brethren grete you. 
Grete ye one another with an holy kysse. The salutacion of 
me Paul with myne awne hande : Yf eny man love not the 
lorde Jesus Christ/^^ the same be anathema maranatha. The 
favoure of the lorde Jesus Christ be with you all. My love 
be with you all in Christ Jesu/ Amen, 



The pistle vnto the Corrinthyans sent 

from Philippos/ By Stephana/ 

and Fortunatus/ and Acai- 

chus and Timo- 

theus. 

12 With charitie,Bp5. ^^ Given, Gen. Addicted, Bps. "Xhe 
want of you, Gen. '^ Acknowledge therefore such men, Gen. 

^® Let him be had in execration, yea, excommunicate to death, Gen. 



35jr 
to ttie eotrCntftfiatn.^* 



3^1)0 ffitst (a^Sapttt* 

I^^IL an Apostle off Jesus Christ by the will off God/ 
and brother Timotheous. 

Vnto the congregacion of god/ which is at Corinthum/ with 
all the saynctes which are in all Achaia : Grace be with you 
and peace from God oure father/ and from the lorde Jesus 
Christ. 

Blessed be god the father of oure lorde Jesus Christ/ the 
father of mercy/ and the god of all comforte/ which comfort- 
eth vs in all oure tribulacion/ ^ insomoche that we are able to 
comforte them which are ^ troubled/ in what soever tribula- 
cion it be/ with the same comforte wher with we oure selves 
are comforted of god. For as the affliccions of Christ ^ are 
plenteous in vs : even so is oure consolacion plenteous by 
Christ. 

Whether we be troubled * for your consolacion/ and helth/ 
^ which helth sheweth her power in that ye soffre the same 
affliccions which we also suffre : or whether we be comforted 
^ for youre consolacion and helth : yet oure hope is stedfast for 
you inasmoch as we knowe howe that as ye have youre parte 
in affliccions/ so shall ye be part takers of consolacion. 

Brethren I wolde not have you ignoraunt of oure trouble/ 
which happened vnto vs in Asia. For we were ^ greved out 

^ That we may be able, Gen. Bps. ^ In any [all, B.} nnaner of 

trouble, Cr. Bps. In any affliction, Gen. ^ Abound, Gen. [So 

next clause.] * It is for, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Which is 

wrought in the induring [by the suffering, £.] of the same, etc. Gen, 
Bps. ^ Pressed, Gen. 

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Sfo, clFjrbfff. C:t)e Secontre Hpfstle of 5laul 

of measure passynge strengthe/ ^ so greatly that we despaer- 
ed even off lyfe. ^ Also we receaved ^ an answer of deeth in 
oure selves/ and that was done be cause we shulde not put 
oure trust in our selves : but in god/ which rayseth the deed 
to lyfe egayne : Which delivered vs from so grett a deeth/ 
and doth delivre/ on whom we trust/ that yet here after he 
will deHvre vs/ i^ by the helpe of youre prayer for vs : ^^ That 
by the meanes of many occasions/ thankes maye be geven of 
many on oure behalfe/ For the grace geven vnto vs. 

Oure reioysynge is this/ the testimony of oure conscience/ 
that we 12 with out doublenes/ but with godly purenes : not in 
flesshly wysdom/ but by the grace of god/ have had oure con- 
versacion in the worlde/ and most of all to you wardes. We 
write no nother thynges vnto you/ then that ye rede and 
i*^also knowe. Yee and I trust ye shall ^^fynde vs vnto 
the ende even as ye have ^^ founde vs partly/ for we are youre 
reioysynge/ even as ye are cures in the daye of the lorde 
Jesus, 

And in this confidence was I mynded ^^ the other tyme to 
have come vnto you (that ^^ye myght have had a double 
1^ pleasure) and to have passed by you into Macedonia/ and 
to have come agayne out of Macedonia vnto you/ and to have 
bene ledde forth to Jewry warde of you. 

When I thus wyse was mynded : Did I vse lightnes ? Or 
1*^ thynke I carnally those thynges which I thynke ? that with 
me shulde be ye ye/ and naye naye. ^^ God is faithfull : 
1^ For oure preachynge vnto you/ was not ye and naye. For 
goddis Sonne Jesus Christ which was preached amonge you 
by vs (that is to saye by me and Silvanus and Thimothevs) 
was not ye and naye : but in hym it was ye : For all the pro- 
mises of God/ in hym are ye : and are in hym Amen/ vnto 
the lawde of god thorow vs. Hit is god which stabilissheth 

7 go that we altogether doubted, Gen. Insomuch that we were in 
great doubt, Bps. ^ And had concluded in ourselves that we must 
needs die, Cov. ^ The sentence, Gen. Bps. '° So that ye 

labour together in prayer, etc. Gen. " That for the gift [benefits^ 

B.} bestowed upon us by the means of many persons [for many, G.] 
thanks may be giveii of many persons on our behalfe [for us, G.], Cr. 
Gen. Bps. ^'^In ^inglenesse, T. M. Cr. [C. adds — of heart.] In 

simplicitie. Gen. Bps. '^ Acknowledge . . . Acknowledged, Gen. 

Bps. ^^ First, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^'= I [Ye, B.'] might have had 

one pleasure more [C adds— with youj, Cr. Bps. '^ Grace, Gen. 

" Mynde I those things which I minde accordinge to the flesh [car- 
nally, 5.], Gen. Bps. *^ O faithful God, that oure worde unto 
you hath not been yea and nay, Cov, *^ That our worde, etc. Gen. 



■3>7 



to tijc €:ottfntt>2:3n». <!C1). ff, 

vs and you in Christ/ and hath annoynted vs/ which hath also 
sealed vs/ and hath geven the ernest of the sprete into oure 
hertes. 

Ef^e f;. ®t)apter. 

^ T CALL god for a recorde vnto my soule/ that forto ^ faver 
you with all/ I cam not ^ eny moare vnto Corinthum. Not 
that we ^ be lordes over youre fayth : but helpers of youre 
ioye. For by faith ye stonde. but I determened this in my 
silfe/ that I wolde nott come agayne to you in hevines. For 
yf I make you sory : who is it that shulde make me glad/ but 
the same which is made sory by me ? And I wrote ^ this 
same pistle vnto you/ lest yf I cam/ I shulde take ^ hevines of 
them/ of whom I ought to reioyce. Certaynly this confidence 
have I in you all/ that my ioye is the ioye of you all. For in 
grett affliccion and anguisshe of hert I wrote vnto you with 
many teares : not to make you sory/ butt that ye myght per- 
ceave the love which I have most specially vnto you. 

Yf eny man hath caused sorowe/ the same hath not made 
me sory : but "^ partly/ lest I shuld greve you all. Hit is suf- 
ficient vnto the same man that he was rebuked off many. 
So that ^ nowe contrary wyse ye ought to forgeve hym and 
comforte hym : lest the same persone shulde be swalowed 
vpp with moch hevines. Wherfore ^ I exhorte you/ that ^^ love 
maye have strengthe over hym. For this cause verely did I 
write/ that I myght knowe the profe off you/ whether ye shulde 
be obediente in all thynges. To whom ye forgeve eny 
thyn^e/ I forgeve also. And verely if I forgave eny thinge/ 
to whom I forgave it for youre sakes forgave I it/ in the 
11 roume of Christ/ lest Satan shulde ^^ prevent us. For ^^ his 
thoughtes are not vnknowen vnto vs. 

When I was come to Troada ^^ for Christes gospels sake 
(and a grett dore was openned vnto me of the lorde) I had no 
rest in my sprete/ be cause I founde not Titus my brother : 
but toke my leave of them and went my waye into Macedonia. 

^ [Cr. Gen. Bps. read these two first vvs. as part of ch. i.] ^ Spare, 
Gen. Bps. ^ As yet, Gen. Bps. * Have dominion, Gen. 

^ This same unto you, Cr. Bps. This same thing, etc. Gen. *Hev- 
inesse (upon heavinesse) of them, Cr. "^ Partly, (lest I should more 
charge him) you all. Gen. ^ From henceforth, Cov. ^ I pray 

you that you woulde confirme your love towards him. Gen. Bps. 
1° Ye show love upon him, Cov. " Sight, Tav. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

^2 Circumvent, Gen. Bps. ^^ We are not ignorant of his enter- 

prises [devices, B.'], Gen. Bps. ^* To preach Christes Gospell, 

Gen. Bps. 



jFo. cl):):f):. Stfje <Secontre 3Hj)fstle of ^ml 

Thankes be vnto God which alwayes ^^ geveth vs the victory 
in Chiist/ and openeth the saver off his knowledge by vs in 
every place. For we are vnto god the swete saver of Christ/ 
both amonge them that are saved/ and also amonge them 
which perisshe : to the one parte are we the saver of deeth 
vnto deeth : vnto the other parte are we the saver of lyfe vnto 
lyfe. And who is i^ mete vnto these thynges ? For we are 
not as 1^ many are which i® choppe and chaunge with the 
worde of god : but ^^ as ^^ [they which speake] off ^^ purenes/ 
and as ^o [they which speake] of God in the sight off God/ so 
speake we in Christ. 

' W/^E begyn to prayse oure selves agayne. Nede we as 
^ ^ some other of pistles of recommendacion vnto you .'' 
or letters of recommendacion from you ? ye are oure pistle 
written in oure hertes/ which is vnderstoude and reed of all 
men/ "^ in that ye are knowen howe that ye are the pistle of 
Christ/ ministred by vs and written' not with ynke : but with 
the sprete of the livynge god/ not in tables of stone/ butt in 
flesshy tables of the herte. suche trust have we thorovv Christ 
to god ward/ nor that we are sufficient off oure selves to thynke 
eny thynge as it were of oure selves : but ^ oure ablenes com- 
meth of god/ which hath made vs ^ able to minister the newe 
testament/ not off the letter/ but off the sprete : For the letter 
killeth/ but the sprete geveth lyfe. 

Yf the ministracion ^ of deeth ^ thorowe the letters figured 
in stones was glorius/ so that the children of Israel coulde 
notbeholde the face off Moses for the glory of his countenaunce 
(which glory neverthelesse is done awaye) why shall not the 
ministracion off the sprete be moche more glorious ? For if 
the ministry nge of condempnacion be glorious : moche more 
shall the administracion off rightewesnes excede in glory. 

*^ Maketh [Causetb, ^.J us to triumph, Gen. Bps. ^^ Sufficient, 
Gen. '' The moste parte, Cr. ^^ Make marchandize of, Gen. 

'^ Even out of purenes and by the power of God in the, etc, Cr. 
^ Gen. Bps. omit. ^^ Synceritie, Gen. * Doe we beginne, 

etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Forasmuch as ye declare [are manifestly decla- 

red, B.] that ye are, Cr. Bps. In that ye are manifest, to bee. Gen. 
^ If we are able unto any thing, it commetb, etc, Cr. Our sufficiency, 
etc. Gen. Bps. * Able ministers of the, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ That 

killeth thro' the letter and was figured, etc. Cov. ^ Written with 

letters and engraven, etc. Gen. 



to t!)e ([toxxlnttimns. ©t). in]. 

For "^ no dout that which was glorified was ^ not once glorified 
in respecte off this excedynge glory. Then iff that which is 
^ destroyed was glorious/ moche more shall that which re- 
mayneth be glorious. 

Sey nge then that we have soche trust we vse gret boldnes/ ^^ 
and not as Moses/ which put a vayle over his face that the 
children of Israeli shullde not ^^ se for what purpose that serv- 
ed whiche is not put awaye. But their mindes are blynded. 
For vntill this daye remayneth the same coverynge vntaken 
awaye in the olde testament when they rede hyt, which in 
Christ is put awaye : But even vnto this daye/ when Moses 
is redde the vayle ^^ hangeth before their hartes. Neverthe- 
lesse when they tourne to the lorde/ the vayle shalbe taken 
awaye. The lorde no dout is a sprete. And where the sprete 
off the lorde is/ there is libertie. ^^ And nowe the lordis glory 
apereth in vs all/ ^^ as in a glasse : and we are chaunged vnto 
the same ^^ similitude/ from ^^ to glory to glory/ even ^'^ off* the 
lorde which is a sprete. 

^HEREFORE seynge that we have soche an ofiice/ even 
as 1 mercy is come on vs/ we fayncte not : but have cast 
from vs the clokes of ^ vnhonestie/ and walke not in craftnes/ 
nether ^ corrupte we the worde of God : but ^ walke in open 
trueth/ and reporte oure selves to every mannes conscience 
in the sight of God. 

Yflf oure gospell be yet hid/ it is hid amonge them that are 
lost/ in whom the god of this worlde hath blynded the myndes 
off ^ them which beleve nott/ lest shulde shyne vnto them the 
light off* the 6 glorious gospell off* Christ/ which is the ymage 

^ The other part that was, etc. was nothing glorified, Cov. ^ Not 

in this point [in this behalfe, B.] glorified, Gen. Bps. ^ Abolished, 
Gen. Put away, Bps. ^° Gen.Bps. add — of speech. " See the 

end of that which is done away, Cov. Look [Stedfastly look, B.] un- 
to the ende of that which is abolished, Gen. Bps. ^^ Is laid up- 
on, Gen. Bps. ^^ But we all beholde as in a mirrour [T. M. 
omits — as in a mirrour] the glorie of the Lorde, with his face open, 
T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^'* With open face, Cov. ^^ Image, Cov. 
Gen. Bps. ^^ One clearness unto another, Cov. ^' As of the 
spirite of the Lorde, Ml the Vers. ^ God hath had mercy on us, 
Cr. We have received mercy, Ge7i. B/?5. ^ Shame, Gen. ^ Han- 
dle we deceitfully, Ci'. Gen. Bps. "* Open the trueth, etc. Cr. 
In declaration [opening, B.} of the truth, we appove [commending, 
B.'\ ourselves, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ The infidels, Gen, * Gos- 
pell of the glory e, Cr, 



#0. cl):):j:. E'^e Secon^e Hpfstle of 2^aul 

off God/ for we preache nott oure selves/ but Christ Jesus the 
lorde/ and preache oure selves youre servauntes for Jesus 
sake. For it is god that commaunded the light to shyne out 
off darknes/ which hath shyned in oure hertes/ for to geve the 
light of knowledge off the '^ glorious god/ in the face off Jesus 
Christ. 

But we have this treasure in erthen vesseles that the ^ ex- 
cellent power off it myght apere to be off Gode/ and nott off 
vs. We are trowbeled on every syde/ yett are we nott ^ with 
out shyft. We are in povertie : but not ^^ vtterly without 
somwhat. We are persecuted : but are not forsaken. We 
are ^^ cast doune : neverthelesse we perisshe not And we 
allvvayes beare in oure bodyes the deyinge of the lorde Jesus/ 
that the lyfe of Jesu myght apeare in oure bodyes. 

For we which live are always delyvered vnto deeth for 
Jesus sake/ that the lyfe also of Jesu myght apere in oure 
mortall flesshe. So then deeth worketh in vs/ and lyfe in you. 
Seynge then that we have the same sprete of fayth/ accordynge 
as it is written (I beleved and therfore have I spoken) we also 
beleve/ and therfore speake. For we knowe that he which 
raysed vppe the lorde Jesus/ shall rayse vppe vs also by the 
meanes of Jesus/ and shall seet vs with you/ for all thynges 
do I for youre sakes/ that the plenteous grace by thankes 
geven of many/ maye redound to the prayse of God. 

Wherfore ^^^e are not weried/ but though our uttward 
man ^^ perisshe yet the inwarde man is renewed daye by 
daye. For oure ^^ excedynge tribulacion/ which is momen- 
tarry and light/ ^^ prepareth an excedynge/ and an eternall 
wayght off glory vnto vs/ whill we loke not on the thynges 
which are sene/ but on the thynges which are not sene For 
thynges which are sene are temperall : and thynges whiche 
are not sene are eternall. 

T¥/"E knowe surely yffoure ^ erthy mancion ^ wherin we now 
^ ' dwell/ were destroyed/ that we have a bildinge ^ ordeyn- 

7 Glorie of God, All the Vers. ^ Power that excelleth, Cov. 

Excellencie of the power, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ In distress, Gen. 

'" Overcome of poverty, Gen. In extreme poverty, Bps. " Op- 

pressed, Cot?. >2We are weried. But, etc. Cr. We faynte not, eeri- 

ly Be corrupt, Cov. ^* Trouble which is but temporal and light, 

Cov. Light affliction which is but for a moment, Gen. Momentarie 
lightnesse of tribulation, Bps. ^^ Causeth unto us a far most ex- 

cellent, Gen. ^ Earthly house of this tabernacle. Gen. Bps. 

* Of this dwelling, Cr. ^ Of God, Cr. Bps. Given of God, Gc^, 



3M 

to V^t (Kottmtljpans. Cf). b. 

ed of god/ an habitacion not made with hondes/ but eternall in 
heven. and therefore sigh we/ desyringe ^ to be clothed with 
oure ^ mansion which is from heven : ® yff yt hapen that we 
be founde clothed/ and nott naked. For as longe as we are 
in this tabernacle/ we sigh "^ and are greved : for we wold not 
be vnclothed : butt wolde be clothed apon/ thatt mortalite 
myght be swalowed vppe of lyfe. He that hath ^ ordeyned vs 
for this thynge ys god : which very same hath geven vnto vs 
the ernest of the sprete. 

We are alvvaye ^ of good chere/ and knowe wele thatt as 
longe as we are att home in the body we are absent from God. 
For we walke in fayth and i^ se nott. Neverthelesse we are 
9 off goode com forte/ and ii had lever to be absent from the 
body and to be present with God. Wherfore we ^^ endevre 
oure selves/ whether we be at home or from home/ ^^ to please 
God. For we must all be brought before the iudgement seate 
off Christ that every man maye receave the workes off his 
body accordynge to that he hath done/ whether it be good or 
badde. i^ Seynge then that we knowe howe the lorde is to 
be feared/ we ^^ fare fayre with men. For we are ^^ knowen 
wele ynough vnto God. I trust also thatt we are ^^ knowen 
in youre consciences. 

We prayse not oure selves agayne vnto you/ but geve you 
an occasion to reioyce off vs/ that we maye have somwhat 
agaynst them/ which reioyce ^^ in the face/ and not in the 
hert. '^ For yf we be too fervent/ to God are we to fervent : 
ylf we kepe measure/ for oure cause kepe we measure. For 
the love of Christ constrayneth vs/ be cause we thus iudge/ yf 
one be deed for all/ thatt then are all deed/ and that he died 
for all/ be cause that they which live/ shulde not hence forth 
live vnto them selves : butt vnto hym which died for them 
and rose agayne. 

* (Upon our clothing) to be further clothed, Bps. ° House, Gen.Bps. 
^ Because that if we be [If so be that vre being, BJ] clothed, shall not 
be found naked, Gen. Bps. "^ And we are burdened, Gen. Being 

burthened, Bps. « Created, Gen. » Bold, Gen. ^^ Not 

after outward appearance. Or. Bps. Not by sight. Gen. " Love 

rather to remove out of the body and to dwell with the Lord, Gen. 
^* Covet, that both dwelling at home and removing from home, Gen. 
'^ To be accepted [acceptable, G.] to him, Gen. Bps. ^* Knowing 

therefore the terroure [feare, B.'\ of the Lorde, we perswade men, 
Gen. Bps. '^ Deal fairly with, Cov. ^'^ Made manifest. Gen. 

'^ After the outward appearance, Cov. '^ For whether we be out 

of our wit, ice are it to God ; or whether we be in our ryght minde, 
we are it unto you, Gen. 



Wherfore henceforth knowe we no man after the flesshe. 
In somoche that though we have knowen Christ after the 
flesshe/ nowe hence forthe knowe we hym so no more. Ther- 
fore yfF eny man be in Christ/ he is a newe creature. Olde 
thynges are passed awaye/ beholde all thinges are be come 
newe/ Neverthelesse all thynges are of god/ whych hath re- 
conciled vs vnto hym sylfe by Jesus Christ/ and hath geven 
vnto vs the ^^ office to preache the atonement. For god was 
in Christ/ and 20 made agrement bitwene the worlde and hym 
sylfe/ and imputed not their synnes vnto them : and hath 
committed to vs the ^i preachynge of the atonment. 

Nowe then are we ^'^ messengers in the roume of Christ : 
even as though God did beseche you thorowe vs : So praye 
we you in Christes stede/ that ye be ^3 atone with God : for 
he hath made him to be synne for us/ which knewe no synne/ 
thatt we 2^ [by his meanes] shoulde be ^^ that rightewesnes 
which before God is alowed. 



S!t)c bj. <!Ll)aptcr. 

'V\/'E as 1 helpers therfore exhorte you/ that ye receave not 
^ the grace of god in vayne. For he saith : I have herde 
the in a tyme accepted : and in the daye off health/ have I 
suckered the. Beholde nowe is that wele accepted tyme : 
beholde nowe is that daye off helthe. Let vs geve no ^ man 
occasion of evyll/ that ^ in oure office be founde no faute : 
but in all thynges '* lett vs be have oure selves as the ministers 
of God. 

In moche pacience/ in affliccions/ in necessite/ in ^ an- 
guysshe/ in strypes/ in presonment/ in ^ stryfe/ in labour/ in 
watche/ in fastyng/ in purenes/ in knowledge/ in longe suffer- 
ynge/ in kyndnes/ in the holy goost/ in love vnfayned/ in the 
wordes of trueth/ in the power off God/ by the armure off 
rightewesnes on the right honde and on the lyfte honde/ in 
honoure and dishonoure/ in evyll reporte and good reporte/ as 
desceavers and yet true/ as vnknowen/ and yet knowen : as 

^^ Ministerie of reconciliation, Gen. Bps. ^^ Reconciled the 

worlde to himselfe, Gen. ^^ Worde of reconciliation, Gen. 

22 Ambassadoars for, Gen. ^^ Reconciled unto, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

'* Gen. Bps. omit. ^^ The righteousnesse of God in him. Gen. Bps. 
^ Workers together beseech yo2i, Gen. ^ Occasion of oifence in any 

thing that our ministerie should not be reprehended, Geii. ^ Our 

office be not evyll spoken of, Gov. ■* Wee approve ourselves, Gen. 

^ Distresses, Gen. ^ Uproares, Cov. Tumults, Gen. 



dV3 

te ti)e atortmttjsans. ^% rff- 

deyinge and behold e we yett live : as chastened and not kill- 
ed : as sorowynge and yet alwaye mery : as povre and yett 
make many ryche : as havynge no thynge and yett possess- 
ynge all thynges. 

O ye Corrinthyans/ oure mougth is open vnto you. oure 
herte is made large : ye are ''' nott brought into combraunce 
by vs/ s though that ye vexe youre selves off a true mean- 
ynge. ^ I speake vnto you as vnto chyldren/ whych have 
lyke revi^arde wyth vs : ^^ stretche youre selves therfore out. 
11 beare nott the yooke wyth the vnbelevers. For what felli- 
shippe hath rightewesnes with vnrightewesnes ? What ^^ com- 
pany have light with darcknes ? What concorde hath Christ 
with beliall ? Other what parte hath he that beleveth with 
an infidele ? howe agreeth the temple of god with ymages ? 
And ye are the temple of the lyvynge god/ as sayde god : I 
will dwell amonge them/ and vvalke amonge them/ and wilbe 
their god : and they shalbe my people. Wherfore come out 
from amonge them/ and separate youre selves from them 
(sayth the lorde) and touch none vnclean thynge : so wyll I 
receave you/ and wilbe a father vnto you/ and ye shalbe vnto 
me sonnes and doughters/ sayth the lorde almyghty. 

STijc bff. Cijaptet. 

QEYINGE that we have soche promeses derely beloved/ 
^ lett vs dense oure selves from all fylthynes off the flesshe 
and sprete/ and growe vppe to full holynes in the feare of 
God. 1 Vnderstonde vs : we have hurte no man : we have 
^corrupte no man : we have defrauded no man. I speake 
not this to condempne you : for I have shewed you before 
that ye are in oure hertes to deye and live with you. ^I am 
veiy bolde over you/ and reioyce greatly in you. I am filled 
with comforte/ my ioye is excedynge in all oure tribalacions. 
For when we were come into Macedonia/ oure flesshe had 

' In no straitness on our behalfe, Cgv. In no strait in us, T. M. Cr. 
Not kept strait in us, Gen. Not pressed into a narrow room in us, Bps. 
^ But ye are, etc. [severally as above] in your ownbowells, Z". M. Cr. 
Gen. Rps. ** I promise unto you like rewarde as unto children 

[with me, as my children, T. M.^, T. M. Cr. Nowe for the same re- 
compense, I speake as unto viy children, be ye also enlarged, Gen. 
Bps. ^^ Set yourselves therefore at large, Cov. T. M. Cr. 

" Beare not a straungers [a strange, C] yoke, Cov. T. M. Be not un- 
equally yoked. Gen. ^^ Communion, Gen. Bps. ^ Under 
stande us right, Cov. Receive us, Gen. Bps. ^ Consumed, Gen. 
^ I use great boldnesse of speach towards, etc. Gen. Bps. 
FF 



jFe. clj^niJ' 2I^l)e Secontre Hpfstle of ^nvl 

no rest/ but we were troubled on every syde : outwarde was 
fightynge/ in warde was feare. Neverthelesse he thatt com^ 
fortith the ^ abiecte/ comforted vs at the commynge of Titus. 

And nott with his commynge only : butt also with the con- 
solacion wher with he was comforted of you. For he tolde 
vs youre desyre/ youre ^ mornynge/ youre fervent mynde to 
me warde. So that I no we reioyce the more. Wherfore 
though I made you sory with a letter I repent not : though I 
did repent. For I perceave that that same Epistle made you 
sory though it were but for a ceason. but I nowe reioyce/ 
not that ye were sory/ but that ye so sorowed/ that ye re- 
pented. For ye sorowed godly : so that in nothynge were 
ye hurte by vs. for godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto 
health/ not to be repented off : when worldly sorowe causeth 
deeth, 

^ Beholde what diligence this godly sorowe that ye toke hath 
wrought in you''' : yee it caused you to cleare youre selves. 
Hit caused ® indignacion/ it caused feare/ ytt caused desyre/ 
hit caused a forvent mynde/ itt caused punnysshment. For 
in all thynges ye have shewed youre selves thatt ye were 
cleare in that busynes. Wherfore though I have written vnto 
you/ I did itt nott for his cause that did hurte/ nether for his 
cause that was hurte : but that ^ oure good mynde whych we 
have towarde you in the sight of god/ myght apere vnto you. 

Therfore we are conforted/ because ye are comforted : yee 
and excedyngly the moare ioyed we/ for the ioye thatt Titus 
had : be cause his sprete was refresshed of you all. I am 
therfore not nowe a shamed/ though I bostede my sylfe to hym 
of you. For as all thynges which ^^ I preached vnto you are 
true/ even so is oure bostynge : thatt I hosted my silfe to Ti- 
tus with all/ ffounde true. And nowe is his inwarde affeccion 
more aboundant towarde you/ when he remembreth the obe- 
dience off every one off you : howe with feare and trymblynge 
ye receaved hym. I reioyce that I maye ^^ be bolde over you 
in all thynges. 

■* Humble, Bps. ^ Wepying, Cr, * For beholde this thing 

that ye have been godly sorie, what great care [sorie to Godward, how 
much carefulnesse, B.] it hath wrought, etc. yea, what clearing; etc. 
Yea, what, etc. Gen. Bps. ' Cr. adds — gladnes. Yee, a sufficient 

answer, Cov. ® Displeasure, Cov. ^ Your diligence which ye 

have for us, Cov. Your good mind to us warde, Cr. Bps. Our care 
towards you, etc. Gen. ^° We spake, Cr. Gen. Bps. '' Have 

confidence in you, etc. Gen. Bps. 



to t^e €:prrfnt|)5an». €:t>. bfff. 



?r|)c bfff. <a:i)aptet. 

r DO you to witt brethren of the grace of god/ which is geven 
•^ in the congregacions of Macedonia/ ^ howe thatt the aboun- 
daunce off their reioysinge is/ that they are tried with moche 
tribulacion. And ^howe that their povertie/ though yt be 
depe/ yet hath folowed over/ and is become vnto them ryches 
in synglenes. For to their powers (I beare them recorde) 
yee and beyonde their power/ they were willynge off their 
owne accorde/ and prayed vs with grett instaunce that we 
wolde receave ^ their benefite/ and suffre them to be part ta- 
kers with other in ministrynge to the saynctes. And this they 
did/ not as we loked for : but gave their awne selves fyrst to 
the lorde/ and after vnto vs by the will off God : ^ so that we 
coulde nott butt desyre Titus to accomplysshe the same bene- 
volence amonge you also/ even as he had begonne. 

Nowe therfore/ as ye are ryche in all parties/ in fayth/ in 
worde/ in knowledge/ in all ^ ferventnes/ and in love/ which 
ye have to vs ; even so se that ye be plenteous in this benivo- 
lence. Thys saye I nott as commaundynge : but be cause 
other are so fervent/ therfore prove I ^ youre love/ whether it 
be perfait or no. Ye knowe the liberalitie of oure lorde Je- 
sus Christ/ which though he were riche/ yet for oure sakes be 
cam povre : that ye thorowe his povertie myght be made 
ryche. 

And I "^ geve counsell hereto : For this is expedient for you/ 
which began/ nott to do only : butt also to will/ a yeare agoo. 
Nowe therfore performe the dede/ that as there was in you a 
redines to will/ even so ye maye performe the dede/ of that 
which ye have. For if there be fyrst a willynge mynde/ it is 
accepted accordynge to thatt a man hath/ and not accordynge 
to that he hath not. 

s Hit is not my mynde that wother be set at ease/ and ye 

^ For their rejoicing was most abundant, when they were tried, Cao. 
Because [How that, £.] in great trial of affliction, their joy abound- 
ed, Gen. Bps. ^ Though they were exceeding poor^ yet have 
they given exceeding richly, and that in singleness, Cov. T. M. Cr. 
Their most extreme [depe, B.] poverty abounded unto their rich lib- 
eralitie, Gen. Bps. ^ The grace, and fellowship [societie, B.] of 
the ministerie towards the saintes, Gen. Bps. ^ That we should 
exhort [desire, B.] Titus, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Diligence, Cov. Gen. 
[So vs. 8.] ^ The naturalnesse [unfaynednesse, J5.] of your love, 
Gen.Bps. "^ Shew my mind herein, Gen. ^ Neither is it, that, Geji. 



i^o. cl):):r:ifi. ?rt)c <Secoutre Hpistle of 33aul 

9 brought into combraunce : [butt thatt there be equalnes.] Let 
youre aboundaunce socker their lacke att this present tyme 
ofFdeerth : thatt their aboundaunce maye supplye youre lacke : 
thatt their may be equaHtie/ agreynge to thatt which is writ- 
ten : He that gaddered moche had ^^ never the more abound- 
aunce/ and he that gaddered lytell/ had ^^ neverthelesse. 
Thankes be vnto god/ which put in the hert of Titus the same 
12 good mynde tow.arde you. For he accepted ^^ oure request, 
yee ^"^ rather he was so wele willynge/ thatt he off his awne 
accorde cam vnto you. 

We have sent with him that brother whose laude is in the 
gospell thorowe out all the congregacions : and not so only/ 
but is also chosen of the congregacions to be a felowe with vs 
in our iorney/ as concerninge this benivolence that is minis- 
tred by us vnto the prayse of the lorde/ and ^^ to stere vppe 
youre prompt mynde. 

16 And thys we eschue thatt eny man shulde rebuke vs in 
this aboundaunce/ thatt is ministred by vs/ and make provis- 
ion for honest thynges/ nott in the sight of god only/ but also 
in the sight of men. 

We have sent with them ti brother off oures whom we have 
ofte tymes proved diligent in many thynges/ butt nowe moche 
more diligent. The grete confidence which I have in you 
hath caused me this to do : ^'^ partly for Titus sake which is 
my felowe/ and helper as concernynge you : partly be cause 
off wother which are oure brethren/ ^^ and the messengers off 
the congregacions/ and the glory off Christ. Wherfore shewe 
vnto them ^^ the proffe off youre love/ and off the reioysynge 
that we have off you/ ^o thatt the congregacions maye se it, 

2rt)e I):. €|)aj)ter. 

/^F the ministiynge to the saynctes/ it is butt superfluus for 
^^ me to write vnto you : for I knowe youre redynes off 
mynde/ wherof I host my silfe vnto them of Macedonia/ and 

* Grieved. But upon lyke condition, at this time your abundance, 
etc. Gen. Bps. [G. B. omit the clause in crotchets.] ^° Not the 

more, Cov. Nothing over, Gen. Bps. ^^ No lacke, Bps. ^^ Ear- 
nest care, Gen. Bps. ^^ The exhortation. Gen. Bps. ^^He was 
so careful. Gen. Being the more careful, Bps. '^ Declaration of, 

Gen. Bps. ^® Avoyding- this, Gen. ^^ Whether any do enquire 

of Titus, he is, etc. or of our brethren, they, etc. Gen. Bps. ^^ Which 
are apostles, etc. Gov. '^ Gen. reads (clause below transposed) — 

and before the churches, the proofe, etc. ^o j^ ^{je sight of the 

churches [congregations, C], Cr.Bps. 



to fift ^arorrfnt^jans. €:i). fp. 

saye that Achaia was prepared a yeare a goo/ and youre ^ fer- 
ventnes hath provoked many. Neverthelesse yet have I sent 
these brethren/ lest oure reioysynge over you shulde be in 
vayne in this behalfe. and that ye (as I have sayd) prepare 
youre selves/ lest paraventure yf they of Macedonia come 
with me and fynde you vnprepared/ ^ the boost that I mad in 
this matter shulde be a shame to us : I saye not vnto you. 

Wherfore I thought it necessary to exhorte the brethren/ to 
come before honde vnto you/ forto prepare youre ^ good bless- 
ynge promysed a fore/ that it myght be redy : so that it be a 
blessynge/ and not '*a defraudynge. This yet remember/ 
howe that he which soweth ^ ly tell/ shall reepe ^lytell: and 
he that soweth ^ plenteously/ shall reepe plenteously. and 
let every man do accordynge as he hath purposed in his herte/ 
not groudgyngly/ or of necessite. For god loveth a chearfuU 
gever. 

God is able to make you "^ ryche in all grace/ that ye in all 
thynges havynge sufficient vnto the vttmoste/ maye be "^ lyche 
vnto all manner good workes/ as it is written : He hath spars- 
ed abroade and hath geven to the povre/ his ^ rightewesness 
remayneth for ever. He that fyndeth the sower sede/ shall 
minister breed for fode/ and shall multiplie youre sede/ and 
increace the frutes of youre ^ rightewesnes that on all parties/ 
ye maye be made ryche ^ in all synglenes/ which causeth 
throwe vs/ thankes gevynge vnto god. 

For the ofice off this ministracion/ not only supplieth the 
nede off the sayntes : but also is aboundaunt herein/ that ^^ [for 
this laudable ministrynge/] thankes myght be geven to god of 
many/ whiche ^^ prayse god for youre ^^ obedience in know- 
led gynge the gospell of Christ, and for youre i-%ynglenes/ in dis- 
tributynge to them/ and to all men. and in their prayers to God 
for you/ longe after you/ for the aboundaunt grace off God gev- 
en vnto you. Thankes be vnto God for his i^ ineffable gyfte. 

' Ensample, Cr. Zeal, Gen. Bps. ^ We (I will not [need not, 

Gr.] say, ye) should be ashamed in this my constant [matter of, C. 
boldnesse of, ^^] boosting, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' ^ Benevolence, Gen. 
Beneficence, Bps. ^ As of sparing, Gen. As an extortion, Bps. 

° Sparingly, Gen. Bps. « In giving (largelv), Cr. Liberally, Gen. 

Bountifully. Bps. "> Plentifull, Bps. " « Benevolence,' Gen. 

s Unto all liberalitie, Gen. '° Gtn. Bps. transpose. '^ Ge... Bps. 
read here (See note 1 0) — By the experiment of this ministration, 
praise God, etc. »2 Obedient professing of. etc. Cov. For the 

obedience of your consentyng to, etc. Cr. Bps. For your voluntary 
submission to, Gen. '^ Liberal distribution. Gen. Bps. ^^ Un- 

speakable, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

FF* 



Sft. clnTfb. Ef)t ScconTre fSpfstU of ^aul 



t^fft p. C!l:i)apter. 



T PAULE my silfe beseche you by the mekenes ^ [and sofl- 
-*• ness] of Christ which when I am present amonge you/ 
am 2 of no reputacion/ but am bolde towarde you beynge ab- 
sent. I 3 besech you that I nede not to be bold when I am 
present (with that same confidence/ wherwith "*! am supposed 
to be bolde) against some which repute vs as though we walk- 
ed ^ carnally. Neverlhelesse though we walke ^ compased 
with the ffesshe/ yet we warre not ^ flesshly. For the weapens 
of oure warre are not carnall thinges/ but thynges myghty in 
god to ''' cast doune stronge holdes/ ^ wher with we overthrowe 
ymagenacions/ and every bye thynge that exalteih it silfe 
against the knowledge of god/ and bringe into captivite ^ all 
vnderstaundynge to the obedience of Christ/ and are redy to 
take vengeaunce on all disobedience/ when your obedience is 
fulfilled. Loke ye on thynges after the vtter apparence. ^^ 

Yff eny man trust in hym silfe that he is Christis/ let the 
same also considre off hym silfe/ that as he is Christis/ even 
so are we Christes. And though I shoulde host my silfe som- 
what moare of oure auctorite which the lorde hath geven vs 
to edifie and nott to destroye you/ it shulde not be to my 
shame. This save/ I lest I shulde seme as though I went a 
Tiout 11 to make you a frayde with letters. For the pistles 
(sayth he) are sore and stronge : but his bodyly presence is 
weake/ and his speache I'^whomly. Let hym that is soche 
thynke on this wyse/ that as we are in wordes by letters when 
we are absent/ soche are we in dedes when we are present. 
For we ^^ cannot fynde in oure hertes to make oure selves 
of the nombre of them/ or to compare oure selves to them/ 
which laude them selves : but i^ whill they measure them 
selves with them selves/ and compare them selves with them 
selves/ they vnderstonde nought. But we woll not reioyce 
15 above measure : but accordynge to the i^ quantitie of the 

^ T. M. omits. And gentlenesse, Gen. Bjis. ^ Base, Gen. Low- 
ly, 5p5. ^B.e(\mxe, Gen. "* j think, Gen. ° According to 
the flesh. Gen. Bps. ^ In the flesh . . after [according to, JB.j the 
flesh, Gen. Bps. '' Overthrow, Bps. ^ Casting down, Gen. 
3 All imaginations, Cr. Bps. Every thought, Gen. ^° All the Vers. 
read this—.? "To feare you. Gen. ^2 Rude, Gov. T. M. 
Cr. Of no value. Gen. Nothing worth, Bps. " Dare not make 
ourselves of the number, Gen. Dare not number or compare, etc. Bps. 
^* They understand not that they measure, etc. Gen. '^ Of tilings 
which are not within our measure. Gen. ^^ Measure of the rule 
[line, G. So vs. 15], Cr. Gen. Bps. 



5fcf 



to tt)e ©otrfnttJsaiTS. Cfj. vf. 

measure which god hath distributed vnto vs/ a measure that 
reacheth even vnto you. For we stretche not oure selves 
beyonde measure as though we had not reached vnto you. 
For even vnto you have we come with the gospell off Christ/ 
and we host not ^"^ oure selves out off measure in other mens 
labours : ye and we hope/ When youre fayth is increased 
amonge you/ to be magnified accordynge to oure measure 
1^ more largely : And to preache the gospell in those regions 
which are beyonde you : and nott to reioyce ^^ off that which 
is by anothers mans measure prepared all redy. ^o l^^ j^y^^ 
that reioyseth/ reioyce in the lorde. For he that ^i prayseth 
hym silfe/ is nott alowed : butt he whom the lorde ^i prayseth. 

E\it rh €!)aj)tcr. 

TTTTOLDE to god/ ye coulde suffre me a lytell in my 
* ^ folysshnes : i yee/ and I praye you forbeare me. For 1 
am gelous over you with godly gelousy. Fori ^ coupled you 
to one man/ to make you a chaste virgin to Christ : but I 
feare lest as the serpent begyled Eve/ thorowe his sutteltie/ 
even so youre ^ wittes shulde be corrupte from the ^ singlenes 
that is in Christ. For iff he that commeth to you preache 
another Jesus then hym whom we preached : or if ye receave 
another sprete then that which ye have receaved : other an- 
other gospell then that ye have receaved/ ye myght ^ right 
wele have bene content. 

I suppose that I ^ was nott be hynde the chefe apostles. 
Though I be rude in speakynge/ yet I am not so in knowledge. 
Howe be it amonge you we are knowen to the vtmost "^ what 
we are in all thynges. Did I therein ^ synne be cause I ^ sub- 
mitted my silfe/ that ye myght be exalted ? and because 1 
preached the gospell to you fre ? I robbed wother congrega- 
cions/ and toke wages of them/ ^^ to do you service with all. 
And when I was present with you and had nede/ 1 was ^^ gre- 

'' Of things which are without our measure : that i^, of other men's 
labours, Gen. ^^ Abundantly, Gen. Bps. ^^ In another man's 

line, that is in the things prepared already, Gen. ^ [Gov. here 

begins ch xi.] ^i Commendeth, Bps. ^ Yea, ye do also for- 

beare me, Cr. And in deede ye suffer me. Gen. And in deede suffer 
me, Bps. 2 Have prepared you for one husband, Gen. ^ Myndes, 
Gen. Bps. ■* Simplicitie, Gen. ^ Well have suffred him, 

Gen. Bps. ^ Am no lesse than, Cov. Was not inferior to, Gen. 

'' In all things, Gen. Bps. ^ Commit an offence, Gen. Bps. 

^ Abased, Gen. ^" To preach unto you, Cov. ^^ Chargeable 

to no man. Or. Bps. B. adds — by my idlenesse. Notslothfull to the 
hindrance of any man. Gen. 



jfo. clvTJ^b. ffiije ^ccontre IHpfstle of i3aul 

veous to no man. For that which was lakynge vnto me/ the 
brethren which cam from Macedonia supphed : and in all 
thynges I kept my silfe thati shulde not be ^^ greveous to you : 
and so will I kepe my silfe. 

Yff the trueth off Christ be in me/ this reioysnge shall nott 
be 13 taken from me in the regions of Achaia. Wherfore ? 
be cause I love you not ? God knoweth. Neverthelesse what 
I doo/ that will I do to cut awaye occasion from them which 
desyre occasion/ that they myght be founde lyke vnto us in 
that wher in they reioyce : for these falce apostles are disceate- 
full workers/ and i^ fassion them selves lyke vnto the apos- 
tles of Christ. And no marvayle/ for satan hym silfe is 
1^ chaunged into the fassion of an angell of light. Therfore it 
is no grett thynge/ though his ministers i'* fassion them selves 
as though they were the ministers of rightewesnes : whose 
ende shalbe accordynge to their dedes. 

I saye agayne lest eny man thynke that I am folishe : or 
els even nowe take me as a fole/ that I maye host my silfe a 
lytell. That I speake/ I speake it not ^^ after the wayes of 
the lorde : but as it were folysshy/ ^^ whill we are nowe come 
to bostynyge. Seynge that many reioyce after the flesshe I 
will reioyce also. For ye suffre foles gladly be cause ye 
youre selves are wyse. For ye suffre even if a man brynge 
you into bondage : yf a man ^'^ devoure : yf a man take ^^ : 
yf a man exalt hym sife : yf a man smyte you on the face > 
I speake concernynge ^^ rebuke/ as though we had bene 
weake. 

Wherin soever eny man dare be bolde (I speake folisshly) 
I dare be bolde also. They are Ebrues/ so am I : They are 
Israelites/ even so am I : They are the sede off Abraham/ 
even so am I. They are the ministers off Christ (I speake as 
a fole) I am moare : In labours moare aboundant : In strypes 
above measure : In preson more plenteously : In deeth ofte. 
Of the Jewes five tymes receaved I every tymes xl. strypes/ 
one excepte. Thryse was beten with roddes. I was once 
stoned. I suffred thryse shipwracke. Nyght and daye have 
I bene in the depe off the see. In iorneyinge often : In par- 
rels of waters In parrels of robbers. In 20 ieorperdies 21 off 

^2 Chargeable, Cr. Bps. " Shut up against me. Gen. Bjis. 

^* Transform . . transformed, Gen. Bps. '^ After the Lorde, Cr. 

Gen. Bps. *^ In this matter [boldnesse, B.] of boasting, Cr. Bps. 

In this wy great boasting, Gen. ^'' Put you to dishonesty, Cov. 

^^ Gen. adds — your goods. ^^ Reproach, Gen. Bps. ^'^ Perils, 

Gen. Bps. ^i Among the Jews, Cov. 



37! 

to tt)e €orrfnt|)i'an»- ^% l^ff- 

myne awne nacion : In ^^ ieorperdies amonge the hethen. I 
have bene in parrels in cities/ in parrels in wilderness/ in par- 
rels in the see/ in parrels amonge falce brethren/ in 22 laboure 
and travayle/ in watchynge often/ in honger/ in thirst/ in fast- 
ynges often/ in colde and in nakednes. 

Besyde the thynges which outwardly happen vnto me/ ^ I 
am combred dayly and care for all congregacions. Who is 
2'* sicke : and I am not ^^ sicke ? Who is hurte in the fayth .: 
and my hert burneth not ? Yf I must nedes reioyce/ I will 
reioyce of myne infirmities, 

/Zj_OD the father of oure lorde Jesus Christ/ which is blessed 
^^ for evermore/ knoweth that I lye nott. In the citie of Da- 
maschon/ the governer of the people/ vnder kynge Aretas/ 
layde watche in the citie of the Damascens/ and wolde have 
caught me/ and at a wyndowe was I let doune in a basket 
thorowe the wall/ and so scaped his hondes. 

^ Hit is not expedient for me no dout to reioyce/ ^ Never- 
thelesse I will come to visions and revelacions of the lorde. 
I knowe a man in Christ above xiiij yeares agone (whether he 
were in the body I cannot tell/ or whether he were oute off 
the body I cannot tell/ god knoweth) which was taken vppe 
into the thyrd heven. And I knowe ^ the same man (whether 
in the body/ or out of the body/ I cannot tell/ god knoweth) 
howe that he was taken vppe into paradise/ and herde ^ wordes 
not to be spoken/ which ^ no man can vtter. Of this man will 
I reioyce/ of my silfe will I not reioyce/ except it be of myne 
infirmities : and though I wolde reioyce I shulde not be a 
fole : for I will saye the trueth. ^ Neverthelesse I spare/ "^ lest 
eny man shulde thinke off me above that he seith me to be/ 
or heareth of me. 

And lest I shulde be exalted out of measure thorowe the 
aboundance of revelacions/ there was geven vnto me ^ [of god] 



*2 Wearinesse and painefulnesse, Gen. ^ Namely, my dayly 

curabrance, my daily care for all, etc. Cov. The trouble which pri- 
vily conspireth against me dayly (is) the care, etc. Bps. ^^ Weake, 
Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ [Gen. Bps. begin the chapter here.] " For, 

Gen. 3 Such a man, Gen. * Secreat [unspeakable, B.] wordeB, 

Cr. Bps. Words which cannot be spoken, Gen. ^ Are not possible 

[lawful, B.] for man to utter, Gen. Bps. ^ But I refraine, Cov. 

Gen. Bps. C. adds— myselfe. ' Cr. adds— you. « T. M. Cr. 

omit. 



iFo. cljr^cpbf. ?ri)e Seconire lEpfstle of ^aul 

^ vnquyetnes of the flesshe/ the messenger of Satan to buffet 
me : be cause I shulde not be exalted out of measure. For 
this thynge besought I the lorde thryse/ that it myght depart 
from me : and he sayde vnto me : my grace is sufficient for 
the. For my ^^ strengthe is made perfait throu weaknes. 
Very gladly therfore will I reioyce i^ of my weaknes that the 
1^ strengthe of Christ maye dwell in me. Therefore ^^ have 
delectacion in infirmities/ in rebukes/ in nede/ in persecutions/ 
in anguysshe/ for Christis sake. For when I am weake/ then 
am I stronge. 

I am made a fole in bostynge my silfe. Ye have compel- 
led me/ I ought to have bene commended of you. For in 
nothynge was I inferior vnto the chefe apostles. Though I be 
nothynge/ yet the tokens of an apostle were wrought amonge 
you with all pacience : with signes/ and wonders/ and 
13 myghty dedes. For what is it wherein ye were inferiors 
vnto wother congregacions ? excepte it be therein that I was 
not I'* greveous vnto you. Forgeve me this wronge done 
vnto you. Beholde no we the thyrde tyme I am redy to come 
vnto you/ nether will I be ^^ grevous vnto you. For I seke 
not youres but you. Also the children ought nott to laye vppe 
for the 1^ fathers [and mothers :] but the ^^ fathers [and mo- 
thers] for the children. 

I will very gladly bestowe/ and wilbe bestowed for youre 
soules : though the moare I love you/ the lesse I am loved 
agayne. But be it that I ^^ greved you not : nev'thelesse I 
was crafty and toke you with gile. Did I pill you by eny of 
them which I sent vnto you ? I desyred Titus/ and with him 
I sent a brother : Did Titus i^ defraude you of eny thynge ? 
walked ye not in one sprete ? walked we not in lyke steppes ? 
Agayne/ thynke ye that we excuse oure selves ? we speake 
in Christ in the sight of God. 

But we do all thynges dearly beloved for youre edifyinge. 
For I feare lest it come to passe/ that when I come/ 1 shall 
not fynde you soche as I wolde : and I shalbe founde vnto 
you soche as ye wolde not. I feare lest there be found amonge 
you 1^ lawynge/ envyinge/ wrath/ ^^ stryfe/ backbytnges/ whis- 
perynges/ swellynges/ and ^^ debate. I feare lest when I come 

^ A prick [warning, C] in the flesh, Cov. Gen. Bps. *° Power, 

Cr. Gen. ^^ In my infirmities, Gen. Bps. ^^ I take pleasure, 

Gen. ^^ Great workes, Gen. ^* Slouthfull to your hinderance, 

Gen. *^ Parents, 5p5. Gen. omits — and mothers. *^ Was not 

chargeable unto you, Cr. Bps. Charged, etc. Gen. ^' Pill, Gen. 

" Debates, Cr. Bps. Strife, Gen. ^^ Contentions, Gen. ^ Up- 

roars, Cov. Seditions, Cr. Bps. Discorde, T. M. Gen. 



i73 

to tt)e ®ortlnt!)gans, ®t). ):fff. 

agayne/ God ^i brynge me lowe amonge you/ and I ^be con- 
strayned to bewalye many of them which have synned all 
redy/ and have nott repented of the vnclenees/ and fornica- 
cion/ and wantannes which they have committed. 

Sri)e j:ii], 0:i)apter. 

TV OWE come I the thyrd tyme vnto you : In the mouth of 
two or thre witnesses shall every worde stonde. I tolde 
you before/ and tell you before/ ^ as I sayd when I was pres- 
ent with you the seconde tyme/ so wryte I nowe beynge ab- 
sent to them which in tyme past have synned/ and to all woth- 
er : Yf I come agayne/ I will not spare seynge that ye seke 
experience of Christ which speaketh in me/ which amonge 
you is not weake/ but is myghty in you. And verely though 
^ it cam off weaknes that he was crucified/ yet liveth he 
thorowe the power of god : and we no dout are weake in hym : 
but we shall live with him/ ^ by the myght that god gave us 
to you warde. 

Prove your selves whether ye are in the fayth or not. ex- 
amen youre owne selves, knowe ye nott youre awne selves/ 
howe that Jesus Christ is in you ? excepte ye be castawayes. 
I trust that ye shall knowe that we are not ^ castawayes. I 
desyre before god that ye do none evyll/ not that we shulde 
seme ^ commendable : but that ye shulde do/ that which is 
honest : ^ and let vs be counted as "^ leawde persons. We 
can do no thynge agaynst the trueth/ but for the trueth. We 
are glad when we are weake/ and ye stronge. This also we 
wisshe fore/ even ^ that ye were perfect. Therfore write I 
these thynges beynge absent/ lest when I am present I shulde 
vse sharpnes accordynge to the power which the lorde hath 
geven me/ to edifie/ and not to destroye. 

9 Furthermore brethren i^ fare ye wele/ be perfect/ be of 
good comforte/ be of one mynde/ ^^ live in peace/ and the 
god of love and peace/ shalbe wit you. Grete one another 

-^ Abase me, Gen. ^' Shall bewayle, Gen. Bps. ^ As though 
I had been present, etc. Gen. Bps. ' He was crucified of weake- 

nesse [concerning his infirmitie, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Through 

the power [might, B.] of God towards you, Cr. Gen. Bps. * re- 

probates. Gen. Bps. ^ Approved, Gen. Bps. ^ Though we be, 

etc. Gen. Bps. ' Castaways, Cr. Reprobates, Gen. Bps. ^Your 
perfection [perfectnesse, C], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Finally, All the Vers. 
^^ Rejoice, Cov. " Love [i*] in peace, Gen. 



ifo. cl):pFbff. Sl)e -Seconire Hpfstle to t!)c ©otrfntljajans. 

in an holy kysse. All the saynctes salute you. The fa- 
veour of oure lorde Jesus Christ/ and the love of god/ and the 
i^fellishippe of the holy goost/ be with you all Amen. 



The seconde pistle to the Corrinthyans 

Sent from Phillippos a citie 

in Macedonia by Titus 

and Lucas. 

^2 Communion, Gen. Bps. 



Sj)i0tle off laul bnto tfVT 



an Apostle/ nott off men/ nether by man/ but by- 
Jesus Christ/ and by god the father which raysed him 
from deeth/ and all the brethren whych are with me. Vnto 
the congregacion ofFGalacia. 

Grace be with you and peace from god the father/ and 
from oure lorde Jesus Christ/ which gave him silfe for oure 
synnes/ to deliver vs from this present evill worlde/ thorowe the 
will of God oure father/ to whom be prayse for ever Amen. 

I marvayle that ye are so sone ^ tourned from hym that 
called you in the grace of Christ/ vnto another gospell/ which 
is 2 nothynge els/ but that there be some which trouble you/ 
and intende to pervert the gospell off Christ. Neverthelesse 
though we oure selves/ or an angell from heven/ preache ^ eny 
other gospell vnto you then that which we have preached vnto 
you/ ^ holde hym as acursed. As I sayde before/ so saye I 
nowe agayne/ yf ene man preache eny other thinge vnto you/ 
then that ye have receaved/ "* holde hym acursed. ^ Seke 
nowe faveour off men/ or off God ? Other go I abut to please 
men ? Yf I stodyed to please men/ 1 were not the servaunt of 
Christ. 

I certifie you brethren/ that the gospell which was preach- 
ed of me/ was not after the manner of men/ nether receaved 
I it of man/ nether. was I taught it : but receaved it by the reve- 

* Removed, Gen. ^ Not another Gospel, Gen. Bps. ^ Other- 

wise, Gen. "* Let him be, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Do I now preach 

man's doctrine or God's ? T. M. Gen. Do I now persvvade men or 
God ? Cr. Bps. 

GG 



jTo. clrrrrWif- ^'^^ mpistU of iiaul 

lacion of Jesus Christ, ye have herde of my conversacion in 
tymes past in ^ the Jewes wayes/ ho we that "^ be yonde measure 
I persecuted the congregacion off god/ and ^ spoyled it : and 
9 prevayled in ^ the iewes lawe/ above many of my compan- 
ions/ which were of myne awne nacion/ and i^ moche more 
fervently mayntayned the tradicions of ^i the elders. 

But when it pleased god/ which seperated me from my 
mothers wombe/ and called me by his grace/ forto ^^ declare 
his Sonne by me/ that I shulde preache hym amonge the heth- 
en: Immediatly I ^3 commended not of the matter with 
flesshe and bloud/ nether returned to Jerusalem to them which 
were Apostles before me : but went my wayes into Arabia/ 
and cam agayne vnto Damascon. Then after thre yeare I 
returned to Jerusalem vnto Peter and abode with him .xv 
dayes/ no nother off the Apostles sawe 1/ save James the 
lordes brother. The thynges which I write/ beholde/ ^^ god 
knoweth I lye not. 

After that I went into the costes of Siria and Cicill : and 
was unknowen as touchynge my person vnto the congregacions 
of Jewry/ which were in Christ. But they herde only/ that 
he which persecuted vs in tyme past/ nowe preacheth the 
fayth/ which ^^ before he destroyed. And they glorifyed god 
in me. 

2rt)e secotitre €:i)aptei:. 

^T^HEN xiiij. yeares after that/ I went agayne to Jerusalem 
with Barnabas/ and toke with me Titus also. Yee/ and I 
went by revelacion/ and commened with them of the gospell/ 
which I preache amonge the gentyls : but i apart with them 
which are ^ counted chefe/ lest it shulde have bene thought 
that I shulde runne/ or had runne in vayne. Also Titus which 
was with me/ though he were a greke/ yet was not compel- 
led to be circumcised/ ^ and be cause of incommers beynge 
falce brethren/ which cam in amonge wother to spye out oure 
libertie whych we have in Christ Jesus/ that they might brynge 
vs into bondage. To whome we gave ^ no roume/ no not for 

® Jewship, Cov. The Jewish religion, Gen, Bps. ' Extremely, 

Gen. 8 Wasted, Gen. ^ Profited, Gen. Bps. ^^ Was 

much more zealous of, Gen. " My fathers, Gen. Bps. ^^ Re- 

veile, Gen. ^^ Communicated [Communed, B.] not with, Gen. 

Bps. ^^ Before God, Cr. Bps. I witnesse before God, Gen. 

15 Some time, Cov. ^ Between ourselves, T. M. Specially, Cov. 

Cr. Particularly, GcTi. Privately, 5j95. ^'Esteemed, Bps. ^ For 

all the false brethren that crept in, who came in privily to spye, etc. 
Gen. •* Not place by subjection, for an hour, Gen. Bps. 



c> // 



to tl)e CKallatijsans. ©i). ff. 

the space of an houre/ as concernynge to be brought into 
subieccion : and thatt be cause that the trueth of the gospell 
myght continue with you. 

Of them which seme to be grett (what they were in tyme 
passed it maketh no matter to me : god ^ loketh on no mans 
6 persone) neverthelesse they which "^ seme grett/ added noth- 
ynge to me : Butt contrary wyse/ when they sawe that the 
gospell over the vncircumcision was committed vnto me/ as 
the gospell over the circumcision was vnto Peter (For he that 
was myghty in Peter in the Apostle shippe over the circum- 
cision/ the same was myghty in me amonge the gentyls) and 
as sone as James/ Cephas/ and Jhon/ which semed to be pil- 
lares/ perceaved the grace thatt was geven vnto me/ they 
gave to me and Barnabas ^ their hondes) and agreed with vs 
thatt we shulde preache amonge the hethen/ and they ^ amonge 
the Jewes : warnynge only that we shulde remember the 
povre/ which thynge also I was diligent to do. 

When Peter was come to Antioche/ I withstode him ^^ in 
the face/ for he was worthy to be blamed. For ^^ yerre that 
certayne cam from James/ he ate with the gentyls : butt when 
they were come/ he withdrue and seperated hym silfe/ fear- 
ynge them which were off the circumcision/ and the wother 
Jewes dissembled lykewyse/ In so moche that Barnabas was 
brought into their simulacion also. Butt when I sawe/ thatt 
they went nott the ryght waye after the trueth of the gospell/ 
I sayde vnto Peter before all men/ yff thou beynge a Jewe/ 
livest after the manner off the gentyls and not as do the Jewe : 
why ^2 causest thou the gentyls to ^^ folowe the Jewes ? we 
which are Jewes by nature and not synners off the gentyls/ 
knowe thatt a man is nott iustified by the dedes off the lawe : 
but by the fayth of Jesus Christ : and we have beloved on 
Jesus Christ/ that we myght be iustified by the fayth of Christ 
and not by the dedes of the lawe : be cause thatt noo flesshe 
shalbe iustified by the dedes of the lawe. 

Yf then whill we soke to be made rightewes by Christ/ we 
cure selves are founde synners/ i^ is not then Christ the min- 

^ Accepteth, Gen. Bps. ^ Outward appearance, Cov. Cr. 

' Are [Seemed, B.] the chiefe, Gen. Bps. ^ Their ryght handes 

and agreed, T. M. The right hand of fellowship, that we should he 
apostles^ [that we shoulde preach, G.], etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Unto 

the circumcision, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^° Openly, Cr. ^^ Before, 

Gen. Bps. ^^ Constrainest, Gen. Compellest, Bps. ^^ Lyve 

as do [Do lyke, G.] the Jews, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^* Is Christ 

therefore^ the, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



ifo. clxvyfr* 2rt)e Hpfstle off 33aul 

ister of sinne ? god forbid. For yf I bilde agayne that which 
I destroyed/ then make I my silfe a treaspaser. But I thorowe 
the la we am deed to the la we/ that I myght live vnto God. I 
am crucified with Christ. I live verely/ yet nowe not 1/ but 
Christ liveth in me. The lyfe which I nowe live in the flesshe/ 

1 live by the fayth of the sonne off god/ which loved me/ and 
gave hym silfe for me. I ^^ despyse not the grace of god: For if 
rightewesnes come of the la we/ then ^^ is Christ deed in vayne. 

E])e iij. €f)aj)ter. 

/^ FOLISSHE Galathyans : who hath bewiched you/ that 
^-^ ye shulde not ^ beleve the trueth ? to whom Jesus Christ 

2 was described before the eyes/ and amonge you crucified ? 
This only wolde I learne of you. receaved ye the sprete by 
dedes of the lawe ? or els by ^ preachinge of the faith ? Are 
ye "* so vnwyse/ that after ye have begon in the sprete/ ye 
wolde nowe ^ ende in the flesshe ? So many thynges ye 
have suffred in vayne. Yf it be so that ye have suffered in 
vayne. Which ministered to you the sprete/ and worketh 
miracles amonge you doth he itt thorowe the dedes off the 
lawe .'* or by preachinge of the faith ? Even as Abraham be- 
leved god/ and it was ^ a scribed to him for rightewesnes. 
Vnderstonde therfore/ thatt they which are off fayth/ are the 
children of Abraham. 

The scripture sawe afore honde/ that god wolde iustifie the 
hethen thorow fayth/ and ^ shewed before honde glad tydynges 
vnto Abraham : In the shall all ^ nacions be blessed. So then 
they which be of fayth/ are blessed with faythfull Abraham. 
For as many as are und' the dedes of the lawe/ are ^ vnder 
malediccion. For it is written : cursed is every man that 
continueth not in all thynges which are written in the boke of 
the lawe to fulfill them. That no man is iustified by the lawe 
in the sight of god is evident. For the iust shall live by faith. 
The lawe is not of fayth : butt the man that ^^ fulfilleth the 
thinges contayned in the lawe/ shall live in them. Christ hath 
1^ delivered vs from the curse of the lawe/ and was made a 

^* Cast away, Cov. Abrogate, Gen. Reject, Bp^. '^ Christ di- 

ed without a cause, Gen. * Obey, Gen. Bps. ^ Before was 

described in your sight. Gen. ^ The hearing of faith jt;rcac/ic<Z, 

Gen, ^ Such fooles, Cr. Bps. ^ Be made perfect by. Gen. 

* Imputed, Gen. ' Preached before the Gospel, Gen. ^ The 

Gentiles, Gen. ^ Under [Subject to, C] the curse, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

1° Shall do these things, Gen. Bps. ^^ Redeemed, Gen. Bps. 



^ /7 

to m ffi^aUat!)»ntTS. (!t% ff). 

cursed for vs (for it is written : Cursed is eveiy one that hang- 
eth on tree) that the blessynge of Abraham might come on 
the gentyls throwe Jesus Christe/ that we might receave the 
promes of the sprete thorowe fayth. 

Brethren I will speake after the manner of men : Though it 
be but a mans testament/ yet no man ^^ despyseth it/ or addeth 
eny thynge therto when it is i^once alowed. To Abraham 
and his seede were the promyses made. He saith not/ in thy 
seedes as in many : But in thy sede/ as in won/ which is 
Christ. This I saye that the lawe which ^^ began afterwarde/ 
beyonde iiij C. and xxx. yeares/ doth not disanull the testament/ 
that was conformed of god ^^ vnto Christ ward/ to make the 
promes of none effect. For yf the inheritaunce ^^ come off 
the lawe/ hit commeth not of promes : but god gave it vnto 
Abraham by promes. 

Wherfore then serveth the lawe } The lawe was added be 
cause of transgression (till the seede cam vnto which seede 
the promes was made) and it was ordeyned by angels in the 
honde of a mediator. A mediator is nott a mediator of one. 
Butt god is one. Ys the lawe then agaynst the promes off 
god ? God forbid. Yff there had bene a lawe geven which 
coulde have geven lyfe : ^"^ then no doute rightewesnes shulde 
have come by the lawe : but the scripture concluded all thinges 
vnder sinne/ that the promes by the faith of Jesus Christ/ 
shulde be geven vnto them that beleve. Before that fayth 
cam/ we were kept i^ and shut vppe vnder the lawe/ vnto the 
fayth which shulde afterwarde be ^^ declared. 

Wherfore the lawe was oure scolemaster ^Oynto the tyme 
of Christ/ that we myght be made rightewes by fayth. But 
after that faith is come/ nowe are we no lenger vnder a scole- 
master. For ye are all the sonnes of god/ ^i by the faith which 
is in Christ Jesus. For all ye thatt are baptised/^ have put 
Christ on you. Nowe is there no J ewe/ nether greke : there 
is nether bonde/ nether fre : there is nether ^ man/ nether 
woman : for all are one thynge in Christ Jesu. yf ye be 
Christes/ then are ye Abrahams seede/ and heyres by promes. 

'2 Doth abrogate, Gen. Rejecteth, Bjjs. ^^ Confirmed, Gen. 
^* Was four hundred, etc. after, Gen. ^^ In respect of Christ, Gen. 

'6 Be begotten by, Gov. ^' Surely, Gen. ^^ Under the law 

and shut up unto the faith, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Reveiled, Gen. 

Bps. 20 j'q hring us to Christ, Gen. ^i Because ye believe 

in, etc. Cr. ^2 q^j^ ^^^^g — jj^^q Christ. ^ Male nor female, 
Gen. Bps. 

GG* 



Sfo, c^c. ®:i)e JSjjfstle off ^atil 



STi^e nil ^fja^ter. 



A 



ND I saye that the heyre as longe as he ys a chylde dif- 
ferth not from a servaunt/ though he be lorde of all/ but 
is vnder tuters and governers/ vntill the tyme apoynted of the 
father. Even so we/ as longe as we were children/ wer in 
bondage vnder the ^ ordinacions of the worlde : but when the 
2 tyme was full come/ god sent his sonne borne of a woman/ 
and 3 made bonde vnto the lawe/ to redeme them which were 
vnder the lawe : that we ^ thorowe eleccion shulde receave the 
inheritaunce that belongeth vnto the naturall sonnes. Be 
cause ye are sonnes/ God hath sent the sprete of his sonne in 
to oure hertes/ which cryeth abba ^ father. Wherfore nowe 
arte thou not a servaunt/ but a sonne. yff thou be the sonne/ 
thou arte also the heyre of God thorowe Christ. 

^ Notwithstondynge/ when ye knewe not god/ ye did ser- 
vice vnto them/ which by nature were not goddes : butt nowe 
seynge ye knowe god (ye rather are knowen of God) howe is 
it that ye tourne agayne vnto the '^ weake and bedgarly ^ cer- 
imones/ where vnto ^ agayne ye desyre afresshe to be in bon- 
dage ? ye observe the dayes/ and monethes/ and tymes/ and 
yeares. I feare off you/ lest I have bestowed on you laboure 
in vayne. 

Brethren I besech you/ be ye as I am : for I am as ye are.^*^ 
Ye have not hurte me. Ye knowe wele howe that thorowe 
infirmitie of the flesshe/ I preached the gospell vnto you at the 
fyrst : and ^^ my temptacion which I suffered by reason of the 
flesshe/ ye despysed not/ nether abhorred : but receaved me as 
an angell of God : ye as Christ Jesus, i^ Howe happy were 
ye then ? for I beare you recorde that yf it hat bene possible/ 
ye wolde have ^^ digged out youre awne eyes/ and have geven 
them to me. Am I ^^ so greatly become youre enemye/ be 
cause I tell you the trueth ? 

^ Outward traditions, Co?5. Kndiments, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Ful- 

nesse of the tyme, Gen. Bps. ^ Put under, Cov. Made under, 

etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Might receive the adoption of sons [children, 

B.'], Gen. Bps. ^ Dear father, Cov. ^ But even then, when, 

etc. Gen. "^ Impotent, Gen. ^ Ordinaunces, Cr. Rudiments, 

Gen. Bps. ^ As from the beginning ye will bee in bondage 

again ? Gen. ^° Gen. reads here (transposed) — Brethren, I beseech 

you. ^^ My temptation [The trial of me, G.] which was in the 

flesh, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ What was then your felicitie ? Cr. Gen. 

Bps. 13 Plucked, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. « Therefore become, 

T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps, 



to t!)e ©allattjjans. €1). iiif. 

They are gelous over you amysse. Ye they ^^ intende to 
exclude you that ye shulde i^ be fervent to themwarde. lit is 
good alwayes to i'' be fervent/ so it be in a good thynge/ and 
not only when I am present with you. 

My littel children (of whome I travayle in birth agayne vn- 
till Christ be ^^ fassioned in you) I wolde I were with you nowe/ 
and coulde chaunge my voyce/ for I stonde in a doute of you. 

Tell me ye that i^ desyre to be vnder the la we : ^^ have ye 
not herde of the lawe ? For it is written that Abraham had 
two sonnes/ the one by ^i a bonde mayde/ the wother by a fre 
woman. Yee and he which was of the bonde woman/ was 
borne after the flesshe : but he which was of the fre woman/ 
was borne by promes. ^^ Which thynges ^ betoken mistery. 
For '2^ these wemen are two testamentes/ the one from the 
mounte Sina/ which gendreth vnto bondage/ which is Agar 
(25 por mounte Sina is called Agar in Arabia/ and ^ bordreth 
apon the citie which is nowe Jerusalem) and is in bondage 
with her Children. 

But Jerusalem/ which is above/ is fre : which is the mother 
of vs all. For it is written : reioyce thou baren/ that bearest 
no children : breake forthe and crye/ thou that travelest not. 
For the desolate hath many moo children/ then she which hath 
an husbande. Brethren we are ^ after ^s [the maner off] 
Isaac children of promes : But as then he that was borne ^ car- 
nally/ persecuted by m that was borne ^ spiritually. Even so is 
it nowe. Neverthelesse what sayth the scripture : ^^ Caste a 
waye the bonde woman and her sonne. For the sonne of the 
bonde woman shall not be heyre with the sonne off the fre 
woman. So then brethren we are not children of the bonde 
woman : but off the fre woman. 

1^ Would make you to fall back, Cov. Would exclude, etc. Gen. 
^^ Altogether love them. Gen. ^' Love earnestly. Gen. Be zeal- 

ous, Bps. 18 Formed, Gen. i^ Will be, Gen. ^Doje 

not hear the law ? Cr. Gen. Bps. ^i ^ servant, Gen. [So post.} 

22 By the which things another thing is meant, Gen. ^ Betoken 

somewhat, Cov. Are spoken by an allegoric, Cr. Bps. ^ These 

are, etc. Cr. Bps. These mothers are, Gen. ^For Agar or Sina is a 

mountaine in Arabia, Gen. ^ It reacheth [answereth, G.] unto 

Jerusalem, Cov. Gen. ^ The children of Isaac according to the 

promise, Cov. ^ Cr. Bps. omit. ^ After the flesh . . After 

the spirit, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Put away, T. M. Cr. Bps. Put out, 

Gen. 



Sfo, tipcj, 2r|)e Hpfstle off i3aul 



2r|)e b. ^i)apter. 

QTOND fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christ hath 
made vs fre/ and ^ wrappe nott youre selves agayne in the 
yoke of bondage. Be hold I Paul saye vnto you/ that if ye 
be circumcised/ Christ shall proffit you nothynge at all. I 
testifie agayne to every man vv^hich is circumcised that he is 
2 bounde to kepe the whole lawe. ^ Ye are gone quyte from 
Christ as many as are iustified by the \awe/ ^ and are fallen 
from grace. ^ We lokefor and hope ^ to be iustified by the 
sprete which commeth of fayth. For in Jesu Christ/ nether 
"^ is circumcision eny thynge worth/ nether yet vncircumcis- 
ion/ but fayth which ^ by love is myghty in operacion. Ye 
did runne wele. Who was a lett vnto you/ that ye shulde not 
obey the trueth ? ^ Even that counsell that is not of hym that 
called you. A lytel leven doth leven the whole lompe of dowe. 
I have trust towarde you in god/ that ye will be none 
other wyse mynded. He that troubleth you shall beare his 

10 iudgement/ what soever hebe. Brethren yf I yet preache 
circumcision : why do I then sufFre persecucion ? For then 

11 had the offence which the crosse geveth ceased. I wolde to 
god they were ^^sondred from you which i^ trouble you 
Brethren ye were called in to libertie/ only let not your liber- 
tie be an occasion vnto the flesshe but i^ in love serve one 
another. For all the lawe is fulfilled in one word/ which is 
this : Thou shalt love thyne neghbour as thy silfe. Yf ye 
byte and devour one another : take hede lest ye be consumed 
one of another. 

I saye walke in the sprete/ and fulfill not the lustes of the 
flesshe. For the flesshe lusteth i^ contrary to the sprete/ and 
the sprete i^ contrary to the flesshe. These are contrary one 
to the other/ so that ye cannot do that which ye wolde. But 

^ Be not intangled againe. Gen. Bps. ^ A debter to doe, Bps. 

^ Christ is become but vayne to you, Cr. Bps. Ye are abolished from 
Christ, Gen. ^ Are fallen, etc. Cr. Bps. Ye are fallen, etc. Gen. 

^ We wait in the spirit of hope to be made righteous by fayth, Cov, 
For we through the spirit waite for the hope of righteousnesse by 
fayth. Gen. Bps. ^ In thespirite to be justified through faith, Cr. 

' Circumcision availeth any thing. Gen. ** Worketh by love, Cr. 

Gen. Bps. ^ This persuasion cometh not, etc. Gen. Bps. *° Con- 

demnation, Gen. ^^ Is the slaunder of the crosse ceased [abol- 

ished, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ j^ootg^ q^^, Cov. Separated from you, 
T. M. Cr. Cut off, Gen. Bps. ^^ Disquiet, Gen. '^ By love of 

(the spirite), Cr. ^^ Against, Gen. 



to tj^e eKallat|)5att». ^ff. bj. 

and yf ye be ledde off the sprete/ then are ye not vnder the 
lawe. The dedes of the fliesshe are manyfest/ whiche are 
these/ advoutrie/ fornicacion/ vnclennes/ wantannes/ ydolatrie/ 
witchecraft/ hatred/ ^^ lawynge/ ^"^ Zele/ wrath/ ^^ stryfe/ se- 
dicion/ ^^ parte takynges/ envyinge/ murther/ dronkennes/ 

flottony/ and soche lyke : off the which I tell you before/ as 
have tolde you ^^ in tyme past/ that they which commit 
soche tynges shall not be the in heritours of the kyngdom of 
God : but the frute off the sprete is/ love/ ioye/ peace/ longe 
sufferynge/ gentlenes/ goodnes/ ^^ faythfulness/ meknes/ tem- 
perancy : Agaynst suche is there no lawe. They that are 
Christis/ have crucified the flesshe with the 22 appetites and 
lustes. 23 Yf we live in the sprete let vs walke in the sprete. 
Lett vs nott be ^^ vayne glorious/ provokynge one another/ 
and envyinge one another. 

E'ift bj, C!l:i)aj)ter. 

"ORETHREN yff eny man be ^ faullen by chaunce into 
■^ eny faute : ye which are spretuall/ 2 helpe to amende 
hym/ in the sprete of meknes : consyderynge thy silfe/ lest 
thou also be tempted. Beare one anothers burthen : and so 
fulfill ye the lawe of Christ. Yff a man seme to hym silfe 
that he is somwhat when in dede he is nothynge/ the same 
deceaveth ^ hym silfe in his ymaginacion. Let every man 
prove his awne worke/ and then shall he have reioysynge in 
his awne silfe/ and not in another. For every man shall 
beare his awne burthen. 

Let hym that is taught in the worde/ ^minister vnto hym 
that teacheth hym in all good thynges. Be not deceaved/ god 
is not mocked. For what soever a man soweth/ that shall he 
reepe. He that soweth in the flesshe/ shall of the flesshe 
reepe corrupcion : but he that soweth in the sprete/ shall of 
the sprete reepe lyfe everlastynge. ^ Let vs do good/ and let 
vs not faynte. For ^ when the tyme is come we shall repe 

^6 Variance, T.M. Cr. Bps. Debate, Gen, ^^ Ejnuiations, Gen. 

Bps. 18 Contentions, Gen. ^^ Sectes, Gov. T. M. Cr. Bps. 

Heresies, Gen. 20 Before, Gen. ^i Fayth, Gen. Bps. 22 L^s^g 
and desires, Cov. Affections, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ [Cov. here begins 

ch. vi.] ^ Desirous of vayne glory, Gen. Bps. ^ Taken 

[Prevented, J?.] in any, etc. Cr. Bps. Fallen by occasion into, Gen. 
2 Inform, Cov. Restore, Gen. Bps. ^ His owne mind, Cr. Him- 

selfe in his owne fantasie, Bps. * Make him that hath taught 

him, partaker of all his goods, Gen. ^ Let us not be wery of well- 

doing, Cr. Gen. Bps. ® In due season, Gen. Bps. 



jFo. c):cif. 2rt)e 35pistlc to t|)e ^allati)2ans. 

■^ with out werynes. Whill we have therfore tyme lett vs do 
good vnto all men/ and specially/ vnto them which are off the 
housholde of fayth. 

Beholde how large a letter I have written vnto you with 
myne awne honde. As many as ^ desyre with vttwarde ape- 
raunce to please carnally/ they constrayne you to be circum- 
cised/ only be cause they wolde nott suffre persecucion ^ with 
the crosse off Christ. For they them selves which are cir- 
cumcised kepe not the lawe : but desire to have you circum- 
cised that they myght reioyce in youre flesshe. God forbid 
that I shulde reioyce but in the crosse of oure lorde Jesu 
Christ/ wher by the worlde is crucified ^^ as touchynge me/ 
and I as concernynge the worlde. For in Christ Jesu nether 
circumcision avayleth eny thynge at all nor vncircumcision : 
but a newe creature. And as many as walke acordynge to 
this rule/ peace be on them/ and mercy/ and apon ^^ Israhel 
that pertayneth to god. From hence forth/ let no man put 
me to busynes. For I beare in my bodye the markes of the 
lorde Jesu. Brethren the grace off oure lorde 
Jesu Christe be with youre sprete/ 
Amen. 



Vnto the Galathyans written 
from Rome. 

' Without ceasing, Cov. If we faint not, Gen. Bps. ^ Will 

please, etc. Cov. Desire to make a fayre shew in the flesh. Gen. Bps. 
9 For, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^" Unto me and I unto the world, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. " The Israel of God, Gen. Bps. 



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l^Wi'S^ an apostle ofF Jesu Christ/ by the will off God. 
To the saynctes at Ephesus/ and to ^ them whiche be- 
leve on Jesus Christ. 

Grace be with you and peace from god oure father/ and 
from the lorde Jesus Christ. 

Blessed be God the father of oure lorde Jesus Christ/ which 
hath blessed vs with all maner of spiriluall blessinges in hev- 
enly thynges by Christ/ accordynge as he had chosen vs in 
hym thorowe love/ before the foundacion of the worlde was 
layde/ that we shuldebe ^ sayntes/ and ^ with out blame in his 
sight. ^ And ordeyned vs before ^ vnto him silfe that we 
shulde be chosen to heyres thorowe Jesus Christ/ accordynge 
to the pleasuer of his will/ to the prayse of ^ his glorious grace/ 
where with he hath made vs accepted in the beloved. 

By whom we have redempcion thorow his blud/ that is to 
saye the forgevenes off synnes/ accordynge to the riches of 
his grace/ "^ which grace he shed on vs aboundantly in all 
wisdom/ and ^ prudency. And hath openned unto vs the mis- 
tery of his will accordynge to his pleasure/ and perposed the 
same in hym silfe ^ to have it declared when the tyme were 
full come/ 1^ that all thynges/ hot the thynges which are in 

1 The faithful in, etc. Geri. Bps. ^ Holy, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ With- 
out blame before him, through [in, G.] love, Ml the Vers. [' Thorowe 
love' transposed. See the text.] '' Who hath predestinate us to 

be adopted [to the adoption of children, i?.] by Jesus Christ unto him- 
selfe, Gen. Bps. ° To receive us as chyldren thro' Jesus Christ, 

etc. Cov. ^ The glorie of his grace, AU the Vers. ' Where- 

of he hath ministered to us abundantly, Cr. Wheren he hath abound- 
ed [been abundant, G J toward us, Gen. Bps. ^ Understanding, 
Gen. ^ That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the times, 
Gen. Bps. ^° That he might setup all things perfectly by Christe, 
bothe the thinges which, etc. Cr. 



:^o. C):ciiJ. 2ri)e 3Spistle of "^ml 

heven/ and also the thynges which are in erthe/ shulde be 
gaddered togedder/ even in Christ : ^^ that is to saye in hym 
in whom we are ^^ made heyres/ and were therto predestinate 
accordynge to the purpose off hym which worketh all thynges 
after the purpose off his owne will/ that we shulde be vnto the 
prayse off his glory/ which ^^ before hoped in Christ. 

In whom also ye (after that ye herde the worde off trueth/ 
I mean the gospell off youre health/ wherin ye beloved) were 
sealed with that holy sprete off promes/ which is the ernest 
off oure inheritaunce/ ^"* to redeme the possession purchased 
vnto the laude of his glory. 

Wherfore even I (after that I herde off the fayth which ye 
have in the lorde Jesu/ and love vnto all the saynctes) cease 
not to geve thankes for you/ makynge mencion off you in my 
prayers/ that the God off oure lorde Jesus Christ/ and the fa- 
ther off glory/ myght geve vnto you the sprete of wisdom/ 
and 1^ open to you the knowledge of hym silfe/ and lighten 
the eyes of youre myndes/ that ye myght knowe what 
^6 thynge that hope is/ where vnto he hath called you/ and 
^"^ howe glorious the riches of his inheritaunce is apon the 
saynctes/ and what is the excedynge greatnes off his power 
to vs warde/ which beleve accordynge to the workynge off 
that his mighty power/ which he wrought in Christ/ when he 
raysed hym from deeth/ and sett hym on his right honde in 
hevenly thynges/ above all ^^ rule/ power/ and myght/ and 
dominacion/ and above all names that are named/ nott in this 
worlde only/ but also in the worlde to come. And hath ^^ put 
all things under his fete/ And ^o hath made him above all 
thynges/ the heed of the congregacion/ which is his body/ and 
fulnes of hym/ that filleth all in all thynges. 

A ND hath quickened you also that were deedd in treaspasse 
"^^^ and synne/ in the which in tyme passed ye walked/ ac- 

" In whom also we are chosen, being predestinate, Gen. Bps. 
^2 Gome to the inheritance, Cov. ^^ Before believed, Or. Bps. 

First trusted^ Gen. ^'^ For the recovering of, Cr. Until the re- 

demption of, Gen. Bps. ^^ Revelation through the knowledge of 

him, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' '*^ Is the hope of his calling, Gen. Bps. 

^■^ What the riches of his glorious inheritance [of the glory of his in- 
heritance, B.}, Gen. Bps. '^Principalities, Gen. '^ Made all 
things subject under, etc. Gen. ^" Hath appointed, Gen. Gave 
him {to bc), Bps. 



U t|)e H|)|)csfaixs. <S:% ff. 

cordynge to the course of this worlde/ and after the ^ governer/ 
that rueleth in the ayer/ the sprete that worketh in the chil- 
dren off vnbelefe/ amonge the which we also had oure conver- 
sacion in tyme past/ in the lustes of oure flesshe/ and fullfilled 
the will off the flesshe/ and of the mynde : and were ^ natur- 
ally the children of wrath/ even as wele as worther. 

But God which is rich in mercy thorow the greate love wher- 
with he loved vs/ even when we were deed by synne/ hath 
quickened vs with Christ ^ (For by grace are ye saved) and 
with hym hath raysed vs vppe/ and with hym hath made vs 
sitte 4 in heevenly thynges/ thorowe Jesus Christ/ For to shewe 
in ^ tymes to come the excedynge ryches of his grace/ in 
kyndnes to vs warde/ thorowe Christ Jesus. For by grace 
are ye made safe throwe fay th/ and that not off youre selves : 
For it is the gyfte of God/ and commeth not of workes/ lest 
eny man shulde host hym silfe. For we are his worckman- 
shippe/ created in Christ Jesu vnto good workes/ vnto the 
which god ordeyned vs before/ that we shulde walke in them. 

Wherfore remember that ye beynge in tyme passed gentyls 
in the flesshe, and were called vncircumcision off them which 
are called circumcision in the flesshe/ which circumcision is 
made by hondes : Remember I saye/ that ye were att that 
tyme with outen Christ/ ^ and were reputed aliantes from the 
commen welth of Israhel/ and were '^ freede from the testamen- 
tes of promes/ and had nohope/ and were with out god in this 
worlde. but nowe ^ in Christ Jesu/ ye whych ^a whyle agoo 
were farre off/ are made neye by the bloude off Christ. 

For he is oure peace/ whych hath made off both wone/ and 
hath broken doune ^^ the wall in the myddes/ that was a stoppe 
bitwene vs/ ^^ and hath also put awaye thorowe his flesshe/ 
the cause of hatred (thatt is to saye/ the la we of commaunde- 
mente/ ^^ contayned in the lawe written) for to make of twayne 
wone newe man in hym silfe/ so makynge peace : and to re- 
concile bothe vnto god in one body throwe his crosse/ and 
slewe hattred ^^therhy : and cam and preached peace to you 

* Prince, Cov. Gen. ' By nature, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ By 

(ic/tose) grace ye are saved, Gen. Bps. ^ Among them of heaven, 

Cr. ^ -Ages, Gen. Bjys. ^ Being aliauntes, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

' Straungers, jill the Vers. ^ By means of, Cr. ^ Sometime, 

Cr. Bps. Once, Gen. i° The wall that was a stoppe, Cov. T. M. 

Cr. The stoppe of the partition wall, Gen. The middle wall that was 
a stop, Bps. ** In abrogating [Taking away, B.] through his 

flesh, the hatred, etc. Gen, Bps. ^^ Wliich standeth [Conteyned, 

B.] in ordinances, Gen. Bps. '^ Through his owne selfe, Cov. 

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which were a farre of/ and to them that were neye. For 
thorowe hym we bothe have an ^^ open waye in/ in one sprete 
vnto the father. 

Nowe therfore ye are no moare ^^ strangers and foreners : 
but citesyns with the saynctes/ and of the housholde of god : 
and are bilt apon the foundacion of the apostles and prophetes/ 
Jesus Christ beynge the heed corner stone/ in whom i^ every 
bildynge coupled togedder/ groweth vnto an holy temple in 
the lorde/ in whom ye also are bilt togedder/ and made an 
habitacion for god in the sprete. 

Tj^ OR this cause I Paul ^ the servaunt of Jesus am in bondes/ 
-^ For youre sakes which are gentyls. Yf ye have 
herde of the ^ ministracion of the grace of god which is geven 
me to you warde : For by revelacion shewed he this mistery 
vnto me/ as I wrote above in feawe wordes/ wher by/ when 
ye rede ye raaye ^ knowe myne vnderstondynge in the mis- 
tery of Christ/ which mistery "* in tymes passed was nott open- 
ed vnto the sonnes of men as it is nowe ^declared vnto his 
holy apostles and prophetes by the sprete : that the gentyls 
shulde be inheritours also/ and of the same body/ and parta- 
kers off his promis that is in Christ/ be the meanes of the gos- 
pell/ wherojf I am made a minister/ by the gyfte of the grace 
of god geven vnto me/ after the workynge of his power. 

Vnto me the lest of all sayntes is this grace geven/ thatt I 
shulde preache amonge the gentyls the vnseaichable ryches 
off Christ/ and to ^ geve light to all men/ that they myght 
knowe what is the felyshippe of the mistery/ which from the 
begynnynge off the worlde hath bene hid in God which made 
all thynges thorowe Jesus Christ/ to the intent/ that nowe vnto 
''' the ruelars and powers in ^ heven myght be knowen by the 
congregacion the manyfolde wisdom of god/ accordynge to 
the eternall purpose/ which he purposed in Christ Jesu oure 

1'* Entrance, Or. Gen. Bps. ^^ Guests and strangers, Ccv. 

'^ What buyldyng soever is coupled together, it groweth, etc. Or. All 
the building, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Am a prisoner of Jesus Christ, 

for you, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. [Ml the Vers, omit — 'the servant.'] ^ Of- 
fice, Cov. Dispensation, Gen. ^ Understande my knowledge, Cr. 
Bps. ^ In other ages, Gen. Bps. ^ Reveiled, Gen. Bps. 
^ Make all men see what is, etc. 2\ M. Make cleare unto all men 
what, etc. Gen. Bring to light to all men what, etc. Bps. '' Prin- 
cipalities, Gen. s Heavenly thyngs [places, G.'], Cr. Gen. 



3S^ 



to m 3Si)!)esfans. «:!). ffff. 

lorde/ by whom we ^ are bolde to drawe neye in that trust/ 
whiche we have by fayth on hym. Wherifore I desire/ that 
ye faynt not '^^ because of ii myne adversities which I suffre 
for you : which is youre prayse. 

For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure 
lorde Jesus Christ/ ^^ which is father over all thatt ys called 
father In heven and in erth/ that he wolde graunt you acord- 
ynge to the ryches of his glory/ thatt ye maye be strenghted 
^3 [with myght] by his sprete in the inner man/ that Christ 
maye dwell in youre hertes by fayth/ that ye beynge roted 
and grounded in lowe/ myght be able to comprehende wyth 
all sayntes/ what ys thatt bredth and length/ deepth and heyth : 
and to knowe ^^ what is the love off Christ/ which love passeth 
knowledge : that ye might be fulfilled with ^^ all maner off 
fulnes which commeth off God. 

Vnto hym that ys able to do excedynge aboundantly/ above 
all that we axe or thynke/ accordynge to the power thatt work- 
eth in vs/ be prayse in the congregacion by Jesus Christ/ 
16 thorowe out all generacions from tyme to tyme Amen. 

5Ei)e iffj. m^pttv. 

T THERFORE i which am in bondes for the lordes sake 
-^ ^exhorte you/ thatt ye walke worthy off the vocation wher 
with ye are called/ in all humblenes of mynde/ and meknes/ 
and longe sufferynge/ ^ forbearinge one another thorowe love/ 
^ and that ye be dyligent to kepe the vnitie of the sprete in 
the bonde of peace/ beynge one body/ and one sprete/ even 
as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge. Let therbe 
but one lorde/ one fayth/ one baptim : one god and father of 
all/ whiche is above all/ thorowe all/ and in vs all. 

Vnto every one of vs is geven grace acordinge to the meas- 
ure of the gyft of Christ, wherfore he sayth : ^ He is gone 
vppe an hye/ and hath ledde captivitie captive/ and hath geven 

^ Have boldnesse and entrance with confidence by fayth, etc. Cr. 
Gen. Bps. 1° At my tribulations for you, Gen. Bps. ^^ My 

tribulations, Cr. ^^ Which is in erth, that he wolde graunt, etc. 

T.M. Of whom all the family is named in heaven, etc. Gen. Bps. 
^3 Gen- omits. ^'^ The excellent love of the knowledge of Christ, 

Cr. ^^ All the fulnesse of God, Gen. Bps. ^^ At all times for- 

ever and ever, Cov. Throughout all ages worlde without ende [all 
generations for ever, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ A prisoner in the 

Lorde [of the Lordes, C], Cr. Gen. iJp^. ^Pray, Geri. ^Sup- 

porting, Gen. 4 Endeavouring to keepe, Gen. Bps. ^ When 

he went up [ascended, G.] on high, he ledde, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



ife. C);cb. Si)c Hjifstle of 3^aut 

gyftes vnto men. That he ascended : what meaneth it/ butt 
that he also descended fyrst into the lowest parties of the erth ? 
He that descended/ is even the same also that ascended vppe/ 
even above all hevens/ ^ to fulfill all thynges. 

And ''' the very same/ made some Apostles/ some prophetes/ 
some Evangelistes/ some ^ Shepperdes/ some Teachers : 
9 that the sainctes might have all thynges necessary to worke 
and minister with all/ to the edifyinge of the body of Christ/ 
tyll we ^^ every wone (^^ in the vnitie of fayth/ and knowledge 
of the Sonne of god) [growe vppe] vnto a parfayte man/ after 
the measure ^~ of age which is in the fulnes off Christ : Thatt we 
hence forth be no moare chyldren waverynge and carried 
with every wynde of doctryne/ by the ^^ wylynes of men and 
craftynes/ ^^ wher by they laye a wayte for vs to deceave vs. 

Butt lett vs folowe the trueth in lowe/ and in all thynges 
growe in hym which is the heed/ that ys to saye Christ/ in 
whom all the body ys ^^ coupled and knet togedder/ in every 
ioynt/ 16 wherewith one ministreth to another (accordynge to 
the '^'^ operacion as every parte hath his measure) and ^^ in- 
creaseth the body/ vnto the edifyinge of it silfe in love. 

This 1 saye therfore/ and testifie in the lorde/ that ye hence 
forth walke not as wother gentyls walke/ in vanities off their 
mynde/ ^^ blynded in their vnderstondynge/ beynge straungers 
from the lyfe which is in god/ thorowe the ignorancy that is 
in them/ be cause off the blyndnes off their hertes ; which be- 
ynge past ^^ repentaunce have geven them selves vnto wan- 
tannes/ to worke all manner of vnelennes even with gredynes. 
But ye have not so learned Christ/ Yf so be ye have herd© ofT 
hym/ and are taught in hym/ even as the trueth is in Jesu : 
21 so as concernynge the conversation in tyme past/ laye from 

^ That he might fill, Gen. ''He gave some, etc. Gen. Bps. 

^ Pastours, Gen. ^ Whereby the saints might be coupled together 

by commune service, Cov. To the edifyinge of the saintes, to the 
work and ministration, Cr. To the gathering together of the saintes, 
for [into, J5.] the worke of the ministrie [of ministration, B.], Gen. 
Bps. ^^ All come, C. All meete together, etc. Gen. Bps. [C. G. B. 

omit — 'growuppe.'] " Unto one manner of fayth, Co??. ^^ Qf 

the full perfect [tJie perfect, Cov.] age of Christ, Cov. Cr. ^^ De- 

ceit, Gen. 14 To the laying wayte of deceit, i5/7^. ^^ Coupled 

together, and one member hangeth by another throughout all the 
joints, Cov. ^^ For the furniture thereof, Gen Yeelding nour- 

ishment, Bps. ^"^ Effectual power in the measi^re of every part, 

Gen. Bps. ^^ Maketh that the body groweth, Cov. ^^ Darkened 

in their cogitation. Gen. Bps. ^^ Feeling, Gen. Bps, *^ To 

laye downe, accordinge to the former conversatioii, Bp^, 



to ih H^!)esfan?. €!j. b. 

you that olde man/ which is corrupte thorowe the ^ deceava- 
ble kistes/ and be ye renued in the sprete off youre myndes/ 
and put on that newe man/ which ^3 after a godly wyse/ is 
shapen in rightewesnes/ and 24 true holynes. Wherfore putt 
awaye lyinge/ and speake eveiy man trueth vnto his neighbour/ 
for as moche as we are members one off another. Be angry/ 
but synne nott : lett nott the sonne goo doune apon youre 
wrathe/ geve noplace vnto ^ the backbyter/ let hym that stole 
steale no moare/ but let hym rather laboure ^^ with his hondes 
some good thinge/ that he maye have to geve vnto hym that 
nedeth. 

Let no filthy communicacion precede out of youre mouthes : 
but thatt whych is good ^7 to edefye with all/ when nede ys : 
that it maye ^ have faveour with the heares. And greve not 
the holy sprete off God/ by whome ye are sealed vnto the 
daye of redempcion. Let all bitternes/ fearsnes and wrath/ 
^ roiynge and cursyd speakynge/ be put awaye from you/ 
with all 30 maliciousnes. be ye courteouse one to another/ 
be 31 mercifull forgevynge one another/ even as God ^2 for 
Christes sake forgave you. 

dTlje b. ©Ijnpter. 

"O E ye ^ counterfeters of god as dere children/ and walke in 
-*-^ love even as Christ loved us/ and gave hym silfe for vs/ 
an offerynge and a sacrifyce of a swete saver to god. So that 
fornicacion/ and all vnclennes/ or coveteousnes/ be not once/ 
named amonge you/ as it be commeth saynctes : nether filthy- 
nes/ nether folishe talkyng/ nether gestinge/ which are not 
comly : but rather gevynge of thankes. For this ye knowe/ 
that no whormonger/ other vnclene person/ or coveteous per- 
son (which is the worshipper off ymages) hath any inheri- 
taunce in the kyngdom of Christ/ and of god. 

Lett no man deceave you with vayne wordes. For thorowe 
soche thynges commeth the wrath off god apon the chyldren 
of vnbelefe. Be not therefore companions with them. Ye 
were once dercknes/ but are nowe light in the lorde. 

22 Lusts of error, Bps. 23 ^fter [T. M. adds— the image of] God 

is shapen [created, G], T.M. Cr. Ge7i. Bps. ^* True in holynes, Or, 
Holynesse of trueth, Bps. ^ The devyll, Gen. Bps. ^ Work- 

inge with his handes the thing that is good. Gen. Bps. ^ To the 

use of edifying, Gen. ^ Be gracious to hear, Gov. Minister 

grace unto, Cr. Gen, Bps. ^ Crying and evil speaking. Gen. 

3° Noughtinesse. ^^ Tender hearted. Gen. ^^ In Christ, 

Cov. ' Followers, ^W the Vers. 

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Walke as Children of light. For the frute off the sprete is/ 
in all goodnes/ rightewesnes/ and trueth. ^ Accept thatt which 
is 3 pleasynge to the lorde : and have no fellishippe with the 
vnfrutful workes of dercknes : but rather rebuke them. For 
it is shame even ^ to name those thynges which are done of 
them in secrete : but all thinges/ when they are rebuked of 
the light/ are manifest. For whatsoever is manifest/ that same 
is light. Wherfore he sayth : awake thou that slepest/ and 
stond vppe from deeth/ and Christ shall geve the light. 

Take hede therfore that ye walke circumspectly : not as 
foles : but as wyse/ ^ redemynge the tyme : for ^ the dayes 
are evyll : wherfore/ be ye nott vnwyse : but vnderstond what 
the will of the lorde is/ and be not dronke with vi^ne/ wherein 
is excesse : but be fulfilled with the sprete/ speakynge vnto 
youre selves in psalmes/ and ymmes/ and spretuall songes/ 
syngynge and "^ playinge to the lorde in youre hertes/ gevynge 
thankes all wayes for all thynges in the name of oure lorde 
Jesu Christ to god the father : submittynge youre selves one 
to another in the feare of god. 

Wemen submit youre selves vnto youre awne husbandes/ 
as vnto the lorde : For the husbande is the wyves heed/ even 
as Christ is the heed off the congregacion/ and the same is 
^ the saveoure ^ off the body. Therfore as the congregacion 
is in subieccion to Christ/ lykwyse let the \vyves be in subiec- 
cion to their husbandes in all thinges. Husbandes love youre 
wyves/ even as Christ loved the congregacion/ and gave him 
silfe for it/ to sanctifie it/ and clensed it ^^ in the fountayne of 
water thorowe the worde/ ^^ to make it vnto hym silfe/ a 
glorious congregacion with oute spote/ or wrynckle or eny 
soch thynge : but that it shulde be holy and with out blame. 

So ought men to love their wyves/ as their awne bodies. 
He that loveth his wyfe/ loveth hym sylfe. For no man ever 
yet/ hated his awne flesshe : Butt norysshith/ and cherisith itt : 
even as the lorde doth the congregacion : for we ar members 
of hys body/ off his flesshe/ and of his bones. For this cause 
shall a man leave father and mother/ and shall ^^ continue 
with hys wyfe/ and two shalbe made one flesshe. This is a 
grett secrete/ but I speake bitwene Christ and the congrega- 

2 Serchynge, Cr. Approving, Ge,n. Bps. ^ Acceptable, Bps. 

* To speak of, Gen. ^ Winning occasion, Cov. ^ It is a 

miserable time, Cov. '' Making melodie. Ml the Vers. ^ He 

that ministreth salvation to, Cr. ^ Oi his bodie. Gen. ^° With 

the washing of water, Gen, " That he might present, Bps. 

" Cleave unto, Cov. Be joyned, Cr. Bps. 



to tlje Hptesiaits. €!). bf. 

cion. 12 Neverthelesse do ye so that every one off you love 
hys wyfe truely even as hym sylfe : And lett the wyfe se that 
she feare her husbande. 

2r|)e bf. €!)apter. 

f^ HYLDREN obey youre fathers and mothers in the lorde : 
for so is it right. Honoure father and mother/ that is 
the fyrst commaundement that hath eny promes/ that ^ thou 
mayest be in goode estate/ and Hve longe on the erthe. Fa- 
thers/ move not youre chyldren to wrath : butt brynge them 
vppe 2 with the norter and informacion off the lorde. Ser- 
vauntes be obedient vnto youre ^ carnall masters/ with feare 
and tremblynge/ in synglenes of youre hertes/ as vnto Christ : 
not ^ with service ^ in the eye sight as ^ men pleasars : butt as 
the servauntes of Christ/ doynge the wyll off god from the 
herte with good will/ even as though ye served the lorde/ and 
not men. And remember that what soever good thynge eny 
man doeth/ thatt shall he receave agayne off the lorde/ whether 
he be bonde or fre. And ye masters/ do even the same 
thynges vnto them/ puttynge awaye threatenynges : and re- 
member thatt even your master also is in heven/ nether is 
there eny respecte offpersone with hym. 

Finally/ my brethren be stronge in the lorde/ and in the 
power of his myght. Put on the armour of god/ that ye maye 
■^ stonde stedfast agaynst the crafty assautes off the devyll. 
For we wrestle not agaynst flesshe and bloud : but agaynst 
^ ruele/ agaynst power/ and agaynst ^ worldly ruelars of the 
darcknes of this worlde/ agaynst ^^ spretuall wickednes ^^ in 
hevenly thynges. 

For this cause take vnto you the armoure off god/ that ye 
maye be able to resist in the evyll daye/ and ^^ to stonde per- 
fect in all thinges. 

^3 Therefore, every one of you, do ye so ; let every one lo\e, Gen. Bps. 
^ Thou mayst prosper, Cr. Bps. It may be well with thee, Gen. 
2 Through the doctrine, Cr. For the instruction, Gen. Bps. ^ Bod- 
ilye masters, Cr. Bps. Masters according to the flesh. Gen. "* Do- 

yng service to the eie, Cr. ^ To the eye, Gen. Bps. ^ They 

that go about to please men, Cr. ' Stand [Be able to stand, G.] 

against the assaults, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Principalities, Gen. 

^ The rulers of the world, of the darkness, etc. Cov. Worldly rulers, 
even governoursof the,etc. Cr. The worldly governours [G. adds — 
the princes} of the darkness, etc. Gen. Bps. ^" The spirit of 

wickednesse, Co??. Spiritual craftinesse, Cr. ^^ Under the heven, 

Cov. For hevenly things, T. M. In the hie places. Gen. In heaven- 
ly ^Zace^, Bps. ^2 Having finished all things, stand fast, Gen. Bps. 



ifo, C):cbff. STfje 3£plstU to tl)e Hpfjcsgans, 

Stonde therfore and youre loynes gyrd aboute with veritie/ 
havynge on the brest plate of rightewesnes/ and ^^ shood with 
shewes prepared by the gospell of peace. Above all take to 
you the shelde off fayth/ wherwith ye maye quenche all the 
fyrie dartes of the wicked, and take the helmet off heelth/ and 
the swearde of the sprete/ which is the worde of god/ and 
praye all wayes with all manner prayer and supplicacion : and 
that in the sprete : and watch thervnto with all ^^ instance and 
supplicacion for all saynctes/ and for me that vtteraunce maye 
be geven vnto me/ that I maye open my mought boldly/ to 
i^vtter the secretes of the gospell/ wher of I am i»a messen- 
ger in bondes/ that there in I maye speake ^^ frely/ as it be- 
commeth me to speake. 

But that ye maye also knowe ^^ what condicion I am in/ 
and what I do/ Tichicus my deare brother and faythfull min- 
ister in the lorde/ shall shewe you off all thynges/ whom I 
sent vnto you for the same purpose/ that ye myght knowe 
16 what case I stonde in/ and that he myght comfort youre 
hertes. 

Peace be with the brethren/ and love with fayth from god the 

father/ and from the lorde Jesu Christ. Grace be with 

all them which love oure lorde Jesus Christ 

1^ in puernes/ Amen. 



Sent from Rome vnto the Ephe- 
syans by Tichicus, 

" Shod upon your fete with the gospel of peace, that ye may be 
prepared, Con. And having shoes on your fete, that ye may be pre- 
pared for, etc. Cr. Your feete shod with the preparation of, etc. Gen. 
Bps. 14 Perseverance, Gen. ^^ Publish . , the ambassadour 

. . boldly. Gen. ^^ My affairs. Gen. Bps. *' Unfaynedly, Cov. 

In sinceritie, Cr. Bps. To their imniortalitie, Gen. 



3ir 



^Ci^tle of mm to tlie 3^ftilU»»8^in!5* 



I ^C!!EiL and Timotheus the servauntes of Jesu Christ. 
To all 1 [the saynctes in Christ Jesu] which are at Phi- 
lippos/ with the bisshaps/ and ^ deacons. 

Grace be with you and peace from God oure father/ and 
from the lorde Jesus Christe. 

I thanke my god ^ with all remembraunce off you/ all wayes 
in my prayers for you all/ and praye with gladnes/ be cause 
of the fellowship which ye have in the gospell from the fyrst 
daye vnto nowe/ and am ^ suerly certified off this/ that he 
which began a god worke in you shall performe it vntill the 
daye off Jesus Christ/ as it becommeth me so to iudge off you 
all/ because I have you ^ in my herte/ ^ and have you also 
every one companions off grace with me/ even in my bondes 
as I defende/ and stablisshe the gospell. 

God beareth me recorde howe greatly I longe after you all 
^ from the very herte rote in Jesus Christ. And this I praye/ 
that youre love maye increase more and more in knowledge/ 
and in all ^ fealynge/ that ye myght ^ accepte thinges most 
excellent/ that ye myght be pure and i^ soche as shulde hurte 
nomannes conscience/ vntill the daye of Christ/ filled with the 
frutes of rightewesnes/ which frutes come by Jesus Christ vn- 
to the glory and laude of God. 

^ Cov. omits. 2 Ministers, Cov. ^ As oft as I remember 

you (which I always do) in all my prayers, etc. Cov. Having you in 
perfect memorie. Gen. ^ Persuaded, Gen. Bps. ^ In my heart 

and in my bondes [In remembrance that both in my bandes, and, G.] 
in the defence and confirmation, etc. ye all were [all being, 5.] par- 
takers of my grace, Gen. Bps. ^ Forasmuch as ye are all, etc. Cr. 
' In the bowels of, Bps. ^ Experience, Cov. Understanding, Cr. 
Bps. Judgement, Gen. ^ Prove what is best, Cov. Discern things 
that differ, Gen. Bps, i^ Such as oiFende no man, Cr. Without 
offence, Gen. Bps. 



iTo. cpcbfff. mt S^jpfstle of ^ml 

I wolde ye vnderstode brethern that ii my busynes is hap- 
pened vnto the gretter furtherynge off the gospell. So that 
my bondes in Christ are ^^ manifest thofowe out all the iudge* 
ment hall : and in all wother places/ in so moche that many 
off the brethren in the lorde ^^ are boldned thorowe my bondes/ 
and dare more ^'* largely speake the worde ^^ [with out feare.] 
Some there are which preache Christ of envie and stryfe/ and 
some off good will. The one parte preacheth Christ off 
1^ stryfe/ and not purely/ supposynge to adde more ^'^ adversi- 
tie to my bondes. The wother parte of love/ be cause they 
se that 1^ I am sett to defend the gospell. 

i^Whatthinge is this? ^^ Notwithstondynge by all maner 
wayse/ whether it be ^i by occasion or ^^ of trueth/ yet Christ 
is preached : and therefore I ioye. Yee and will ioye. For 
I knowe that this shalbe for my health/ thorowe youre prayer/ 
and ^ ministringe of the sprete of Jesu Christ/ as I hertely 
loke fore and hope/ that in nothinge I shall be ashamed : but 
that with all confidence/ as all wayes in tymes past/ even soo 
nowe Christ shalbe magnified in my body/ whether it be 
thorowe lyfe/ or els deeth. For Christ is in me ^^lyfe/ and 
deeth is to me avauntage. 

25 Yf it chaunce me to live in the flesshe/ that is to me frut- 
full forto worke/ and what to chose I wote not. ^6 j am con- 
strayned of two thynges : 27 1 desyre to be lowsed/ and to be 
with Christ/ which thinge is best of all. Neverthelesse to 
abyde in the flesshe is moare nedfull for you. And this am T 
sure of/ that I shall abyde/ and with you all continue/ for the 
furtherence and ioye of youre fayth/ that y6 may moare 
aboundantly reioyce in Jesus Christ thorowe me/ by my com- 
mynge to you agayne. 

Only let your convei'sacion be/ as it be commeth the gos- 

" The thinges which cavie [happened, C] unto me, have turned 
[cliaunged, C. come, B.~\ to the, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Famous, 

Gen. '^ Being encouraged, Cr. Bps. ^^ Boldly, Cr, Frank- 

ly, Gen. Plentifully, Bps. *^ Gen. omits. ^^ Contention, Gen, 

*' Affliction, Gen. Bps. ^^ I lie here, Cov. ^^ What then.^ 

All the Vers. ^° So that Christ be preached, all [any, £.] maner 

wayes, T. M. Cr. Bps. ^^ Under a pretence or sincerely [by truth, 
B.], Gen. Bps. "2 of true meaning, Cov. T. M. Cr. ^^ jjy the 

helpe of, Ge7i. ^ Both in life a,nd in death advantage. Gen. 

^ But inasmuch as to live in the flesh is fruitful to me, Cov. And 
whether to live, etc. were profitable for me [this be the fruit of my la- 
bours, B.2,lGe?i. Bps. ^^ For both these things lie hard upon me, etc, 
Cov. I am greatly in doubt on both sides, Gc7i. I am in a straight 
betwixt two, Bps, "^ Having a desire to depart, Bps, 



397 



to t!)e i9I)iUii)pi)ans. ©t). if. 

pell of Christ : that whether I come and se you/ or els be 
absent/ I maye yet heare of ^^ you/ that ye continue in one 
sprete/ and in one soule ^labouryng as we do to mayntayne 
the fay th of the gospell/ and in nothynge fearynge youre ad- 
versaries : which is to them a token of perdicion/ and to you 
a signe of health/ and that of god For vnto you it is geven/ 
that not only ye shulde beleve on Christ : but also suffre for 
his sake/ and have even the same fyght which ye sawe me 
have and no we heare of me. 

Etit If. (K^apter. 

TF there be amonge you eny consolacion in Christ/ yf there 
be eny i comfortable love/ yf there be eny fellishippe of 
the sprete/ yff there be eny compassion ^ on mercy/ fulfill my 
ioye/ that ye ^ drawe one waye/ havynge one love/ beynge of 
one acorde/ and of one mynde/ that nothynge bedone thorowe 
stryfe or vayne glory/ but in meknes of mynde. Let every 
person thynke every other man better then hym silfe/ '^ so that 
ye considre every man/ not what is in hym silfe : But what is 
in wother men. 

Let the same mynde be in you the which was in Christ 
Jesu : Which beynge in the ^ shape off god/ and thought it 
not robbery to be equall with god. Neverthelesse he made 
hym silfe of no reputacion/ and toke on hym the ^ shape of a 
servaunte/ and ^ became lyke vnto men/ and was founde in 
"^ his aparell as a man. He humbled hym silfe and becam 
obedient vnto the deeth/ even the deeth of the crosse. Wher- 
fore God hath exalted hym/ and geven hym a name above 
all names : that in the name off Jesus shulde every knee bowe/ 
both of thynges in heven/ and thynges in erth and thynges 
vnder erth/ and that all tonges shulde confesse that Jesus 
Christ is the lorde vnto the prayse of god the father. 

Wherfore my dearly beloved/ as ye have always obeyed/ 
not when I was present only/ but nowe moche more in myn 
absence/ even so ^performe youre owne health with feare 

2^ Your condition, Cr. Your matters, Gen. Bps. ^ Fighting 

together through the fayth, etc. Ge7i. Holding together in defence 
of the fayth, Bps. VComfort of love, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ of mer- 

cy. T. M. Or mercy, Tav. And mercy, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Be lyke 

minded, Cr. Gen. Bps. "* Look not every man on his OAvn things, 

and every man also on the things of others, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Form, 

Gen. Bps. ^ Was made lyke unto [in the likeness of, jB.], Gen. 

Bps. ' Shape, Gen. Figure, Bps. ® Worke out [Make an 

ende of, G.] youre -ov/^ne salvation, etc. T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



jfo. circfx. s:t)e Hpfstle off 33aul 

and tremblynge. For it is god which worketh in you/ both 
9 the will and also the dede/ even of ^^ good will. 

Do all thynge with out murmurynge and ^^ disputynge/ that 
ye maye be ^^ faute lesse/ and pure/ and the sonnes of God/ 
with out rebuke/ in the middes of a ^^ croked/ and a perverse 
nacion/ amonge which ^^ se that ye shyne as lightes in the 
worlde/ ^^ holdinge fast the worde of lyfe/ vnto my reioysynge 
in the daye of Christ/ that I have not runne in vayne/ nether 
have labored in vayne. Yee and though I be offered vppe on 
1^ youre sacrifice and you re servinge of god in the fayth : I 
1''' reioyce with you all. For the same cause also/ ^'^ reioyce 
ye/ and reioyce ye with me. 

I trust in the lorde Jesus forto sende Timotheus shortly/ vn- 
to you/ that I also maye be off good comforte/ when I knowe 
1^ what case ye stonde in. For I have no man that is so lyke 
mynded to me/ ^^ which with so pure affeccion careth for 
youre matters. For all wother seke their awne/ and not that 
which is Jesus Christes. Ye knowe the profFe of hym/ howe 
that as a sonne with the father/ ^^ so with me bestowed he his 
labour apon the gospell. Hym trust I to sende as sone as I 
knowe ^i howe it will go with me. I trust in the lorde that I 
also my silfe shall come shortly. 

I supposed it necessary to sende brother Epaphroditus vnto 
you/ my companion in laboure and felowesodier/ youre 
^ Apostle/ and ^3 my minister at my nedes. For he longed 
after you/ and was full off hevines/ be cause that ye had herde 
saye that he ^4 shulde be sicke/ and no doute he was sicke/ 
and that neye vnto deeth/ but god had mercy on hym : not 
on hym only/ but on me also/ lest I shulde have had sorowe 
opon sorowe. 

I sent hym therfore the ^^ diligentliar/ that when ye shulde 
se hym/ ye myght reioyce agayne/ and I myght be the lesse 
sorowfuU. Receave hym therfore in the lorde with all glad- 

* To will and to do, Bps. '° His good pleasure, Gen. " Rea- 

sonings, Ge7i. '^ Such as no man can complain on : and un- 

fayned sonnes of God, Cr. ^^ Naughtie and crooked, Gen. 

^* Ye shine, G€7i. Shine ye, jB/?5. '^ Holding foorth, Gen. ^®The 
offering and sacrifice [The sacrifice and service, G. B.} of your fayth, 
Jill the Vers. ^^ 1 am glad . . be ye glad. Gen. *^ Your state, 

Gen. Bps. ^^ Who will faithfully [naturally, B.] care, Gen. Bps. 

^ He hath served with me in. Gen. Bps. ^i ]y|y. state, Bps. 

2' Messenger, Gen. ^ Which ministered unto me at nede [such 

things as 1 wanted, G,], Cr. Gen. *» Had been, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

^ More diligently, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



to t^e 3$]bfllippsaits. ^h ui« 

nes/ and make moche off soche : be cause that for the worke 
off Christ 26 [he went so farre/ that] he was nye vnto deeth/ 
and regarded not his lyfe/ to fulfill that service which was 
lakynge on youre parte towarde me. 

E\)t fi). <3!tl)aptet:. 

TiTOROVER brethren myne/ reioyce in the lorde/ It gre- 
■^ -*■ veth me not to write i the very same thynges vnto you. 
For to you it is asure thynge. Beware of dogges/ beware off 
evyll workers Beware of ^ dissencion : For we are circum- 
cision which worshippe god in the sprete/ and reioyce in 
Christ Jesu/ and have no confidence in the flesshe : though 
I 3 have wher off I myght reioyce in the flesshe. Yf eny 
worther man thynketh that he hath wer off he myght trust in 
the flesshe : moche moare I : circumcised the eyght daye/ 
offthekyndred offlsrahell/ off the trybe ofBeniamynan Ebrue 
borne of the Ebrues : as concernynge the lawe/ a pharisaye/ and 
as concernynge "^ ferventnes I persecuted the congregacion/ and 
as touchynge the rightewesnes which is in the lawe I was ^ soche 
a won as no man coulde complayne on. 

But the thynges that were ^ wynnynge vnto me I counted 
losse for Christes sake. Ye I thynke all thynges but losse 
for ^ that excellent knowledges sake of Christ Jesu my lorde : 
For whom I have counted all thynge losse/ and do iudge them 
but donge/ that I myght wynne Christ/ and myght be founde 
in hym/ nott havynge myne awne rightewesnes which is off 
the lawe : But that which spryngeth off the ffayth which is 
in Christ. I mean the rightewesnes which commeth of God 
throwe fayth ^ in knowynge hym/ and the ^ vertue of his re- 
surreccion/ and the fellowshippe of his ^^ passions/ that I myght 
be conformable vnto his deeth/ yf by eny meanes I myght at- 
tayne vnto the resurreccion from deeth. 

Not as though I had all redy ii receaved it/ other were all 
redy parfect : but I folowe/ yf that I maye comprehende that/ 
12 wherin I am comprehended of Christ Jesu. Brethren I counte 

^^ Gen. Bps. omit. ^ One thing often, Cr. The same things of- 

ten, Bj)s. 2 'Y\iQ concision, Gen. Bps. ^ Might also have con- 

fidence, Gen. Bp.s. ■» Zeal/ Gen. = Unrebukeable, T. M. Cr. 

Gen. Blamelesse, Bps. ^ Vauntage, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 'The 
excellency of the knowledge, Cr. Bps. ^ That I maye knowe, 

Cr. Gsn. Bps. « Power, Bps. ^ ^o Afflictions, Gen. ii At- 

tayned, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. [So G. B. vs. 13.] 12 For whose 

sake also I am. Gen. 

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ifo. cc. 2rt)e SEpfstle of ^aul 

not my silfe that I have gotten it : but one thynge ^^ I saye : 
I forget that which is behynde me/ and i^ stretche my silfe 
vnto that which is before me and i^ preace vnto to the mark 
apoynted/ to obtayne the rewarde of the hye callynge of God 
in Christ Jesu. Let vs therfore as many as be perfect be thus 
wyse mynded : and yf ye be wother wyse minded/ ^^ I praye 
God open even this vnto you. Neverthelesse in that where 
vnto we are come/ let vs procede by one rule/ that we maye 
^^ be off one acorde. 

Brethren counterfayte me/ and loke on them which walke 
even so/ as ye have vs for an ensample. For many walke 
(off whom I have tolde you often/ and nowe tell you wepynge) 
that they are the enemyes off the crosse off Christ/ whose 
ende is dampnacion/ whose God is their bely ^^ and glory to 
their shame/ which i^ are worldely mynded. But oure con- 
versacion is in heven/ from whence we loke for the saveour 
2^ Jesus Christ/ which shall chaunge into another fassion oure 
vile bodies/ that they maye be fassioned lyke vnto his glorious 
body/ acordynge to the workynge wherby he is able to sub- 
due all thinges vnto hym silfe. 



XT ERFORE brethren dearly beloved and longed for/ my 
•*'-■■ ioye and croune/ so continue i beloved in the lorde. I 
praye Evodias/ and beseche Sintiches that they be of one 
acorde in the lorde. Yee and I beseche the faythfull yock- 
felowe/ helpe the wemen which labored with me in the gos- 
pell/ and with Clement also/ and with wother my labour fel- 
owes/ whose names are in the boke off lyfe. Reioyce in the 
lorde alwaye/ and agayne I saye reioyce. Lette youre ^ soft- 
enes be knowen vnto all men. The lorde is even at honde. 
Be 3 nott carfull : butt in all thynges ^ she we youre peticion 

13 I do, Gen. i* Endeavour, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ (Accord- 

inge to the mark appointed), I preaseto the rewarde, Cr. Follow hard 
[Preasse, £.] towarde the marke for the prize of the, etc. Gen. Bps. 
16 God shall reveile [open, C], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Minde one thing, 

Gen. IS Whose glory is, T. M. Gen. ^^ Minde earthly things. 

Gen. Bps. ^ Ml the Vers, add — even the Lord. ^ In the Lorde, 
ye beloved, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Patient minde, Gen. Bps. 

3 Carefull for nothing, Cr. Bps. Nothing careful], Gen. * Let 

your petition be manyfest, Cr. Bps. Let your requests be shewed, 
Gen. 



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to m maims^nH, m^ mi 

vnto god in prayer and suplecacion with gevynge of thankes. 
and the peace off god which passeth all vnderstondynge ^ kepe 
youre hertes/ and myndes in Christ Jesu. 

Furthermore brethren/ whatsoever thynges are true/ whatso- 
ever thynges are honest/ whatsoever thynges are iust/ what- 
soever thynges are pure/ whatsoever thynges pertayne to 
love/ whatsoever thinges are off honest reporte/ yff there be 
6 eny verteous thynge/ yf there be "^ eny laudable thynge/ 
^ those same have ye in youre mynde/ which ye have both 
learned and receaved/ herde and also sene in me : those 
thynges do/ and the god of peace shalbe with you. I reioysed 
in the lorde greatly/ that nowe at the last ye are revived ^ and 
are wexed myndfuU of me agayne in that whein ye were 
also myndfuU/ but ye lacked aportunitie. I speake not be 
cause of necessitie/ For I have learned in whatsoever estate 
I am/ therwith to be content, i^ I can both cast doune my 
silfe/ I can also excede. Every where/ and in all thynges I 
am instructed/ both to be full/ and to be hongry : ^^ to have 
plenty/ and to sufFre nede. I can do all thynges thorow 
^2 [the helpe off] Christ/ which strengtheth me. Nott wistond- 
ynge ye have wele done/ that ye ^^ bare parte with me in my 
tribulacion. 

Ye f,j of Phillippos knowe that in the begynnynge of the 
gospell/ when I departed from Macedonia/ no congregacion 
^5 bare parte with me as concernynge gevynge and receavynge 
but ye only. For when I was in Tessalonica/ ye sent once/ 
and afterwarde agayne/ vnto my ^^ nedes : nott that I desyre 
^"^ aboundant frute on youre parte. I receaved all/ and have 
plentie. I was even filled after that I had receaved of Epa- 
phroditus/ that which cam from you/ an odour ^^ that smelleth 
swete/ a sacrifice accepted and plesaunt to God. My god 

5 Shall preserve, Ge7i. Shall keepe, Bps. ^ Any virtue, Cr. 

Gen. Bps. 'Any praise, Cr. Gen. Bps. Cr. adds — (oflearnynge.) 

s Thinke on these things, Gen. Bps. ^ Again to care for me, where- 
in ye also were carefull, T. M. Cr. Bps. Again to care for me, where- 
in notwithstanding ye were carefull, Gen. ^^ I can be low and 
I can be high, Cov. I knowe how to be lowe and I knowe howe to 
exceede, Cr. Bps. I can be abased and 1 can abound, Gen. ^^ To 
abounde and to have want. Gen. Bps. ^^ Cr. Bps. omit. ^^ Did 
communicate to my affliction, Gen. Bps. ** Phillippians, Gen. 
Bps. ^^ Communicated, Gew. ^775. ^^ Necessitie, Cr. Geji. 
Bps. ^''' Fruit that it be abundant in your reckoning, Cov. The 
fruite which may further your reckoning, Gen. Fruit abounding to 
your account, Bps. ^^ Of 9- sweet smell, Cr. Bps. 



iTo. ccf. S:|)e SEpistle to tije MUUpp^mn, 

^^ fulfill all youre nedes thorowe his ^o glorious ryches in Jesu 
Christ. 

Vnto God and oure father be prayse for ever more Amen. 

Salute all the sanctes in Christ Jesu. The brethren 

which are with me grete you. All the sanctes 

salute you. and most of all they which are 

of ^^ the Emperours housholde. The 

grace off oure lorde Jesu Christ 

be with you all Amen. 



Sent from Rome by Epaphroditus. 

»9 Shall supplye [fulfill, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. 20 Riches with 

[in, J3.] glory, Gen. Bps. ^i Cesars, Gen. Bps. 






^U^3IIL an Apostle ofF Jesu Christ by the will of god/ 
41r and brother Timotheus. 

To the sayntes which are at Colossa : and ^ brethren that 
beleve in Christ. 

Grace be with you and peace from god oure father/ and 
from the lorde Jesus Christ. 

We geve thankes to god the father of our lorde Jesus Christ 
alwayes for you in oure prayers/ sence we herde of your fayth 
which ye have in Christ Jesu : and of the love which ye 
beare to all sayntes for the hopes sake which is layde vppe in 
store for you in heven/ of which hope ye have herde ^ by the 
true worde off the gospell/ which is come vnto you/ even as it 
is in to all the world/ and is fruitfull as it is amonge you/ from 
the fyrst daye in the which ye herde of it/ and ^ had experi- 
ence of the grace of god in the trueth/ as ye learned of Epa- 
phra/ oure deare felowe servaunt/ which is for you a faythfuU 
minister in Christ/ which also declared vnto vs your love/ 
'^ [which ye have] in the sprete. 

For this cause we also/ sence the day we herde of hit have 
not ceasyd prayinge for you/ and desirynge that ye myght be 
fulfilled with the knowledge of his will/ in all wisdom and 
spretuall vnderstondynge/ that ye might walke worthy of the 
lorde ^ in all thynges that please/ beynge frutfuU in all good 
workes and encreasynge in the knowledge of God strengthed 

^ Faithful brethren in Christe, Gen. Bps. ^ By the worde of 

truth ickicli is the Gospell, Gen. Before in the worde of truth of the 
Gospell. Bps. ^ Truely knewe the grace of God in truth, Bps. 

•* Bps. omits. 5 That in all thinges ye may please, Or. To [And, G.] 
please him in al thinges, Cov. Gen. In all pleasing, Bps. 
II* 



Sfo* ccff. STDe JSpistU off 33aul 

with all myght/ tbrowe hys glorious power/ vnto all pacience/ 
and longe sufferynge/ with ioyfulnes/ gevynge thankes unto 
the father which hath made vs mete to be part takers of the 
enheritaunce of saynctes in the light. 

which hath delivered vs from the power of dercknes/ and 
hath translated vs in to the kyngdom of his dere sonne/ in 
whom we have redempcion thorowe his bloud/ that is to saye 
forgevenes of sinnes/ which is the ymage of the invisible god/ 
^ fyrst begotten "^ before all creatures : for by him were all 
thynges created/ thynges that are in heaven/ and thynges that 
are in erth : thynges visible/ and thynges invisible : whether 
they be ^ maieste or lordshippe/ other rule or power. All 
thinges are created by hym/ and ^ in him/ and he is before all 
thynges/ ^^ [and in hym all thynges i^have there beynge.] 

And he is the heed of the body/ that is to wit of the congre- 
gacion/ he is the begynnynge and fyrst begotten of the deed/ 
that in all thynges he might have the preeminence. For it 
pleased the father that in hym shulde all fulnes dwell/ and by 
him to reconcile all thynge vnto hyni silfe/ ^^ and to set at peace 
by him throw the bloud of his crosse both thynges in heven 
and thynges in erth. 

And you (which were in tymes past ^^straungers/ and eny- 
mes/ 1'^ be cause youre myndes were set in evyll workes) hath 
he now reconciled in the body of his flesshe thorowe deeth/ to 
make you holy/ and ^^ soche as no man coulde complayne on/ 
and with out faut in his awne sight/ yf ye continue grounded 
and stablysshed in the faith/ and be not moved awaye from the 
hope of the gospel/ whereof ye have herde/ ^^ howe that it is 
preached amonge all creatures/ which are under heven/ wher 
of I Paul am made a minister. 

Nowe ioye I in my ^"^ passions which I suffre for you/ and 
fulfill IS that which is behynde off the affliccions off Christ in 
my flesshe for his boddies sake/ which is the congregacion/ 
wher of am I made a minister acordynge to the ^^ ordinaunce 
of god/ which ordinaunce was given me vnto you warde/ to 

6 The first borne of, etc. Gen. Bps. 'Of all creatures, T. M. Cr. 
8 Thrones or dominions or principalities. Gen. ^ For, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. ^° Cr. omits. ^^ Consiste, Gen. Bps. ^^ Whether they 

be thinges on earth or in heaven, that through the blood on his cross 
he might make peace even through his awne selfe, Cov. ^^ Farre 

off, Cr. *■* By cogitation in evill workes, Bps. '^ Unblame- 

able. Ml the Vers. ^^ And which hath been preached, Gen. 

17 Sufferings [T. M. adds— which I suffer]. All the Vers. is The 

rest of the, etc. Gen. ^^ Dispensation of God which is given me, 

Gen. Bps. 



to tt)e eioloss^itns, (S:% IJ, 

fulfill the worde of god/ that mistery hid sence the world be- 
gan/ and 20 sence the begynnynge ^i of generacions : But nowe 
is opened to his saynctes/ to whom god wolde make knowen 

22 the glorious riches of his mistery amonge the gentyls/ which 
riches is Christ in you/ the hope of glory/ whom we preach 

23 warnynge all men/ and teachynge all men in all wisdom/ 

24 to make all men parfait in Christ Jesu : Wherin I also labour 
and stryve/ 25 even as farforth as hys 26 workynge worketh in 
me myghtely. 

Bfft seconTre <?i:|)apter. 

r WOLDE ye knewe what fyghting I have for youre sakes 
-■- and for them of Ladicia/ and for as many as have not sene 
my ^ parson in the flesshe/ that their hertes myght be com- 
forted and knet togedder in love/ and in all riches 2 of full vn- 
derstondynge/ ^ for to knowe the mistery off God '* the father 
and of Christ in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and 
knowledge. This I saye lest eny man shulde begylde you 
with ^entysynge wordes. For though I be absent in the 
flesshe/ yet am I present with you in the sprete ioyinge and 
beholding the order that ye kepe/ and your stedfast fayth in 
Christ. As ye have therefore receaved Christ Jesu the lorde/ 
even so walke roted and bylt in hym/ and ^ stedfaste in the 
fayth/ as ye have "^ learned : and therin be plenteous in gev- 
ynge thankes. 

Beware lest eny man ^ [come and] spoyle you thorowe 
philosophy and ^ disceatfuU vanitie/ thorowe the tradicions of 
men/ and ^^ ordinacions after the worlde/ and not after Christ. 
For in him dwelleth all the fulnes of the godheed boddyly/ 
and ye are ^^ full in him/ which is the heed of all i2i-Qie and 
power/ in whom also ye are circumcised with circumcision 
made with out hondes/ by puttynge of ^^ the sinfull boddy of 

20 From all ages, Gen. ^i Qf time, Cov. 22 ^j^at is the 

riches of this glorious mysterie, Gen. What is the rychesof the glo- 
rie of this mysterie, 5/;5. ^^ Admonishing, Gen. 24 That we 

may present every man, etc. Gen. Bps. ^'^ According to his work- 
ing which, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Strength, Cr. ^ Face, B2)S. 2 Qf 
the full assurance [Of certaintie, B-l of understanding. Gen. Bps. 
3 Which is the knowledge of, Co?;. "* Even the father, Gen. And 

of the father, Bps. ^ Persuasion of wordes, Bps. ® Stablish- 

ed, Cr. Gen. Bps. - ' Bene taught, abounding therein with thanks- 
giving, Gen. Bps. ^ Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^ Vaine deceit, 
Gen. Bps. ^° After the rudiments of the world. Gen. Bps. 
" Complete, Ml the Vers. 12 Principalitie, Gen. Bps. [So vs. 15.] 
^3 The bodye of the flesh, subjecte to sinne, Bps. 



ifo. ccffj. S:t)e Hpfstle off 33aiil 

the flesshe/ thorowe the circumcision that is in Christ/ In that 
ye are buryed with him thorowe baptim/ in whom ye are also 
rysen agayne i"* thorowe faith/ that is wroght by the operacion 
of god which raysed hym from deeth. 

And hath with him quyckened you also which were deed 
in synne and in the vncircumcision of youre flesshe/ and hath 
forgeven ^^ vs oure trespasses/ and hath ^^ put out the obliga- 
cion that was agaynst us/ made in the lawe written/ and thatt 
hath he taken out of the waye/ and hath fastened it on his 
crosse/ and hath spoyled rule and power/ and hath made a 
shewe of them openly/ and hath triumphed over them in i'' his 
awne persone. 

Let noman therfore ^^ trouble youre consciences aboute 
meate and dryncke/ or ^^ for a pece of an holydaye/ ^^ as the 
holydaye of the newe mone or of the saboth daye/ which are 
nothinge but shaddowes of thynges to come : but the body is 
in Christ. Lett noo man ^^ make you shute at a wronge 
marke/ 22 which after his awne ymaginacion walketh in the 
humbleness ^3 of angels/ thinges which he never sawe : caus- 
lesse puft vppe with his flesshly mynde/ and holdeth not ^^ the 
heed/ wher of all the body ^^ by ioyntes and couples receaveth 
norisshment/ and is knet togedder/ and encreaseth with the in 
creasynge that commeth of god. 

Wherfore if ye be deed with Christ from ^6 doctrine of the 
worlde : Why as though ye yet lived in the worlde/ are ye 
27 ledde with tradicions ^^ [of them that saye] ? Touche not/ 
Tast not/ Handle not : which all perysshe with the vsynge of 

'■* Through the faith of the operation, etc. Gen. Bps. ^^ Your 

trespasses, Gen. Bps. ^^ Blotted cut [Putting out, G.] the hand- 

writing of ordinaunces, that was agaynst us, which was contraiy to 
us, Gen. Bps. i' The same crosse, Gen. Hyni selfe, Bj}s. ^^ Con- 
demne [Judge, B.'] you in meate, etc. Gen. Bps. *^ in respect of, 

Gen. In part of, Bps. ^° Or of the new moone, Gen. Bps. ^^ At 
his pleasure bear rule over you by humblenes of minde and v/orship- 
ping of angels, advauncing himselfe in those things which he never 
saw, rashly puft up. Gen. Beguile you of victorie in the hum- 
blenesse and worshipping of angels, intruding himseJJe into those things 
which he hath not scene, causelesse, puft up, Bps. ^^ Which 

after his own choosing walketh in humblenes and spirituality of an- 
gels, things which he never saw and is vaine, and puft up, etc. Cov. 
By the humblenes and holines of angels, in the things, etc. Cr. 
^ T. M adds — and holiness. ^ Himselfe to the head, Cov. 

^ Furnished and knit together by joyntes and bandes, Gen. By joyntes 
and bandes, having nourishment ministred and knit together, Bps. 
*^ The ordinances, T. M. Cr. Gen. The rudiments, Bps. ^7 £u|., 

thened, Gen. ^ Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. 



Ho^ 



to tt)e ©olossjans. (t% [ff. 

them/ and are after the commaundmentes/ and doctryns of 
men : which thinges ^9 have the simiUtude of wisdom in cho- 
sen holyaes/ and humblenes/ and in that they spare not the 
body/ and do the flesshe no worshyppe unto his nede. 

(JTije ifj. €i)aj)tet. 

TF ye be then rysen agayne with Christ seke those thynges 

which are above/ where Christ sitteth on the right honde of 
god. Set youre afFeccion on ^ thynges that are above/ and not 
on thynges which are on the erth. For ye are deed/ and 
youre lyfe is hid with Christ in god. When Christ which is 
oure lyfe shall ^ shewe hym silfe/ then shall ye also apere with 
hym in glory. 

Mortifie therefore youre members which are on the erth/ 
fornicacion/ vnclennes/ ^ vnnaturall lust/ evyll concupiscence/ 
and covetousnes which is worshippynge off ydols : for which 
thynges sakes the wrath of god falleth on the ^ chyldren off 
vnbeleve. In which thynges ye walked once/ when ye lived 
in them. 

But nowe put ye also awaye from you all thynges/ wrath/ 
^ fearsnes/ maliciousnes/ ^ cursed speakynge/ '''filthy speakynge 
out of youre mouthes. Lye not one to another/ seynge that 
ye have put ofi* the olde man with his workes/ and have putt 
on the nue/ which is renued ^in knowledge ^ [of god/] after the 
ymage of hym that made hym/ where is nether greke nor 
iewe/ circumcision nor vncircumcision/ Barbarous or Sithian/ 
bonde or fre : Butt Christ is all inall thynges. 

Nowe therefore as elect of god/ holy and beloved/ put on 
tender mercie/ kyndnes/ humblenes of mynde/ meknes/ longe 
sufFerynge/ forbearynge one another/ and forgevynge one an- 
other (if eny man have a quarrell to a nother) even as Christ 
forgave you/ even so do ye. Above all these thynges put on 
love/ which is the bonde of parfectnes/ and the peace of god 

^ Have a shine of wisdom, through chosen spiritualitie and humble- 
nesse, Cov. Outwardly have the simihtude of wisdom by superstition 
and humblenesse of mynde and by hurtyng of the bodye, and in that they 
do the fleshe, Cr. Have a shewe of wisdome in voluntarie religion 
and humblenesse of minde and in not sparing the bodye : neither 
have they it in any estimation [not in any honour, B] to satisfie the 
flesh, Gen. Bps. ^ Heavenly thinges and not on earthye thinges, 

Cr. 2 Appear, Gen. Bps. ^ Inordinate aifections, Cr. Bps. 

* Disobedient children, Cr. ^ Anger, Gen. ^ Blasphemie, 

Bps. ' Filthy communication, Cr. Bps. ^ Into the know 

ledge and image, Cr. ^ Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. 



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1^ rule in youre hertes/ to the which peace ye are called in one 
body : and ^ se thaye be thankfull. 

Let the worde of god dwell in you plenteously in all wys- 
dom. ^2 Teache and exhorte youre awne selves/ in psalmes/ 
and hymnes/ and spretuall songes ^^ which have favour with 
them/ syngynge in youre hertes^o the lorde. And all thinges 
(whatsoever ye do in worde or dede) do in the name of the 
lorde Jesu/ gevinge thankes to god the father by him. 

Wyves submit youre selves vnto youre awne husbandes/ as 
it is comly in the lorde. Husbandes love youre wyves and 
be nott bitter vnto them. Children obey youre ^^ fathers and 
mothers/ in all thinges/ for that is wele pleasynge vnto the 
lorde. Fathers ^^ rate not youre children/ lest they be ^^ of a 
desperate mynde. Sei'vauntes be obedient vnto ^'^ your bodyly 
masters in all thynges : not with eye service as men pleasers/ 
but in synglenes of herte fearynge god. And whatsoever ye 
do/ do it hertely as though ye did it to the lorde/ and not vnto 
men/ remembrynge that of the lorde ye shall receave the re- 
v/arde of inheritaunce/ for ye serve the lorde Christ. But he 
that doth wronge/ shall receave for the wronge that he hath 
done : for there is no respect of persons. ^^ Ye masters do 
vnto youre servauntes that which is just and equall/ remem- 
brynge that ye have also a master in heven, 

S^e ffij. (fiinpUt, 

f^ ONTINUE in prayer and watch in the same with thankes 
gevynge/ praynge also for vs that god open unto us the 
dore of vtteraunce/ that we may speake the mistery of Christ 
(wherfore I am in bondes) that I may vtter it/ as it becom- 
meth me to speake. Walke wisely to them that are with out/ 
and ^ redeme the tyme. Let your speache alwaye ^ have fa- 
veoure with it and ^ be salted/ that ye maye knowe howe to 
answer every man. 

^ The deare brother Tichicos shall ^ tell you off all my busy- 

^° Have the victorie in, etc. Bps. ^^Be ye amiable, Gen, 

'■^ Teaching and admonishing. Gen, Bps. ^^ Singing with grace in 
yonr hearts, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Elders, Cov. Parents, Gen. Bps, 

^* Provoke not {to anger), Cr. Gen. Bps, ''^ Discouraged, Gen, 

Bps. ^7 Them that are your masters, according to the flesh, Gen. 

13 [Gen. Bps, begin ch. iv. with this verse.] ^ Lose no opportuni- 

tie, Cr. ^Be favourable, Cov. Be well-favoured, T.M, Be gra* 

cious, Gen. Be in grace, Bps, ^ Powdred with salt, T. M. Cr, 

Gen. Bps. ^ Of all my busines shall ye be certified by Tichicus, 

the beloved brother, etc. Cr, '" Declare unto you i^ll my state, 

Gen. Bps. 



Hof 



to tl)e ^olossgans. ®t). ffff. 

nes/ which is a faythfull minister/ and felowe servaunt in the 
lorde/ whom I have sent vnto you for the same purpose/ that 
he myght knowe ^ how ye do/ and might comfort youre hertes/ 
with one Onesimus a faythfull/ and a beloved brother/ which 
is one of you. They shall shewe you of "^ all thynges which 
are adoynge here. 

Aristarchus my preson felowe saluteth you/ and Marcus 
Barnabassis sisters sonne : as touchynge whom/ ye receaved 
commaundementes. Yff he come vnto you receave hym : 
and Jesus which is called Justus/ which are of the circum- 
cision. These only are my workfelowes vnto the kyngdom of 
god which were vnto my consolacion. Epaphras the servaunt 
of Christ/ which is one of you/ saluteth you/ and all wayes 
s laboreth fervently for you in prayers that ye may stonde per- 
fet/ and ^ full in all that is the will off God. I beare hym re- 
corde that he hath i^ a fervent mynde towarde them of Lao- 
dicia and them of Hierapolis. Deare Lucas the phisicion 
greteth you/ and Demas. Salute the brethren which are of 
Laodicia/ and salute Nymphas/ and the congregacion which 
is in his house. And when the pistle is reed of you/ make 
that it be reed in the congregacion of the Laodicians also : 
and that ye lyke wyse rede the pistle ^^ of Laodicia. 
And saye to Archippus : Take hede to thyne office that thou 
hast receaved in the lorde/ that thou fulfill it. The 
salutacion by the honde of me Paul. Re- 
member my bondes. ^^ Gmce 
be with you/ Amen. 



Sent from Rome by Tichicus 
and Onesimus. 

* What ye do, Cr. Your state, Gen. Bps. "^ All things here, 

Gen. ^ Striveth for you, Gen. ® Filled, Bps. *° A great 

zeale for you. Gen. Bps. " Written from Laodicea, Gen. From 

Laodicea, Bjys. ^-^ The grace (of our Lord Jesus Christ) be with 

you, Cr. 



iFfitifjst Muttt off J^nttl to ttir 



2rtie fgrst (B^JajJttr* 

^^^3EIL, Silvanus/ and Timotheus. 

41r Vnto the congregacion of the Tessalonians/ in God the 

father/ and in the lorde Jesus Christ. 

Grace be with you/ and peace from god oure father/ and 
from the lorde Jesus Christ. 

We geve god thankes all waye for you all/ makynge men- 
sion of you in oure prayers with outt ceasynge/ ^ and call to 
remembraunce ^ youre worke in the faythe/ and labour in love 
and 3 perseveraunce in the hope of oure lorde Jesus Christ/ 
in the sight of God oure father : be cause we knowe breth- 
ren beloved '* of god howe that ye are electe For oure gos- 
pell ^ cam not vnio you in worde only/ but also in power/ and 
also in the holy gost and in moche ^ certaynte/ as ye knowe 
howe that we behaved oure selves amonge you/ for youre 
sakes. 

And ye counterfaited vs/ and the lorde : and receaved the 
worde in moche affliccion/ with ioye of the holy gost : so that 
ye were an ensample to all that beleve in Macedonia/ and 
Adiaia. For from you sounded out the worde off the lorde/ 

^ And call you to remembrance because of your worke, Cr. Re- 
membering your effectual faith and diligent love and the patience of 
your hope in our Lorde, Gen. ^ The worke of your faith, Cr. 

Bps. ^ Your patience in hope, which is our Lorde, etc. before 

God, Cov. Because ye have continued in the hope, etc. Cr. Pacient 
abyding in the hope, Bps. "* That ye are elect of God, Gen. 

Your election of God, Bps. ^ Hath not been with you, Cov. 

* Assurance, Gen. 



HII 

2ri)e jF^jrst ISpistU of 33aul to ti)e STessalonjans. ©1). ff . 

nott in Macedonia and Achaia only : but youre fayth also which 
ye have vnto god/ spred her silfe abroade in all quartars/ 
so gratly that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thynge at all : for 
they them selves shewe of you what maner of entrynge in 
we had vnto you/ and ho we ye tourned to god from y mages 
forto serve the livynge and true god/ and for to loke for his 
Sonne from heven/ whom he raysed from deeth : I mean Jesus 
which delivereth vs from the wrath to come. 

Ef)e seconTie ®:fja})tet. 

"17^ OR ye youre selves brethren knowe of oure entraunce in 
vnto you/ howe that it was not in vayne : but even after 
that we had suffered before and where shamfully entreated 
at Phillippos (as ye vvele knowe) then were we bolde in oure 
God to speake vnto you the gospell off God/ with moche striv- 
ynge. Oure exhortacion was not ' to brynge you to errour/ 
nor yet to vnclennes/ nether was it with gyle : but as wq 
were alowed of God/ ^ that the gospell shulde be commytted 
vnto vs : even so we speake/ not ^ as though we entended to 
please men/ butt God/ which trieth oure hertes. 

Nether ^ was oure conversacion at eny tyme with flatter- 
ynge wordes (as ye wele knowe) nether ^ in cloked coveteous- 
nes/ God is recorde : nether sought we prayse of men/ nether 
of you/ nor yet of eny wother/ when we myght have bene 
^ chargeable/ as the apostles of Christ : but we were ^ tender 
amonge you/ even as a norsse cheressheth her children/ ^ so 
was oure affeccion towarde you oure goode will was to have 
dealte vnto you/ not the gospell off god only : but also oure 
owne soules/ be cause ye were deare vnto vs. 

Ye remember brethren oure laboure and travayle. For 
we labored daye and nyght/ be cause we wolde not be ^ gre- 
veous vnto eny off you/ and preached you the gospell of God. 
Ye are witnesses/ and so is god/ howe holyly and iustly 

' Of deceyte, neyther of unclennessejetc. Ge7i. Bps. ^ To be 

put in credite with the Gospeli. Bps. ^ As though we could 

please, Cw. As they that please, Cr. Gen. As pleasing, Bps. * Have 
we gone about with, etc Cdv. Did we ever [at any time, B.'] use 
flatterynge, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Waited for our own profit, Cov. By 

occasion of covetousnesse, Cr. Coloured covetousnesse, Gen. Cloake 
of covetousnesse, Bps. ^ In authoritie, Cr. Bps. "^ Gentle, Gcw. 

^ Even so had we heartily affection towards you and would with good 
will have dealt, Cov. So were we [Thus being, G.] affectioned towards 
you, Cr. Gen. So being tenderly affected, etc. Bps. ^ Chargea- 

ble, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

KK 



JFo. ccbf. 2r|)c jFsvst Kjjistle off 33atil 

10 (that noman coulde blame vs) we behaved oure selves 
amonge you that beleve/ as ye knowe howe that we ^^ exhort- 
ed and comforted/ and besought ^every one off you/ as a fath- 
er his children/ that ye wolde walke worthy of the lorde/ 
which hath called you vnto his kyngdom and glory. 

For this cause thanke we god without ceasynge/ be cause 
that when ye receaved 12 of vs the worde/ wherwith God was 
preeched/ ye receaved it not as the worde of man : but even 
as it was in dede/ the worde of God/ which worketh in you that 
beleve. For ye brethren did counterfaite the congregacions of 
god which in iewry are in Christ Jesu : for ye have suffered 
13 lyke thynges of youre kynsmen/ as we oure selves have 
suffered of the Jewes/ 1^ which as they kylled the lorde Jesus 
and their ^^one prophetes/ even so have they persecuted vs/ 
and God they please not/ and are contrary to all men : and 
forbid vs to preach vnto the gentyls/ that they myght be saved/ 
to fulfill their synnes : For the wrath off God is come on 
them/ even to the vtmost. 

For as moch brethren as we are kept from you for a season/ 
16 as concernynge the bodyly presence but not in the herte/ 
we 1"^ enforsed the more to se i^ you personally with great de- 
sire/ and therfore we wolde have come vnto you/ I Paul 
19 once and agayne : but Satan 20 withstode vs. For what is 
oure hope or ioye/ or croune off reioysynge ? are not ye in 
the presence off oure lorde Jesus Christ at his commynge .'* 
yes ye are oure glory and ioye. 

Eftz ifj. €:|)aptcr. 

\T/'HERFORE sence we coulde no lenger forbeare/ 1 hit 
^ pleased vs to remayne at Athens alone/ and sent Ti- 
motheus oure brother and minister of god/ and ^ oure laboure 
felowe in the gospell of Christ/ to stablysshe you/ and to com- 
forte you ^ ovre youre fayth/ that no man shulde be moved in 

10 Unblameably, Mt the Vers. ^^ Bare such affection unto eve- 

ry one of you, as a father doth, etc. exhorting, etc. Cr. '^ Of us 

the worde of the preaching of God, Cov. Gen. Of us the worde where- 
wyth ye learned to know God, Cr. The worde of God which ye have 
heard of us, Bps. ^^ The same things of your own countrymen, 

even as they, etc. Gen. Bps. ^* Who both killed, Gen. Bps. 

^^ [i. e. own.] ^^ Concerning sight, Gew. In person, Bps. ^^ Have 
hasted, Cov. ^^ Your face, Gen. [So ch. iii. 10.] '^ At least 

once or twice. Gen. ^o Hindered, Gen. Bps. ^ We thought it 

good, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Helper, Cov. Helper forth of our labour, 

Cr. Felowe labourer, Bps. ^ Concerning, Cr. Bps. Touching, Gen. 



11* 

to tt)e STessalongans. ®f). fffj. 

these affliccions. For ye youre selves knowe that we are 
even apoynted there vnto. For verely when ^ I was with you/ 
I tolde you before that we shulde suffre tribulacion even as it 
cam to passe/ and as ye knowe. For this cause/ when I 
coulde no longer forbeare/ ^ I sent that I myght have knowl- 
edge of youre fath/ lest ^ haply the tempter had tempted you/ 
and that oure labour had bene bestowed in vayne. 

Nowe latly when Timotheus cam from you vnto vs and 
"^ declared to vs youre fayth/ and youre love/ and howe that 
ye have good remembrannce of vs all wayes/ desyringe to se 
vs/ as we desyre to se you. Therfore brethren ^ had I conso- 
lacion in you/ in all oure ^ adversite/ and necessite ^^ through 
youre fayth. For nowe are we alive if ye stonde ^^ stedfast 
in the lorde. For what thankes can we recompence to god 
agayne for you/ ^^ over all the ioye that we ioye for youre 
sakes before oure god/ whyle we nyght and daye praye ex- 
cedyngly/ that we myght se you presently/ and myght ^^ ful- 
fill that which is lackynge in youre fayth. 

God hym silfe oure father/ and oure lorde Jesus Christ gyde 
oure iorney vnto you : and the lorde increace you/ and make 
you/ 1^ flowe over in love one towarde another/ and towarde 
all men/ even as we do towarde you/ ^^ to stablysshe youre 
hertes that they myght be with out ought to be complayned 
on/ in holynes before God oure father/ at the commynge of 
oure lorde Jesus Christ/ with all is saynctes. 



3:i)e ilij. ^jbaptet* 

TJ'VRTHERMORE we beseche you brethren/ and exhorte 
-■- you in the lorde Jesus/ that ye increace more and more/ 
even as ye have receaved of vs/ howe ye ought to walke and 
to please God. Ye remember what commaundementes we 
gave you ^ in the name of the lorde Jesu. For this is the will 

* We were, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ I sent him to knowe, Gen. Bps. 

6 By some means, Cr. Bps. In any sort, Gen. "^ Shewed us of, 

Cov. Brought the good tydings of, Gen Bps. ^ We have receav- 

ed consolation by you, Cr. ^Affliction, Gen. ^° Because of, 

^' Fast, Gen Bps. ^^ Because of this joy that we have concerning 

you, Cov. For all the joye wherewith we rejoice [joye,B.], Gen. Bps. 
*3 Accomplish that, etc. Gen. Refrayne the wantings of your fayth, 
Bps. *4 Abound, Gen. Bps. ^^ To make your hearts [That 

your hearts may be, Cov.] stable and unblameable, Cov. T. M. Cr.Gen. 
To stablishe your hearts unblameable, Bps. ' By [In, T. M.} the 

Lorde, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



ifo. ccW;. 2rt)e jF^rst 2S|)istle of 33attl 

of god/ 2 which is youre sanctifiynge/ that ye shulde abstayne 
from fornicacion/ that every one of you shulde knowe howe 
to 3 kepe his vessel in sanctify inge and honoure/ and not in 
the lust of concupiscence/ as do the hethen/ which knowe not 
god/ that no man "* goo beyonde/ and defraude his brother ^ in 
bargaynynge/ be cause the lorde is a venger of all such 
thynges : as we ^ tolde you before tyme/ and testifyed vnto 
you. For god hath not called vs unto vnclennes : but unto 
sanclifyinge. He therefore that despiseth/^ despiseth not man/ 
but God/ which hath ^ sent his holy sprete amonge you. 

But as touchynge brotherly love/ ye nede not that I wiyte 
unto you. For ye are taught of god to love on another. Ye 
and that thynge verely ye do vnto all brethren/ which are 
thorowe out all Macedonia. ^ \Ye beseche you brethren thatt 
ye encreace/ more and more/ and that ye studdy to be quyet/ 
and 10 to medle with youre owne busynes/ and to worke with 
youre owne hondes/ as we commaunded you : that ye maye 
11 behave youre selves honestly toward them that are with out 
and that nothynge be lackynge vnto you. 

I wolde not brethren have you ignoraunt as concernynge 
them which are fallen aslepe/ that ye sorowe not as wother do 
which have no hope. For yf we beleve that Jesus died/ and 
rose agayne : even so them also which slope i^ by Jesus/ will 
god brynge agayne with hym. And this saye we vnto you in 
the worde of the lorde/ that we which live and are remayn- 
ynge in the commynge of the lorde/ shall not ^^ come yerre 
they/ which slepe For the lorde hym silfe shall descende 
from heven with a shute/ and the voyce off the archangyll/ 
and trompe of God. And the deed in Christe shall aryse fyrst : 
then shall we which live and remayne/ be caught vppe witb 
them also in the cloudes to mete the lorde in the ayer. And 
so shall we ever be with the lorde. Wherfore comfort youre 
selves one another with these wordes. 

2 Even that ye should be holye, T. M. Even your holinesse, Cr. 
Bps, ^ Possess, Gen. Bps. * Go to farre, T. M. Oppress, 

Cr. Gen. Bps, ^ In any matter, Gen. Bps. ^ Also forewarn- 

ed you, Bps. '' Gen. adds — tliese things. ^ Even [Also, J?.] 

given you. Gen. Bps, ^ But we, etc. Gen. Bps. ^° To do your 

owne, etc. Bps. ^^ Walke honestly, Bps. ^^ In Jesus, Gen, 

^^ Prevent then\j 6ew, Bps^ 



to tlje dressaloujjaiis. ©t). b. 



S^lje b. <S:i)aj)tei:. 

/^F the tymes and seasons brethren ye have no nede that I 
^"^ write vnto you : for ye youre selves knowe parfectly/ 
that the daye of the lorde shall come even as a thefe in the 
nyght. When they shall saye ^ peace and no daunger/ then 
commeth on them soden destruccion/ as ^ the travalynge off a 
woman with childe/ and they shall nott scape. But ye breth- 
ren are not in darcknes/ that that daye shulde ^ come on you 
as it were a thefe. Ye are all the children of light/ and the 
chyldren of the daye : we are nott off the nyght/ nether off 
darcknes. 

Therefore let us not slope as do wother : but let vs watch 
and be sober. -For they that slope/ slepe in the nyght : and 
they that be dronken/ are dronken in the nyght. But lett vs 
which are of the daye be sober/ ^ armed with the brest plate 
of fay th and love/ and with hope of health/ as an helmet. For 
god hath not apoynted vs ^ unto wrath : but to obtain health by 
the meanes off our lorde Jesu Christ/ which died for vs : that 
whither we wake or slepe/ we shulde live togedder with him. 

Wherfore ^ comforte youre selves togedder/ and edyfie one 
another/ even as ye do. 

We beseche you brethren/ thatt ye knowe them which la- 
boure amonge you/ and "^ have the oversight of you in the 
lorde/ and ^ geve you exhortacion/ that ye have them ^ the 
more in love/ For their workes sake/ and be at peace ^^ with 
them. We ^^ desyre you brethren ^^ warne them that are 
vnruly/ comforte the feble mynded/ i^ forbeare the weake 
^^ have continuall patience towarde all men. Se that none 
recompence evyll for evyll vnto eny man : but ever folowe 
that whiche is good/ both amonge youre selves/ and to all 
men. Reioyce ever. Praye continually. In all thynges 
geve thankes. For this is the will off God in Christ Jesu to- 
warde you. 

^ Tusli, it is peace, Gov. Peace and all things are safe, Cr. Peace 
and safety, G,in Bps. 2 ij^jj^ ^?an of a woman travailing, Cov. 

Sorowe upon. Bjis. ^ Overtake, £;;5. ^ Putting on, Gen. Bps. 

'" To provoke wrath unto ourselves, Cr. ^ Exhort [Comfort, C. 

B.'] one another, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Are over you, Gen. ^ Ad- 

monish you. Gen. Bps. ^ In hye reputation in love, Cr. Bps. In 

singular love, Gen. 1° Among yourselves. Gen. Bps. ^^ Ex- 

hort, Bps. 12 Admonish, Gen. ^^ Lifte up, Cr. Bjjs. Bear 

with, Gen. ^^ Be patient, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

KK* 



jFo. ccbfif. tE^t i^grst ISjiistle to tiie SCessalongans. 

Quenche not the sprete/ despise nott prophesyinge. ^^ ex- 
amen all thynges. Kepe that which is good, abstayne from 
all ^^ suspicious thynge. The very god of peace sanctifie you 
thorow out. And I praye God that youre whole sprete/ soule/ 
and body/ be ^'^ kept fautlesse vnto the commynge of oure 
lorde Jesus Christ. faythfuU is he/ which called you : which 
will also do it. Brethren/ praye for vs. Grete all the breth- 
ren with an holy kysse. I charge you in the lorde/ that 
this pistle be redde vnto all ^^the wholy brethren. 
The grace off the lorde Jesus Christ be with 
you Amen. 



The fyrst pistle vnto the Tessalonyans 
written from Athens. 

^*Trie, Gen. ^^ Evyll appearance, Cr. Appearance of evil, 

Gen. Bps. " Preserved : so that in nothing ye may be blamed in 

the coming, Cr. Kept blamelesse unto, Gen. Preserved blamelesse 
in, Bps. ^^ The brethren the Saints, Gen. 



HI? 



C8e 

econife ^istlr of J^a^ul to tfte 



®:5e t^vut (tf^apUt. 

l^WilL^ Silvanus, and Timotheus. 

Vnto the congregacion off the Tessalonyans, which 
are in god oure father/ and in the lorde Jesus Christ. 

Grace be with you and peace from Grod oure father/ and 
from the lorde Jesus Christ. 

We are bounde to thanke god all wayes for you brethren/ 
as itt is mete/ be cause that youre fayth groweth excedyngly/ 
and every one of you ^ swymmeth in love towarde another 
betwene youre selves/ so that we reioyce off you in the con- 
gregacions off god/ over youre pacience and faith in all youre 
persecucions/ and tribulacions that ye suffre : which is a token 
of the rightewes/ iudgement of god/ that ye are counted wor- 
thy of the kyngdom of god/ for which ye also suffre. Hit is 
verely a rightewes thynge with god/ to recompence tribulacion 
to them that trouble you : and to you which are troubled rest 
with vs/ 2 when the lorde Jesus shall shewe hym sylfe from 
heven/ wyth ^ his myghty angels in flammynge fyre/ ren- 
drynge vengeaunce vnto them that knowe not god/ and to 
them that obeye nott vnto the gospell off oure lorde Jesu Christ/ 
which shalbe punnysshed with everlastynge '* damnacion/ 
from the presence of the lorde/ and from the glory of his pow- 
er/ when he shall come/ to be gloryfied in his saynctes/ and 
to be made marvelous in all them that beleve : be cause oure 
testimonye that we had vnto you/ was beleved ^ even the same 

* Aboundeth, Gen. Bps. * In the revelation of the Lord Jesus, 

etc. Bps. 3 The angels of his power, Cov. Cr. Bps. 4 per- 

dition, Gen. ^ In that day, Gen. Bps. [Cr. G. B. omit the words 

in crotchets.] 



ifo. ccf):. S:|)e Secon^e HpistU of 33aul 

daye [that we preched it.] Wherfore we praye all wayes 
for you that oure god make you worthy of the callynge/ and 
fulfill 6 all delectacion off goodnes/ and the worke off fayth/ 
with power : that the name off oure lorde Jesus Christ may 
be gloryfied in you/ and ye in hym/ thorowe the grace of 
oure God/ and of the lorde Jesus Christ. 

Crijc secontie Cl^apter. 

"^1/"E beseche you brethren by the commynge of oure lorde 
^ ' Jesu Christ/ and i in that we shall assemble vnto hym/ 
that ye be nott sodenly moved from youre mynde/ and be not 
troubled/ nether by sprete/ nether by wordes/ nor yet by let- 
ter/ 2 which shulde seme to come from vs/ as though the daye 
of Christ were at honde. Let no man deceave you by eny 
means/ for ^ the lorde commeth not/ excepte there come ^ a 
departynge fyrst/ and that that ^ synfull man be opened/ the 
Sonne of perdicion which is an adversarie/ and ^ is exalted 
above all that is called god/ or '^ that is worshipped : so that he 
^ shall sitt in temple of god/ ^ and shewe hym silfe as god. 

Remember ye not/ that when I was yet with you/ I tolde 
you these thynges ? and nowe ye knowe what with holdeth t 
even that he myghtbe ^^ vttered at his tyme. For alredy the 
mistery off iniquytie worketh. ^^ Only he that holdeth/ let 
him nowe holde/ vntill hit be taken out of the waye/ and then 
shall that wicked be vttered/ whom the lorde shall consume 
with the sprete off hys mouth/ and shall ^^ destroye with the 
aparence of his commynge/ even hym whose commynge is 
by the workynge off Satan/ with all ^^ lyinge power/ signes/ 
and wonders : and in all deceavablenes off vnrightewesnes/ 
amonge them that perysshe : be cause they have nott receaved 
the love off the trueth/ thatt they myght have bene saved. 
And therefore god shall sende them stronge delusion/ that they 
shulde beleve lyes : thatt all they myght be damned which be- 
leved not the trueih/ but had pleasure in vnrightewesnes. 

^ All the good pleasure of his goodness [of goodness, B.], Gen. Bp». 
' By our assembling, Gen. Bps. ^ As it were [As, B.] from us, 

Gen. Bps. ^ That day shall not come except, Gen. '* A fall- 

ing away, Bps. ^ Man of sinne be disclosed [revealed, jB.], Gen. 

Bps. ^ Exaltethhimselfe, Gen. ' God's service. Cor. ®Doth 
sit as God, Gen. As God sitteth, Bps. ^ Boasting himselfe, Cr. 

*** Revealed, Gen. Bps. " Till he which now onely letteth be ta- 

ken, Cr. Only he which now letteth [witholdeth, G.] toill let, Gen. 
Bps. ^2 Abolish [Destroy, B.] with the brightness, Gen. Bps. 

*' Power and signs and lying wonders [wonders of lying, B.] , Gen. Bps. 



HI') 

to t!)e STessalongans. dttj. fff. 

We ^^ are bounde to geve thankes alwaye to god for you 
brethren beloved off the lorde/ for be cause that God hath 
from the begynnynge chosen you to health/ thorowe sanctify- 
inge off the sprete/ and thorowe i^ belevynge the trueth : 
where vnto he called you by oure gospell/ to obtayne the glory 
'6 [that commeth] of oure lorde Jesu Christ. 

Therfore brethren stonde fast and kepe the ^^ ordinacions/ 
which ye have ^^ learned : whether it were by oure preach- 
ynge/ or by oure pistle : Oure lorde Jesu Christ hym silfe/ 
and god oure father/ which hath loved vs/ and geven vs ever- 
lastynge consolacion/ and goode hope thorowe grace/ comforte 
youre hertes/ and stably sshe you ^^ in all sayinge/ and goode 
doynge. 



5rt)e if;. ®|)aptci*. 

"PVRTHERMORE brethren praye for vs/ that the worde 
of god maye have fre passage/ and be glory fied/ as it is 
with you : and that ye maye be delivered from vnresonable 
and 1 evyll men. For all men have not fayth : but the lorde 
is faythfull/ which shall stablysshe you/ and kepe you from 
evyll. We ^ have confidence throw the lorde to you warde/ 
that ye both do/ and will do/ that which we commaunde you. 
And the lorde gyde youre hertes vnto the love off God/ and 
3 pacience of Christ. 

We ^ requyre you brethren in the name of our lorde Jesu 
Christ/ that ye withdrawe youre selves from every brother that 
walketh inordinatly/ and not after the ^ institucion which ye 
receaved of vs. Ye youre selves knowe howe ye ought to 
counterfayte vs. For we behaved not oure selves inordinatly 
amonge you. Nether toke we breed of eny man for nought : 
but we wrought with laboure and ^ travayle nyght and daye/ 
be cause we wolde not be "^ grevous to eny off you : nott butt 
that we had auctorite : but to make oure selves an insample 
vnto you/ to counterfayte vs. For when we were with you/ 

14 Ought, Gen. [So ch. i. 3.] ^^ Fayth of the truth, Gen. Bps. 

1^ Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^'^ Instructions which ye have been taught, 

eyther by word, Gen. ^^ Been taught, Bps. ^^ In all doctrine 

and good doinge [workes, C], Cov. T. M. In all good saying and 
doing, Cr. Bps. In every word and good worke. Gen. ^ Cruel, 

Cov. Froward, Cr. ^ Are persuaded of you through the Lorde, 

Gen. ^ The patient wayting for Christ, Cr. Bps. The wayting 

for of Christ, Gen. '^ Commdiunde, Gen. Bps. ^Instruction, 

Gen, ^ Sweat, Cr. ' Chargeable^ Cr. Gen- Bps. 



Jfo. ccj:. Ef)t Secontie 3Epfstle to t!)e STessalongans. 

this we warned you off/ that if there were eny which wolde 
nott worke/ that the same shulde not eate. 

We have herde ^ [saye no dout] that there are some which 
walke among you inordinatly/ and worke not at all/ but are 
besybodies. Them that are soche/ we commaunde and ex- 
horte in the name off oure lorde Jesu Christe/ that they worke 
with quyetnes/ and eate their breed. Brethren be not weary 
in well doynge. YfF eny man obey nott oure sayinges/ ^ send 
vs worde off hym by a letter : and have no companie with 
hym/ that he maye be a shamed : And count hym not as an 
enemy : but ^^ warne hym as a brother. 

The very lorde off peace/ geve you peace all wayes/ by 

all meanes. The lord be with you all. The salu- 

tacion off me Paul with myne awne honde. 

This is the token in all pistles. So I write. 

The grace of oure lorde Jesus be with 

you all Amen. 



Sent from Athens. 

8 Saye that, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^ Note him by a letter, 

Gen. Signifie him by an Epistle, Bps. ^° Admonish, Gen, 



ij2j 



Klmottxnm 



|^®HL an Apostle of Jesus Christ/ by the ^ commaunde- 
ment of god oure savioure/ and of the lorde Jesu Christ/ 
which ys oure hope. 

Vnto Timothe ^ hys naturall sonne in the fayth. 

Grace mercy and peace from god oure father/ and from 
the lord Jesu Christ. 

As I besought the to abyde sty 11 in Ephesus when I de- 
parted into macedonia/ even so do that thou ^ warne some that 
they ^ teache no other wyse : nether geve hede to fables and 
genealogies/ which are endlesse/ and brede ^doutes/ more 
then godly edyfyinge which is by faith : for the ende of the 
commaundement is love that commeth oif a pure herte and of 
a good conscience/ and of fayth vnfayned : from the which 
thynges/ some have erde/ and have turned vnto vayne iange- 
lynge/ ^be cause they wolde be doctours in the scripture and 
yett vnderstonde nott what they speake/ nether wherof they 
afferme. 

We knowe that the lawe is god/ yf a man vse it lawfully/ 
'^ vnderstondinge this/ howe that the lawe is not geven vnto a 
righteous man/ butt vnto the ^ vnrighteous and disobedient/ to 
the vngodly and to synners/ to vnholy and ^ vnclean/ to mur- 
therers of fathers and murtherers of mothers/ to i® manquel- 

?* ^ Commission, Cr. Bps. ^ My [A, B.~\ naturall sonne, Cov. 

Gen. Bps. ^ Commaunde, Ml the Vers. ^ Follow no straunge 

doctryne, Cr. Teach no other doctrine, Gen. Bps. ^ Questions, 

Gen. Bps. ^ They would be [Coveting to be, B.'] doctours of the 

Lawe, Gen. Bps. ' Knowing, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Lawlesse, 

Gen. Bps. ^ Prophane, Gen. ^° Manslayers, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



jTo. ctpf. C:t)c JFsrst Hpfstle off ^aul 

lars and whormongers : to ^^ them that defile them selves with 
mankynde : to menstealers : to lyars and to periured/ and 
1^ [so forth] yf thei'e be eny wother thynge that is contrary to 
holsome doctryne accordynge to the ^^ glorious gospell off the 
I'* holy god/ which gospell is committed vnto me. 

And I thanke ^^ hym that hath made me stronge ^^ in Christ 
Jesu oure lorde : for he counted me ^^ true/ and put me in 
office/ when before I was a blasphemar/ [and a persecuter/] 
and ^^ a tyraunt. Neverthelesse ^^ I obtayned mercy because 
I did it ignorauntly/ in vnbelefe : but the grace of oure lorde 
was more aboundant/ with fayth and love/ which is in Christ 
Jesu. 

This is a true saynge/ and by all meanes worthy to be re- 
ceaved/ that Christ Jesus cam into the worlde to save syn- 
ners/ of whom I am chefe : Notwithstondynge -^ vnto me was 
mercy geven/ that ^i Jesus Christ shulde fyrst shewe on me 
all ^'2 long pacience/ vnto the ensample off them which shall in 
tyme to come beleve on hym vnto eternall lyfe. So then vnto 
23 god/ kynge everlastynge/ '^^ immortall/ invisible/ and wyse 
only/ be honoure and prayse for ever and ever Amen. 

This commaundement commit I unto the sonne Timotheus/ 
accordynge to the prophesies which ^5 in tyme past were 
prophesied off the/ that thou in them shouldest fyght a good 
fyght/ havynge fayth and good conscience/ which some have 
put awaye from them/ and as concernynge fayth have made 
shipwracke. of whose nombre is Himeneus/ and Alexander/ 
which I have delivered vnto Satan/ that they might be taught 
not to blaspheme. 



St)C fj. ^Ijapter. 

T EX HORTE therfore that ^ above all thynges prayeers/ 
•*- supplicacions/ ^ peticions/ and gevynge of thankes/ behad 

1* Buggerers. Gcji. ^^ Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. *^ Gospell of 

the glory, Cov. T.M. Cr. Bps. ^'^ Blessed,. ill the Vers. ^^ Christ 
Jesus, etc. which hath made me, Cr. Bps. ^'^ That is Christ, etc. 

Gen. ^"^ Faithful and put me in his service [into the ministerie, 

B], Gen. Bps. ^^ An opprcsser, Gc7i. Bps. B. omits the clause 

in crotchets. *^ I was received to, Ge7i. ^° For this cause ob- 

tayned 1 [was I received to, G.] mercy, Cr. Gen. For this cause was 
mercy shewed unto me, Bps. ^^ In me the fyrst, Jesus Christ 

should shew, Bps. ^^ Longe suffering, Gen. Bps. ^ The king 

everlasting, etc. unto God only wise, Gen. Bps. ** Incorruptible, 

Bps. 25 Went before upon thee, Gen. Bps. ^ First of all, Gen. 

Bps. 2 Intercessions, Gen. Bps. 



Hi3 



bnto STfrnottieus. ®t>. ffj. 

for all men : for kynges/ and for all that are in ^ preeminence/ 
thatt we may live a quyet and a peasable life/ in all godlines 
and honestie. For that is good and accepted in the sight of 
god oure savioure/ which wolde have all men saved/ and to 
come vnto the knowledge of the trueth. For there is one god/ 
and one mediator bitwene god and man/ which is the man 
Christ Jesus/ which gave hym silfe a raunsom for all men/ 
"* that it shulde be ^ preached at his tyme/ where vnto I am 
apoynted a preacher/ and an apostle (I tell te trueth in Christ 
and lye not) beynge the teacher of the gentyls in fayth and 
veritie. 

I woU therfore that the men praye every where/ lyftynge 
vppe pure hondes without wrath/ or ^ arguynge. Lykwyse 
also the wemen that they arraye them selves in "^ manerly 
aparell with shamfastnes/ and ® honest behaveour/ not with 
broyded heare/ other golde/ or pearles/ or costly ^ araye : 
butt 1^ [with suche] as becommeth wemen that professe ^Uhe 
worshippynge of God thorow good workes. Let the woman 
learne in silence with all subieccion. I sufFre not a woman to 
teache/ nether to ^^ have auctoritie over a man : butt forto be 
in silence. For Adam was fyrst formed/ and then Eve. Al- 
so Adam was not deceaved/ butt the woman was deceaved/ 
and was in transgression. Notwilhstondynge they shalbe 
saved thorow bearynge off children/ yff they continue in the 
fayth and in love/ and ^^ in sanctifying. 

^pc ffi. €|)n4)tcv. 

nnHIS is a true sayinge : Yff a man i covet the office of a 

-*- bisshope/ he desyreth ^ a good worke. Ye and a bissh- 

ope/ must be ^ fautlesse/ the husband of one wyfe/ ^ sober/ ^ of 

honest behaveoure/ ^ honestly aparelled/ '^ harberous/ apt to 

3 Aulhoritie, All the Vers. ■^ A testimonie in due times, Gen 

Bps. ^ Testified, T. M. Cr. " Doubting, Gen. Reasoning 

Bps. 7 Comely, All the Vers. ^ Discreet behaviour. Gov 

T. M Cr. Bps. Modestie, Gen. ^ Apparell, Gen. ^^ Cr. Gen 

Bps. omit. 11 Godlinesse, Cr. Bps. The feare of God, Gen 

'2 Usurpe, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Holinesse with discrecion [with mo 

destle, G. B.],All the Vers. i Desire, Gen. Bps. ^ An hon 

est, Cr. A worthy. Gen. ^ Blamelesse, Cr. Bps. Unreprovea 

ble. Gen. * Diligent, Cr. Watching. Gen. Bps. ^ Discreet 

Cov. T. M. Sober, Cr. Gen. Bps. « Mannerly, Cov. Discret, Cr 

Modest, Geji. Comely apparelled, Bps. '^ A keper [lover, J?.] of 

hospitalitie, Cr. Bps. 

LL 



JTo. cc^rfj. C:f)e if^tst Hpfstle of 3Pawl 

teache/ not ^dronken/ no ^fyghter/ not geven to filthy lucre: 
but gentle/ ^^ abhorrynge fightynge/ abhorrynge covetousnes/ 
and won that ^^rueleth his owne housse honestly/ havynge 
children ^^ ynder obedience/ with all honeste. For yf a man 
cannot rule his owne housse/ how shall he care for the con- 
gregacion of god. ^3 jje may not be a yonge man/ lest ^^ he 
swell and faule into the ^^ iudgement of ^^ the evyll speaker. 
He must also be wele reported off amonge them which are with 
outforth/ lest he fall into rebuke/ and into the snare off ^^ the 
evyll speakar. 

Lykwyse must the ^"^ deacons be honest/ not double tonged/ 
nott geven unto moche ^^drynkynge/ nether ^^vnto filthy lu- 
cre : butt havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure conscience. 
And let them fyrst be proved/ and then lett them minister/ 
20 yf they be founde fautlesse. 

Even so must their wyves be ^^ honest/ not evyll speakars : 
butt sober/ and faythfull in all thynges. Let the deacons be 
the husbandes of one wyfe and such as rule their children 
wele/ and their owne housholdes. For they that minister well/ 
get them selves good degre/ and greate libertie in the fayth/ 
which is in Christ Jesu. 

These thynges write I vnto the/ trustynge to come shortly 
vnto the. 22 ^^^ yff j come not/ that thou mayst yet have 
knowledge howe thou oughtest to behave thy silfe in the 
housse off God/ which is the congregacion off the livynge God/ 
the pillar and grounde of trueth. And with out ^3 naye gret 
is that mistery of godlines. God was ^'^ shewed in the flesshe/ 
was iustified in the sprete/ was sene off angels/ was preached 
vnto the gentyls/ was beleved on in ^Serth and receaved 
vppe in glory. 

5rt)e lb. (tfidipUx. 

'T'HE sprete speaketh evydently that in the latter tymes 
-■• some shall departe from the fayth/ and shall geve hede 

^ Not given to overmuch wine [to wine, G.],Cr. Gen. Bps. ^Stri- 
ker, Gen. Bps. ^'^ No fighter nor covetous, Gen. " Ruleth 
well his own house, Cr. Bps. ^^ In subjection with reverence 
[gravitie, B.J, Cr. Bps. ^^ Not a young scholar, All the Vers. 
" He being puffed up, fall into the condemnation of the devyll, Gen. 
Bps. ^'° Condemnation, Gen. Bps. ^^ The devil, Gen. Bps. 
"Ministers be grave [honest, C], Cr. Bps. ^^ Wine, Cr. Gen. 
Bps. ^^ Greedie of, Bps. ^ So that no man be able to re- 
prove them, Cr. 21 Grave, Bps. 22 ^y^ if I tary long, All the 
Vers. 23 Doubt, Cr. Bps. Controversie, Gen. ^4 Manifested, 
Gen. Shewed manyfestly, Bps. ^ The world, Gen. 



vnto spretes of errure/ and ^ dy vlysshe doctryne ^ off them 
which speake falce thorow ypocrisy/ and have their conscien- 
ces 3 marked with an hott yeron/ forbyddynge to marry/ and 
commaundynge to abstayne from meates/ which god hath 
created to be receaved with gevynge thankes/ off them which 
beleve/ and have knowen the trueth/ for all the creatures of 
God are good : and nothynge to be refused/ yff it be receaved 
with thankes gevynge : For it is sanctified by the worde of 
god and prayer. Yff thou shalt put the brethren in remem- 
braunce of these thynges/ thou shalt be a good minister of 
Jesu Christ which has bene nourisshed vppe in the wordes of 
fayth/ and good doctryne/ which doctryne thou hast continual- 
ly followed. But cast awaye ^ vngostly and olde wyves fa- 
bles. 

Exercyse thy silfe vnto godlines. For bodely exercyse 
proffiteth lytell : Butt godlines is ^ good vnto all thynges/ as 
a thynge which hath promyses of the lyfe ^ that is nowe/ and 
off the' lyfe to come. This is a sure saynge/ and "^ of all par- 
ties worthy to be receaved. For therfore we laboure and 
suffre rebuke/ be cause we ^ beleve in the livynge god/ which 
is the savioure off all men/ butt specially of those that beleve. 
Suche thynges commaunde and teache. Let no man despyse 
thy youth : but be vnto them that beleve an insample/ in worde/ 
in conversacion/ in love/ in sprete/ in fayth and in purenes. 

Till I come geve attendaunce to redynge/ to exhortacion/ 
and to doctryne. Despyse not the gyfte that is in the/ which 
was geven the thorow prophesy/ and with leyinge on of the 
hondes 9 of a seniour. These thynges exercyse/ and geve 
thy silfe vnto them/ that all men maye se howe thou proffetes. 
Take hede vnto thy silfe and vnto ^^ learnynge/ and continue 
therin. For if thou shalt so do thou shalt save thy silfe/ and 
them that heare the. 

STfje b. ©taptet. 

T> EBUKE not a seniour^ : but exhorte hym as a father/ 
■^^ and the yonger men as brethren/ the elder wemen as 

1 Doctrines of devils, Gen. Bps. ^ Which speak lies, Gen. 

3 Burned, Gen. Seared, Bps. ^ Prophane, Gen. Bps. ^ Pro- 

fitable, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Present, Gen. '' By all means, Cr. 

Gen. Bps. ^ Have astedfast hope, Cr. Trust, Gen. Have hoped, 

Bps. ^ Of the elders, Cov. T. M. By the authoritie of presthode 

[of the eldership, B.], Cr. Bps. Of the companie of the eldership, Gen, 
^^ Doctrine, Bps. ^ Cr. adds — rigorously. 



iTo. ccipU]. ®:|)e jFgtst H^istte of ^aul 

mothers/ the yonger as sisters/ with all purenes. Honoure 
widdowes which are ^ true wyddowes. Yf eny wyddowe have 
children or neve us/ let them learne fyrst to 3 ruele their owne 
houses godly/ and to recompence their ^ elders. For that is 
^ good and exceptable before God. She that is a very wyd- 
dowe/ and 6 frendlesse/ "^ putteth her trust in god/ and con- 
tinueth in supplicacion and prayer nyght and daye : but she 
that liveth in pleasure/ is deed ^ even yet alive. And suche 
thynges commaunde/ that they maye be without ^ faut. Yf 
there be eny that provideth not for his owne/ and ^^ namely 
for them of his housholde the same denyeth the fayth/ and is 
worsse then an infydell. 

Let no wyddowe be ^^ chosen vnder threscore yere olde/ 
and soche a wone as was the wyfe off one man/ and well re- 
ported off in good workes : yf she have noressed children/ 
yf she have ^^ bene liberall to straungers/ yf she have wesshed 
the saynctes fete/ yf she have ministered vnto them which 
were in adversitie/ yf she were continually geven vnto all 
maner good workes. The yonger widdowes refuse. For 
when they have begonne to wexe wantan/ i^ to the dishonoure 
of Christ/ then will they mary/ haveynge damnacion/ be cause 
they have i^ despised their fyrst fayth. And also/ they learne 
to 1^ goo from housse to housse ydle/ ye not ydle only/ but al- 
so IS tryfljmge and busy bodies/ speakynge thynges which are 
not comly. 

I will therefore that the yonger women mary and beare 
children/ and '^'^ gyde the housse/ and geve none occasion to 
the adversary to speake ^^ evylL For many of them are all 
redy turned bake/ ^^ [and are gone] after Satan. And yf 
eny/ ^^ man or woman that beleveth have widdowes/ lett them 
21 minister vnto them/ and let not the congregacion be charg- 
ed : that 22 hytt maye ^i have sufficient for them that are wid- 
dowes in dede. 

2 Widdowes in deede, Gen. Bps. [So vs. 5.] * Shew godlinesse 
towarde their own house, Gen. ■* Kindred, Gen. Elder kinsfolkes^ 
Bps. ° An honest thing, Gen. ® Left alone. Gen. Bps. 

' Hopeth, Bps. ^ "While she liveth, Gen. Being alive, Bps, 

3 Rebuke, Cr. ^^ Specially, Bps. " Taken into the number, 

Gen. ^2 Been harbourous, Cov. Lodged strangers, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

13 Against Christ, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^4 Broken, Cov. T. M. Gen. 

Castawaye, Cr. Bps. ^= Wandex, Bps. ^^ Tatlers, Cr. Bps. 

Prattlers, Gen. " Governe, Gen. ^^ Slanderously, Bps. 

1^ Gen. Bps. omit. ^ Faithful man or faithful woman. Gen, 

2^ Sustaine them, Bps. *^ They which are right widowes, may 

have enough, Cov, 



M^7 



bnto CTimotljcus. ©1). b[. 

The seniours that rule wele ^3 are worthy of double hon- 
oure/ most specially they which laboure in the worde and 
2^* in teachynge. For the scripture sayth : Thou shalt not 
musell 25 [the mouth of] the oxe that treadeth out the corne. 
And the labourer is worthy of his ^ rewarde. Agaynst a 
senioure receave none accusation : but vnder two or thre 
witnesses. Them that synne rebuke openly that wother maye 
feare. 

27 1 testifie before god/ and the lorde Jesus Christ/ and the 
elect angels/ that thou observe these thynges with out ^8 hasty 
iudgement/ and do nothinge parcially. Laye hondes sodenly 
on no man nether be part taker of wother menes synnes. 
Kepe thy silfe pure. Drynke no longer water/ but vse a lytell 
wyne/ for thy stommakes sake/ and thyne often '29 diseases. 

Some mennes synnes are open before honde ^^ and goo be- 
fore vnto iudgement : some mennes synnes ^^ folowe after. 
Lykwyse also good workes are manyfest before honde/ and 
they that are other wyse/ cannot be hid. 

S!i)e bj. @:f)aptcv. 

T" ET as many sei'vauntes as are vnder the yoke counte their 
■^ masters worthy of all honour/ that the name of god/ and 
his doctrine be not evyll spoken off. Se that they which have 
belevynge masters despyse them nott be cause they are breth- 
ren : but so moche the rather do service/ for as moche as they 
are ^ belevynge and beloved and part takers of the benefite. 

These thynges teache and exhorte. Yf eny man ^ teachc 
other wyse/ and ^ is not content with the wholsome wordes of 
the lorde Jesu Christ/ and with the doctrine off godlines/ he is 
pufte vpp and knoweth nothynge : but ^ wasteth his braynes 
aboute questions/ and stryfe off wordes/ wher off sprynge en- 
vie/ stryfe/ ^ realinges/ evyll surmysinges ^ superfluus disput- 
ynges ''' [in scolus] of men with coiTupte myndes/ ^ and desti- 
tute of the trueth/ which thynke that lucre is godlines. From 

^•^ Let them be counted worthy, Bps. ^Doctrine, Gen. ^'^ Bps. 
omits. ^^ Wages, Gen. ^7 j charge thee, Gen. "^ Hasti- 

nesse of judgment, Cr. Bps. Preferring one to another, Gen. ^9 jn. 
firmities, Gen. ^^ So that they may be judged aforehand, Gov. 

31 Shall be manifest hereafter. Gov. ' Faithfull, Gen. ^ Fol- 

owe other doctryne, Cr. ^ Agreeth not unto, Gov. Enclyne not 

unto, Cr. Consenteth not unto. Gen. Bps. * Doteth, Gen. Bps. 

^ [i. e, railings.] ^ Vaine, Ml the Vers. '' [i. e. in schools. — 

Ml the Vers, omit the words.] ^ That are robbed, Gov. Cr. 

LL* 



\ 



jfo, ccj:fiy< S'jbe i^iirst Mpfstle off 33aut 

soche seperate thy silfe. ^ Godliness is great ^^ riches/ yf a 
man be content with that he hath. For we brought nothynge 
into the worlde/ ^i and it is a playne case that we can cary 
nothynge out. 

When we have fode and rayment/ ^^ let vs their with be con- 
tent. They that wilbe ryche/ faule into temptacion/ and 
snares/ and into many folysshe and noysome lustes/ which 
droune men in perdicion/ and destruccion. For ^^ covet- 
eousnes is the rote of all evyll/ which whill some lusted after/ 
they erde from the feyth/ and ^^ tanglyd them selves with 
many sorowes. But thou ^^ which arte the man of god/ flye 
soche thynges. Folowe rightewesnes/ godlines/ ^^ love/ pa- 
cience/ meknes. Fyght a good fyght of fayth. Lay holde 
on eternall lyfe/ where vnto thou arte called/ and hast pro- 
fessed a good profession before many witnesses. 

I geve the charge in the sight off God/ which quickneth all 
thynges/ and before Jesus Christ/ which vnder Poncius Pilate 
witnessed a good ^"^ witnessynge/ that thou kepe the com- 
maundement with out spott/ i^ so that noman fynde faute wyth 
the/ vntyll the aperynge of oure lorde Jesus Christ/ which 
i^aperynge (when the tyme ys come) he shall shewe that is 
blessed and 20 myghty only/ kynge of kynges/ and lorde of 
lordes/ which only hath immortalitie/ and dwelleth in light 
thatt no man can attayne/ whom never man sawe/ nether can 
se : vnto whom be honoure and ^^ rule everlastynge Amen. 

Charge them that are ryche in this worlde/ that they be not 
22 excedynge wyse/ and that they trust not in the vncertayne 
ryches/ but in the livynge god/ which geveth vs aboundantly 
all thynges to enioye them/ and that they do good and be ryche 
in good workes/ and redy to ^ geve/ and to distribute/ ^^ lay- 
ing vppe in store for them selves/ a good foundacion agaynst 
the tyme to come/ that they maye obtayne eternall lyfe. 

® Howbeit it is a great advantage whoso is godly and holdeth him- 
selfe content with that he hath, Cov. ^^ Gaine, Gen. Lucre, 

Bps. " Neyther may we cary, etc. Cr. And it is certaine,Gcw. Bps. 
'2 We must, etc. Cr. Bps. " Covetousness [The desire, G. Love, 

B.] of money, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^* Perced themselves through. 

Gen. Bps. '» O man of God, Gen. Bps. ^^ Cr. Gen. Bps. 

add — fayth. " Confession, Gen. Profession, Bps. ^^ Unre- 

bukeable. Ml the Vers. ^^ In his tymes, Cov. Cr. Bps. In due 

times. Gen. ^ Prince onely. Gen. Bps. 21 Empire, Cov. Power, 
Gen. Bps. 22 Proude, Cov. Hye minded, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Give 
and distribute with a good will, Cov. Geve and glad [gladly, C] to 
distribute, Cr. Bps. Distribute and communicate, Gen. ^ Gath- 



1^1 



bnto Cimotf)eus. €!j. bj. 

Timothe ^ save that which is geven the to kepe/ and avoyde 
26 vngostly vanities of voyces/ and opposicions of sci- 
ence falsly so called/ which science/ whyll 
some professed/ they have erred as 
concemynge the fajrth. 
Grace be with the 
Amen. 



Sent from Laodicia/ which is the 

chefest city of Phrigia 

Pacaciana. 

^ Keepe that which is committed to thee, Gen. ^ Ungostlie, 

vaine wordes, Cov. Prophane and vaine babblings, Gen. Bps. 






\WiMlL an Apostle of Jesu Christ/ by the will of god/ 
1 to preache the promes of lyfe/ which lyfe is in Christ 
Jesu. 

To Timothe ^ his beloved sonne Grace/ mercy/ and peace/ 
from god the father/ and from Jesus Christ oure lorde. 

I thanke god/ whom I serve from myn elders with pure 
conscience/ that with out ceasynge I ' make mencion of the 
in my prayers nyght and daye/ desyrnge to se the/ myndfull 
off thy teares : so that I am filled with ioye/ when I call to 
remembraunce the vnfayned fayth that is in the/ which dwelt 
fyrst in thy graunmoder Lois/ and in thy mother Evnica : 
and am assuered that itt dwelleth in the also. 

Wherfore ^I warne the that thou store vppe the gyfte of god 
which is in the/ by the puttynge on of my hondes. For god 
hath not geven to vs the sprete of feare : but of power/ and 
of love/ and of ^ honest behaveour. Be not a shamed ^ to tes- 
tyfye of oure lorde/ nether be ashamed of me/ which am 
bounde for his sake : but '' suffre adversitie with the gospell 
also thorowe the power of god/ which saved vs/ and called vs 
with an holy callynge/ not after oure dedes/ but for his pur- 

^ According to the promise of lyfe, Cr. Gen. Bps. \ ^ My, Gen. 
Bps. ^ Have remembrance. Gen. Bps. ^ Put thee in re- 

membrance, Gen. Bps^ ^ Right understanding, Cov. Soberness 

of mynd, T. M. Sobreness, Cr. A sounde minde, Gen. Bps. ^ Of 

the testimonie of our Lorde, nether [C. adds — be ashamed] of mee 
[C adds — which am] his prisoner, Cr. Gen. Bps. "^ Bee partaker 

of the afflictions of the Gospell according to, etc. Gen. 



4 5J 

bnto Cfmotfjeus. €:t). ff. 

pose and grace/ which grace was geven vs thorowe Christ 
Jesu before the worlde was/ but is nowe declared openly by 
the apearynge off oure savioure Jesus Christ/ which hath 
s put awaye deeth/ and hath brought lyfe and immortalite vnto 
light thorowe the gospell/ where vnto I am apoynted a preach- 
er/ and an Apostle/ and a teacher off the gentyls : for the 
which cause I also sufFre this, neverlhelesse I am not asham- 
ed. For I knowe ^ whom I have beleved/ and am i^ sure 
that he is able to kepe that which I have committed to his 
kepynge agaynst that daye. 

11 Se that thou have the ensample of the holsome wordes 
which thou herdest of me/ in fayth and love which is in Jesu 
Christ. That good thynge whiche was committed to thy kep- 
ynge/ kepe in the holy gost which dwelleth in vs. This thou 
kiiowest howe that all they which are in Asia be turned from 
me. of which sorte are Phigellos and Hermogenes. the 
lorde gave mercie vnto the housse off Onesiphoros/ for he of\e 
reffesshed me/ and was not a shamed off my chayne : but 
when he was at Rome he sought me out very dilligently/ and 
founde me. The lorde graunt vnto him that he maye fynde 
mercie with the lorde at that daye. And i"^ in howe many 
thinges he ministered vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest very 
wele. 



Z'i)t secontre (?!:i)apter. 

^HOU therfore my sonne be stronge in the grace that is in 
Christ Jesu. Ajid what thynges thou hast herde off me/ 
1 many bearynge witnes/ the same ^ delivre to faythfull men/ 
whych 3 are apte to teache wother. Thou therfore suffre afflic- 
cion a sa good soudier off Jesu Christ. No man that warreth/ 
entanglith hym silfe wyth '* worldely busynes/ and thatt be cause 
he wolde please hym that hath chosen him to be a soudier. 
And though a man stryve for a masteiy/ yett ys he not croun- 
ed/ excepte he ^ strive laufully. The ^ husbaunde man that 

^ Taken away the power of death, Cov. Abolished death, Gen. 
^ And am sure that he (in whom I have put ray trust) is able, Cr. 
1^ Perswaded, Gen. Bps. ^^ Hold thee after the ensample, 

Cov. Keepe the true paterne, Gen. See thou have the paterne, Bps. 
** How much, Cor. ^ By many witnesses, C>. Gcw. J?/?5. ^ Com- 
mit; Gen. Bps. ^ Shalbe able, Cr. Gen. •* The affayres of 
this life. Gen. Bps. ^ Strive as he ought to do, Gen. Wrestle 
lawfully, Bps. * The husbandman must labour before he, etc. Gen. 
The labouring husbandman must first be a partaker of, etc. Bps. 



jFo/ cc):bf. 2t!)e Secontie SSpfstle off ^aul 

laboreth must fyrst receave off the frutes. Consider what I 
saye. The lorde geve the vnderstondynge in all thynges. 

Remember that Jesus Christ beynge off the sede of David/ 
rose agayne from deth accordynge to my gospell/ where in I 
suffre truble as an evill doar/ even vnto bondes. but the worde 
of god was not bounde. Herfore I suffre all thinges/ for the 
electes sakes/ thatt they might also obtayne that helth which 
is in Christ Jesu/ with eternall glory. 

It is a "^ true sayinge/ if we be deed with him/ we also shall 
live with hym. Yf we ^ be pacient/ we shall also raigne with 
him. If we denye him/ he also shall denye vs. Yf we ^ be- 
leve not/ yet abideth he faithfuU. He cannot denye hym 
silfe. Of these thynges put them in remembraunce. and 
1^ testifie before the lorde/ that they ^^ stry ve not about wordes/ 
which is to no proffet/ but to pervert the heares. 

Studdy to shewe thy silfe ^^ laudable vnto god/ a workman 
that needeth not to be ashamed/ ^^ divydyng the worde of trueth 
i^iustly. i^Vngostly and vayne voyces passe over. For 
they shall i^ encreace vnto gretter vngodlynes/ and their wordes 
shall fret even as doth a cancre. of whose nombre ys hyme- 
neos/ and Philetos/ which as concernynge the trueth have er- 
red/ sayinge that the resurreccic n is past all redy/ and do de- 
stroye the fayth ^''' of divers persones, 

But the 1^ sure grounde of god remayneth/ and hath this 
seale : the lorde knoweth them that are his/ and let every man 
that calleth on the name of Christ/ departe from iniquitie. 
Notwithstondynge in a grete housse are not only vesselles off 
golde and of silver : but also of wood and of erthe : Some for 
honoure/ and some vnto dishonoure. Yf a man pourdge hym 
silfe ^^ from suche felowes/ he shalbe a vessell sanctified vnto 
honoure mete for the ^^ lorde/ and prepayred unto all good 
worhes. 

Lustes of youth ^^ avoyde/ and folowe rightewesnes/ fayth/ 
love/ and peace/ with them that call on the lorde with pure 

' Faithful, Bps. « Suffer, Gen. ^ Be unfaithful, Bps. 

*" Protest, Gen. ^^ Folowe no contencyous wordes, Cr. ^^ Ap- 

proved, Gen. Bps. " Distributynge, Cr. ^^ Aright, Gen. 

Rightly, Bps. ^' Ungostly vanities of voyces, etc. Cr. Stay pro- 

phane and vaine babblings, Gen. Prophane voyces of vanities, etc. 
Bps. ^^ Helpe much to ungodlinesse, Cov. ^^ Of some, Cr. 

Bps. Of certaine, Gew. ^^ g^re ground [Strong fundation, B.] 

of God standeth still, Cr. Bps. Fundation of God remaineth sure, 
Gen. ^9 From such men, Cr. From these, Gen. Bps. ^ Uses 

of the Lorde, Cr. Bps. ^i piee from, Gen. 



H^3 

bnto STimotfjeus. <!!C|). fif. 

herte. Folisshe and vnlearned questions put from the/ re- 
membrynge that they ^2 do but make stryfe. But the servaunt 
of the lorde must not str5rve : but must be ^^ peasable vnto all 
men/ ^ and redy to teache/ and ^^ won that can suffre the evyll 
in meknes/ and can informe them that resist/ 26 yf that god 
att eny tyme will geve them repentaunce for to knowe the 
trueth : that they may 2''' wake out of slepe agayne/ out off the 
snare off the devyll/ which are nowe ^8 taken off hym at his 
will. 

n^HIS vnderstond/ that in the last dayes shall come parelous 
-*• tymes : For the men shalbe lovers of their awne selves/ 
Coveteous/ Bosters/ Proude/ ^ Cursed speakers/ disobedient to 
father and mother/ vnthankfull/ ^ vnholy/ ^ churlisshe/ ^ stub- 
born/ falce accusars/ ^ ryatours/ fearce/ despysers of them 
which are good/ traytours/ heddy/ hye mynded/ ^ gredy apon 
voluptousnes more then the lovers of god/ havynge "^ a simili- 
tude off godly lyvynge/ but have denyed the power there of. 
8 Soche abhorre. For of this sorte are they which ^ entre in- 
to houses/ and ^^ brynge into bondage wymmen laden with 
synne/ which wemen are ledde of divers lustes/ ever learnynge/ 
and never able to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth. 

As James and Jambres withstode Moses/ even so do ihese 
resist the trueth. men they are off corrupt myndes/ ^^ and 
leawde as concernynge the fajrth : but they shall prevayle no 
lenger. For there madnes shalbe ^^ vttered vnto all men as 
thers was : but thou hast ^^ gene the experience of my doc- 
tryne/ ^^ ordinaunce/ purpose/ fayth/ longe sufFerynge/ love/ 

22 Gender, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Gentle, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Apt 

to teach, Ml the Vers. ^ One that can forbear the evill, Cov. Suf- 

fering evyll, [the evyll men patiently, G.] with meekness instructing 
them that are contrarie minded. Gen. Bps. ^ Cr. adds — the 

truth. 27 Turn again, Cov. Come to themselves agayne, T. M. 

Cr. Bps. Come to amendment, Gen. '"* Holden captive, Cr. 

Taken captive, Bps. ^ Blasphemous, Bps. 2 Ungodly, 

Bps. 2 Unkind, Cov. T. M. Cr. Without natural affection, Gen. Bps. 
* Truce-breakers, All the Vers. * Intemperate, Gen. ^ Lovers 

of pleasure. Gen. Bps. "''A similitude of godlinesse, Cr. Ashewe 

[A forme, B.} of godlinesse, Gew. Bps. ^ Turne away from 

[Avoid, C.] such, Cov. Gen. Bps. ^ Run from house to house, 

Cov. Creep into houses. Gen. ^^ Lead captive simple women. 

Gen. Bps. " Reprobate, Gen. Sp5. ^^^y'ldent, Gen. Mani- 

fest, Bps. ^3 Fully knowen [Folowed, B.] my doctrine, Gen. Bps 

" Fashion [Maner, G.] of lyving, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



jf: ccjrbi). S^fje Sccontie Hpfstle off ^aul 

pacience/ persecucions/ and affliccions which happened vnto 
me att Anthioche/ at Iconium/ and at lystra : which persecu- 
cions I suffered ^^ [paciently/] and from them all the lorde de- 
Uvered me. Ye and all that will live godly in Christ Jesu/ 
must suffre persecucions. But the evyll men and disceavers/ 
shall wexe worsse and worsse/ whill they deceave/ and are 
deceaved them selves. 

But continue thou in the thynges which thou hast learned/ 
16 which also were committed vnto the seynge thou knowest 
off whom thou hast learned them, and for as moche also as 
thou hast knowen ^'^ holy scripture of a chylde/ which is able 
to make the wyse vnto health throwe fayth/ which is in Christ 
Jesu. For all scripture ^^ geven by inspiracion of god/ is prof- 
fitable ^^ to teache/ to improve/ '^^ to informe/ and to instruct 
in rightewesnes/ that the man of god maye be ^^ perfet/ and 
prepared vnto all good workes. 



2ri)r fiij. ^ijaptcr. 

T 1 TESTIFIE therfore before god/ and before the lorde Jesu 
-*- Christ/ which shall iudge quicke and deed at his aperynge 
~ in his kyngdom/ preache the word/ ^ be fei'vent/ be it in sea- 
son or out of season. Improve/ rebuke/ exhorte with all 
longe sufferinge.'* For the tyme will come/ when they wyll 
nott suffer wholsome doctryne : butt after their awne lustes 
shall ^ they (whose eares ytche) gett them an heepe of teach- 
ers/ and shall turne their eares from the trueth/ and shalbe 
geven vnto fables. Butt watch thou in all thynges/ and suffre 
adversitie/ and do the worke off an evangelist/ ^ fulfill thyne 
office vnto the vtmost. 

For I am no we redy to be offered/ and the tyme of my de- 
partynge is at honde. I have fought a good fight/ and have 
"^ fulfilled my course/ and have kept the fayth. From hence 
forth is layde vppe for me a croune of rightewesnes/ which the 
lorde that is a righteous iudge shall geve me at that daye. 



^^ Ge7i. omits. '^ And art persuaded thereof, Gen. ^''' The 

scriptures from an infant, Bps. ^^ {Is) given, Gen. Bps. ^^ To 

doctrine, to reprove, Bps. ^^ To amende, T. M. Cr. To correct, Gen. 
To correction, Bps. ^^ Absolute, being made perfect unto, etc. (V^???. 
Perfect, instructed unto, etc. Bps. ^ Charge thee. Gen. ^ And 

in his, etc. Gen. And hys, etc. Bps ^ Be instant, in season, etc. 

Gen. Bps. ■* .ill the Vers, add — and doctrine, ^ Having their ears 
itching. Gen. ^ Make thy ministerie fully knowen, Gcji. Fulfyl 

thy ministerie, Bps. ' Finished, Gen. 



btito 2Eimott)eus. ®!). uij. 

nott to me only : but vnto all them that love his commynge. 
^ Make spede to come vnto me atonce. 

For Demas hath ^ left me/ and hath ^^ loved this present 
worlde/ and is departed into Tessalonica. Crescens is gone 
to Galacia/ and Titus vnto Dalmacea. Only Lucas is with me. 
Take Marke and bringe him ^^ with the/ for he is necessary 
vnto me forto minister, and Tichichus have I sent to Ephesus. 
the cloke that I lefte at troada with Carpus when thou com- 
mest brynge with the/ and the bokes/ but specially the parch- 
ment. Alexander the coppersmyth ^^ did me moche evyll/ 
the lorde rewarde him accordynge to his dedes/ of whom 
be thou ware also. For he ^^ with stode oure preachynge 
sore. At my fyrst answerynge for my silfe/ no man assisted 
me/ but all forsoke me. I praye god/ that it maye nott be 
layde to their charges : nott with stondynge the lorde assisted 
me/ and strengthed me/ that by me the preachyng ^^ shulde 
be fulfilled to the vtmost/ and that all the gentyls shulde heare/ 
And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lyon/ And the 
lorde shall delivre me from ^^ all y veil doynge/ and shall kepe 
me vnto his hevenly kyngdom. To whom be prayse for ever 
and ever Amen. 
Salute prisca and Aquila/ and the houssholde of Onesiphor- 
us. Erastus abode at Corinthum. Trophimos I left at 
Miletum sicke. Make spede to come before 
winter. Eubolus gretith the/ and Pudes/ 
and Linus/ and Claudia/ and all the 
brethren. The lorde Jesus Christ 
be with thy sprete. 
Grace be with you Amen. 

The seconde pistle written from Rome vnto 

Timothe/ when Paul was presented the 

seconde tyme vppe/ before the 

Emperoure Nero. 

8 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me, Cr. Bps. ^ For- 

saken, Cr. Gen. Bps. '° Embraced, Gen. " With me to the 

ministration, etc. Cov. With thee, for he is profitable unto me, etc. 
Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Shewed, Bps. ^^ Hath greatly withstand, 

Cr. Bps. ^* Myght be fully knowen. Gen, ^^ Every evyll 

worke, Gen. Bps, 



m^tu of mm ^wto mtm. 



\^Wi1L the servaunt of god and an Apostle of Jesu 
Christ/ ^ to preache the fayth of goddis electe/ and the 
knowledge off the trueth/ which trueth is ^ in servynge god in 
hope of etemall lyfe god that cannot lye/ hath promysed be- 
fore ^ the worlde began : but hath '* at the tyme apoynted 
^ opened his worde by preachynge/ which preachynge is com- 
mitted vnto me/ by the commaundment of god oure saveoure. 

To Titus 6 his naturall sonne in the commen fayth. 

Grace mercie and peace from God the father/ and from 
the lorde Jesu Christ oure saveoure. 

For this cause left I the in Creta/ that thou shuldest '^ per- 
forme that which was lackynge and shuldest ordeyne seniours 
in every citie as I apoynted the. Yf eny be ^ soche as no 
man can complayne on/ the husbande of one wyfe/ havynge 
faythfuU children/ which are not ^ sclandred off royote/ nether 
are disobedient. For a bisshoppe must be ^ soche as no man 
can complayne on/ as ^^ it be commeth the minister off God 
not 1^ stubborne/ not angrye/ i^ no dronkarde ^^ no fyghter/ 
not geven to filthy lucre : butt i^ herberous/ one that loveth 
goodnes/ ^^ of honest behaveour/ righteous/ ^^ holy temperat/ 

* Accordinge to, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ After [Accordinge to, G.] 

godlinesse, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ The times of the worlde, C027. 

4 In due time, Gen. ^ Made his word manifest, Gen. Bps. *My, 
Gen. Bps. ' Refourme the things that are unperfecte [are lefte, 

j6.], Cr. Bps. Continue to redresse the things that remayne. Gen. 
^Fautlesse, T. Jtf. JBlamelesse, Cr. £f/;5. Unreproveable, Gcw. ^Ac- 
cusable of riote or untractable, Bps. ^^ The stewarde of God, Cr. 

Gen. Bps. ^^ Froward, Gen. ^^ Not given to wine, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. ^^ No striker. Gen. Bps. ^'^ A keper [A lover, B.'\ of hos- 

pitalitie, Cr. Bps. ^^ Sobre mynded, T. M. Sober, Cr. Bps. Wise, 
Gen. ^^ Godlye, Cr. Bps. 



H37 

5ri)e Hpfstle of 3^aul bixto STitus. ®f). ff . 

17 and suche as cleaveth vnto the true worde of doctryne/ thatt 
he maye be able to exhorte with wholsom ^^ learnynge/ and 
to improve them that saye agaynst it. 

For there are many ^^ disobedient and 20 talkers off vanitie/ 
and disceavers off myndes/ ^i namly they off the circumcision/ 
whose mouthes must be stopped/ which ^^ pervert whole houses/ 
teachynge thynges which they ought nott/ be cause off filthy 
lucre. Won beynge of them selves/ which was ^ a poyet of 
their owne sayde : The Cretayns are always lyars/ evyll 
beastes/ and slowe belies. This witnes is true/ wherfore re- 
buke them sharply/ that they maye be sounde in the fayth/ 
and not takynge hede to iewes fables/ and commaundementes 
of men/ which turne from the trueth. Vnto the pure/ are all 
thynges pure : but vnto them that are defiled/ and vnbelev- 
ynge/ is nothynge pure : but even the very myndes and con- 
sciences off them are defiled. They "^^ confesse that they 
knowe god : but with dedes they de nye hym and are abhomi- 
nable/ and disobedient/ and vnto all good workes ^ discom- 
mendable. 



(!ri)e if. Qf^npttx, 

"DVT speake thou that which becommeth wholsome learn- 
•*-* ynge : That the elder men be ^ sober/ honest/ discrete/ 
sounde in the fayth/ in love and in pacience. And the elder 
wemen lyke wyse that they be in soche 2 rayment/ as be com- 
meth holynes/ not falce accusars/ not geven to moche drink- 
ynge/ but teachers of ^ honest thynges/ that they ^ nurter the 
younge wemen forto love their husbandes/ to love their chil- 
dren/ to be 5 of honest behaveoure/ chast/ ^ huswyfiy/ good/ 
and obedient vnto their aune husbandes/ that the worde of god 
be not evyll spoken of. Yonge men lykwyse exhorte that 
they be "^ of honest manners. 

Above all thynges shewe thy silfe ^ an insample of good 

^' Holding fast the faithful! worde according to, Gen. Bps. ^^ Doc- 
trine, Gen. Bps. [So ch. ii. 1.] ^^ Unruly, Cr. Bps. ^o Vaine 
talkers, Gen. Bps. 21 Specially, Cr.Bps. Chiefly, Gen. ^^ Sub- 
vert, Gen. Bps. ^ A prophet, Gen. ^ Say, Gov. Professe, 
Ge7i. ^ Unmeet, Co??. Unapt, Cr. Reprobate, Gen, JB/)5. ^So- 
ber, sage, Cr. Watching, grave, Bps. ^ Behaviour, Gen. Bps. 
3 Good things, Bps. ^ Make [Instruct, C] the young women to 
be sober-minded, to love, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. = Discreet, All 
the Vers. ^ Keepers at home. Gen. Housekeepers, Bps. ' So- 
bre-minded, Ml the Vers. ^ A paterne, Bps. 



jFo. ccy:lp ST^e 3S|)istle of 3Patil bnto STittis. 

workes ^ in the doctryne/ shew vncorrupcion/ honestie/ and 
the wholsome worde ^^ -which cannot be rebuked/ that he 
which withstondeth maye be ashamed/ havynge ^^ no thinge 
in you that he maye disprayse. ^^ 'pjjg servauntes exhorte to 
be obedient vnto their owne masters/ and to please in all 
thinges/ not answerynge agayne/ nether be pickers/ but that 
they shewe all good faythfulnes/ that they maye ^^ do wor- 
shippe to the doctryne off god oure saveoure in all thynges. 
For the grace of god/ ^^ that bryngeth health vnto all men/ 
hath apered and teacheth vs that we shulde denye vngodlynes/ 
and worldly lustes/ and that we shulde live ^^ honestly/ right- 
eously/ and godly in this present worlde/ lokinge for that bles- 
sed hope/ and i^ glorious a perenge of the ^^ mygthy god/ and 
of oure savioure Jesu Christ : which gave hym silfe for vs/ to 
redeme vs from all ^^ vnrightewesnes/ and to pourdge vs a 
peculiar people vnto him silfe/ ^^ fervently geven vnto good 
workes. These thinges speake/ and exhorte/ and rebuke/ 
with all 20 commaundynge. Se that no man despise the. 



2rj)e ft;, ©^apter. 

^T^/'ARNE them that they submit them selves to ruele 
' * and power/ ^ to obey the officers/ that they be ^ prompt 
vnto all good workes/ '* that they speake evyll off no man/ 
that they be no fyghters/ but ^ softe/ shewynge all meknes vn- 
to all men For we oure selves also were ^ in tymes past/ vn- 
wyse/ disobedient/ deceaved/ "^ in daunger to lustes/ and divers 
manners off voluptusnes/ livynge in maliciousnes/ and envie/ 
^ full of hate hatynge one another. 

^ With uncorrupte doctrine, with honestie, Cov. T. M. In the doc- 
tryne with honestie, gravitie, Cr. With uncorrupte doctrine, with 
gravitie, integritie, Gen. In the doctrine uncorruptnesse, gravitie, in- 
tegritie, Bps. ^° Unrebukeable, Bps. ^^ No evill thing to 

saye of you, Cr. Bps. Nothing concerning you to speak evil of, Gen. 
12 Let servants be subject unto, Gen. i^^dorne the doctrine, Gen. 
Bps. ^'^ (WJiich is) healthful, Bps. ^^ Discreetly, CoiJ. Sober- 

mynded, T. M. Soberly, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Appearing of the gloria, 
Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Great, Cr. Bps. ^^ Iniquitie, Gen. 

1^ Zealous of. Gen. Bps. ^ Ferventnesse of commr.unding, Cr. 

Authoritie, Gen. Bps. ^ Put them in remembrance that they be 

subject unto the principalities. Gen. ^ That they be obedient 

and readie, Gen. To obey magistrates, to be ready, Bps. ^ Readye, 
T.M.Cr. 4 To blaspheme, J5z?5. ^ Gentle, Cr. Bps. ^ Some- 
tyme foolish, Bps. '' Serving divers lustes and voluptuousnesse, 

Cr. Bps. Serving the lustes and divers pleasures, Gen. ^ Hate- 

full, Gen. 



HJ<f 



E\}e Hpfstle off ^Sniil buto ©ftus. €|). if;. 

But after that the ^ kyndnes and love of oure saveoure i^ to 
manwarde apered/ not of the dedes off rightewesnes which we 
wrought/ but off his mercie/ he saved vs/ by the ^^ fountayne 
of the newe birth/ and with the renuynge off the holy goost/ 
which he shed on vs ^^ aboundantly/ thorow Jesus Christ oure 
saveoure/ that we once iustified by his grace/ shulde be heyres 
13 off eternall lyfe/ thorowe hope. This is a true sayinge. 

Off these thynges I wolde that thou shuldest i^certifie/ that 
they which beleve God/ myght be ^^ stodius to ^^ go forwarde 
in goode workes. These thynges are good and proffetable vn- 
to men. ^'^Folisshe questions/ and genealogies/ and ^^ braul- 
inges and stryfe about the lawe avoyde/ for they are vnprof- 
fetable/ and ^^ superfluus. A man that is ^o the auctor off 
sectes/ after the fyrst and the seconde amonicion ^^ avoyde/ 
remembrynge that he that is soche/ is perverted/ and synneth/ 
even damned ^^ by his awne iudgement. 

When I shall sonde Artemas vnto the or Tichicus be dili- 
gent to come unto me vnto Nichopolis For I have deter- 
mined there to wynter. Brynge Zenas ^^the lawear and 
Apollos on their iorney diligently/ that nothynge be lackynge 

vnto them. And let oures also learne to ^^ excelle in good 

workes as farforth as nede requyreth/ that they be 

not vnfrutfull. All that are whith me salute the. 

Grete them that love vs in the faythe. 

Grace be with you all/ 

Amen. 



Written from Nichopolis a citie 
of Macedonia. 

» Bountifalnesse, Gen. ^^ All the Vers, add— God. ^^ Wash- 

ing- of the new birth, Gen. Fountayne of the regeneration, Bps. 
'2 Richly, Bps. - ^^ According to the hope of, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

'•* Speak earnestly, Cov. Affirme, Gen. Affirme constantly, Bps. 
'' Diligent, etc. Cr. Be careful to shew foorth [to maynteyne, i?.] 
good workes, Gen. Bps. ^^ Excel in, Cov. ^'^ But stay foolish, 

etc. Gen. ^^ Contentions and brawlings [and strivings, 5.]. Gen. 
Bps. 19 Vaine, Gen. Bps. 20 ^n heretike. Gen. Bps. 21 p^^. 
ject, Gen. ^^ Of himselfe, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^3 -pj^g scribe, (Jov. 

^^ Shewe forth [Maynteyne, B.^ good workes to necessary uses. 
Gen. Bps. 

MM* 






^3E2L the presoner of Jesu Christ/ and brother Ti- 
motheus. 

Vnto Philemon ^ beloved/ and oure ^ helper/ and to ^ the 
beloved Appia/ and to Archippus oure felowe soudier/ and to 
the congvegacion of thy housse. 

Grace be with you and peace/ from God oure father and 
from the lorde Jesus Christ. 

I thanke my God always makynge mencion off the in my 
prayers/ when I heare off thy love and faith/ which thou hast 
towarde the lorde Jesu/ and towarde all saynctes : ^ so that 
the fellishippe that thou hast in the fayth/ is frutfull ^ thorowe 
knowledge off ^ all good thynges/ which are in you by Jesus 
Christ. And we have gret ioye/ and consolacion '^ over thy 
love : For by the brother/ the ^ saynctes hertes are comforted. 

Wherfore though I be bolde in Christ ^ to enioyne the/ that 
which i*^ becommeth the : yet for loves sake I rather beseche 
the/ 1^ though I be as I am/ even Paul aged/ and ^^ now in 
bondes for Jesu Christes sake. I beseche the for my sonne 
Onesimus/ whom I begat in my bondes/ which in tyme passed 
was to the vnproffetable : but nowe proffetable booth to the 
and also to me/ whom I have sent ^^ [home] agayne. Thou 
therfore receave hym/ that is to saye myne awne bowels/ 

^ Our deare friend, Gen. ^ Fellow-helper, Gen. Felowe la- 

bourer, Bps. [So vs. 24.] ^ Our deare sister, Gen. ■* That 

our common fayth may be, etc. Gov. That the felowship of thy fayth 
may be made fruitfull [be effectual, £.], Gen. Bps. ^ And that 

whatsoever good thing is in you through Jesus Christ, may be known, 
Gen. ^ Every good {workc) which is in you, Cr. Bps. "^ In thy 

love, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Saintes are heartily refreshed. Gov. Bow- 

elles of the saints are refreshed, Bps. ^ To commande, Cr, Gen. 

*® Was thy duety to do, Cr. Is convenient. Gen. ^^ Though I be 

as I am, even olde PauU, Cr. Being such a one as Paul, etc. Bps. 
*' Nowe a prisoner of Jesus Christ, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Gen Bps. omit. 



441 



2ri)e J£a?fstle off 33a ul bnto Pjf lemon. 



whom I wolde fayne have retayned with me/ thatt in thy stede 
he myght have ministred vnto me in the bondes off the gospell. 
Neverthelesse/ without thy mynde/ wolde I do noo thynge/ 
that 1^ that goode which spryngeth off the shuld nott be as it 
wer off necessitie/ butt willyngly. 

15 Haply he therefore departed for a season/ that thou shuld- 

est receave hym for ever/ not nowe as a servaunt : butt above 

a servaunt/ I mean a brother beloved/ specially to me : but 

howe moche more vnto the/ both in the flesshe/ and also in the 

lorde ? Yff thou count ^^ me a felowe receave hym as my 

silfe. Yff he have hurt the or oweth the ought/ that ^'''laye to 

my charge. I Paul have written it with myne honde. I will 

recompence it. i^ go th^t I do not saye to the howe that thou 

owest vnto me even thyne awne silfe. Even so brother/ let 

me 1^ enioye the in the lorde. Comforte my bowels in the 

lorde. Trustynge in thyne obedience/ 1 wrote vnto the/ know- 

ynge that thou wilt do more then I saye fore. More over 

prepare me lodgynge : for I trust thorowe the helpe 

off youre prayers/ I shalbe geven vnto you. 

There salute the/ Epaphras my felowe 

presoner in Christe Jesu/ Marcus/ Ar- 

istarchus/ Demas/ Lucas/ my 

helpers. The grace of oure 

lorde Jesu Christ be 

with youre spretes/ 

Amen. 



Sent from Rome by One- 
simus a seruaunt. 

^* The good which thou doest, Cov. Cr. Thy benefit, Gen. Bps. 
*^ It may be that he, etc. Gen. ^^ Therefore our thinges common, 

Gen. " Put on mine accounts, Gen. ^^ Albeit, I do not, Gen. 

Bps. ^^ Obteine [Injoy, B.'\ this pleasure of thee in the Lord, 

Gen. Bps. 






jiHSTISM an Apostle of Jesu Christ/ to them that dwell 
here and there as straungers thorowe out' Pontus/ Ga- 
lacia/ Capadocia/ Asia/ and Bethinia/ elect by the forknowl- 
edge off God the father ^ thorowe the sanctifyinge off the 
sprete/ ^vnto obedience/ and sprynklyne of the bloud off 
Jesus Christ. Grace ^ be with you/ and peace be multiplied. 

Blessed be God the father off oure lorde Jesus Christ/ which 
thorowe his aboundant mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lively 
hope/ ■* by the resurreccion off Jesus Christ from deeth/ to 
^ [enioye] an inheritaunce ^ immortall/ and vndefiled/ and that 
■^ putrifieth not/ reserved in heven for you which are kept by 
the power off god thorowe fayth/ vnto helth/ which health is 
prepared all redy to be shewed in the last tyme/ in the which 
tyme ye shall reioyce/ though no we for a season (iff nede re- 
qujTe) ye are in hevines/ throv/e manyfolde temptacions/ that 
^ youre fayth once tried beynge moche more precious then 
golde that perissheth (though it be tried with fyre) myght be 
founde vnto lawde/ glory/ and honowre/ when Jesus Christ 
shall apere : whom ye have not sene and ye yet love hym/ in 
whom even nowe/ though ye se hym not/ yet ye beleve/ and 
yjf^ioyce with ioye ^ in effable/ and glorious : receavynge the 
^ende of youre fayth/ the helth of youre soules. 

Of which health/ have the prophetes enquyred and ^^ sought/ 
which prophesied of the grace that should come vnto you/ 

1 Unto, Gen. Bps. ^ Through, Gen. Bps. ^ And peace be 

multiplied, etc. Gen. Bps. ** (By that, that Jesus Christ rose again 

from death), CV. By the rising, jBp,s. '^ Cr. Gen. Bps. oxmi. ^In- 
corruptible, Bps. '' Perisheth not, T. M. Or. Fadeth not away, 
Gen. Bps. ^ The tr3^all of your fayth, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Un- 
speakable, m the Vers. ^° Searched, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. B. 
adds — diligently. 



H^i 



searchynge when/ or att what tyme the sprete ^^ of Christ 
which was in them shulde signifie/ which sprete testified be- 
fore/ the passions that shulde come vnto Christ/ and the glory 
that shulde folowe after: vnto which prophetes it was de- 
clared/ that nott vnto them selves/ but vnto vs/ they shulde 
minister the thinges which are nowe shewed vnto you/ off 
them which by the holy goost sent doune from heven/ have 
12 preached vnto you the thynges which the angels desyre to 
behold. 

Wherfore gyrde vppe the loynes of youre myndes/ be so- 
ber/ and trust parfectly one the grace that is brought vnto you/ 
^^ in that Jesus Christ is opened/ as obedient children/ ^^not 
fassionynge youre selves vn to ^^ youre olde lustes ^^ of igno- 
rancy : But as he which called you is holy/ even so be ye ho- 
ly in all manor of conversacion/ be cause itt is written : Be ye 
holy/ for I am holy. 

And yfF so be that ye ^^ call on the father which with out 
respect off person iudgeth accordynge to every mannes worke/ 
se that ye passe the tyme off youre ^^ pilgremage in feare. 
For as moche as ye knowe howe thatt ye were nott redemed 
wyth corruptible ^^ golde and silver from youre vayne conver- 
sacion/ which ye receaved by the tradicions off the fathers : 
but with the precious bloud of Christ/ as of a lambe vndefiled/ 
and withouten spott/ which was ordeyned ^^ before the ^^ worlde 
was made : but was declared in the last tymes for youre sakes/ 
which by his meanes have beloved on god that raysed hym 
from deth/ and 22 glorified hym/ that ^^ ye myght have fayth 
and hope towarde god. 

24 And for as moche as ye have purified youre soules thorowe 
the sprete/ in obeynge the trueth for to love brotherly with- 
outen faynynge/ se that ye love one another with a pure hert 
fervently : for ye are borne a newe/ not of mortal! seed/ but 

" Which testified before of Christ, which was in them, should de- 
clare the sufferings that should, etc. Gen. 12 ^r. Gen. Bps. add- 
in the Gospell. i3 By the declaryng [the revelation, G. B.'] of 
Jesus, etc. All the Vers. !•* That ye give not yourselves over un- 
to, Or. IS The former lustes of your, etc. Gen. Bps. ^^ By 
which ye were let, whan as yet ye were ignorant of Christ, Cr. 
" Call him Father, Gen. ^^ Dwelling here, Gen. Bps. i^ Thinges 
as silver and golde, Cr. Gen. Bps. 20 Cr. Bps. add — before- 
hand, even. 21 Foundation of the world. Gen. 22 Q^ve him 
glory, that your fayth and hope myght be [that he might have, etc.B.], 
Gen. Bps. 23 Even ye which have purified, Cr. Bps. Seeing your 
soules are purified in obeying the truth through the spirit, Gen, 



JTo. cc):j:ff. STijc jFgvst SEpistle of S. "^eiex, 

of immortall seed/ by the worde of god 24 which liveth/ and 
lasteth for ever/ be cause that all flesshe is as grasse/ and 
all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse/ the grasse is 
widdered/ and the flower ^5 ig faded awaye/ but the worde of 
the lorde endureth ever. And this is the worde which ^6 [by 
the gospell] was preached amonge you. 

a:i)e fj. <a:i)apt0t. 

XTTHEE-FORE laye a syde all ^ maliciousnes/ and all gyle/ 
^ and 2 dissimulacion/ and envie/ and all ^ backbytynge : 
and as newe borne babes/ desyre '^ that reasonable mylke which 
is with out corrupcion/ that ye maye growe therin. Yf so be 
that ye have tasted howe ^ pleasaunt the lorde is/ to whom ye 
come as vnto a livynge stone which is disalowed of men/ but 
^ elect of god and precious : and ye as lyvynge stones/ are 
made a spretuall housse/ and an holy presthode/ for to offer 
vppe spretuall sacryfice/ acceptable to god by Jesus Christ. 

Wherfore it is contayned in the scripture : beholde/ I put 
in Sion ''' an heed corner stone/ electe and precious : and he 
that beleveth on him shall nott be ^ a shamed. Vnto you 
therefore which beleveth is he precious : butt vnto them which 
9 beleve not the same stone which the bylders ^^ refused/ is 
made the heed stone in the corner/ and a stone to stomble att/ 
and a rocke ^^ to offende them which stomble at the worde/ 
and beleve not ^^ that where on they were set. But ye are a 
chosen generacion/ a royall presthod/ an holy nacion/ ^^and 
a peculiar peple/ that ye shulde shewe the vertues off hym 
that called you out off darknes into hys marvellous light/ which 
in tyme past were nott a people/ yett are ye nowe the people 
off God which ^^ were not vnder mercy : butt nowe have ob- 
tayned mercy. 

Derly beloved I beseche you as straungers/ and pilgrems/ 

24 Who liveth and endureth, Gen. '^^Falleth away, Cr. Gen. Bps. 
^ Gov. Gen. omit. ^ Noughtinesse, Z?p5. [So vs. 16.] '^Faigned- 
nesse, Bps. ^ Evill speaking, Gen. * That milke (not of the 

bodye but of the soule) which is without disceat, Cr. The sincere 
milke of the worde that ye may grow thereby. Gen. The milke of the 
worde which is without deceit, Bps. ^ Gratious, Cr. Bps. Boun- 

tiful, Gen. ^ Chosen, Ml the Vers. ' A stone to be layed in 

the chief corner, Cr. Bps. ^ Confounded, Cr.Bps. ^ Be dis- 

obedient, GeTi. [So vs. 8.] ^^ Disallowed, Gen. Bps. "Where- 
at they be offended, Cr. Of offence, Gen. Bps. ^^ Unto the which 
thing they were ordained, Gen. Bps. ^^ A people which are won 

ti. e. one] , Cr. " Sometime had not obtained, Cr. Bps. Gen. ftdds-— 
n times past. 



Si)e iTsrst IBpfstle of S. $etet. «|j. fff. 

abstain from flesshly lustes whiche fyght agaynst the soule/ 
and se that ye have honest conversacion amonge the gentyls/ 
that they which ^^ backbyte you as evyll doars/ maye ^^ se 
youre good workes and prayse god in the daye off visitacion. 

Submit youre selves vnto all manner ordinaunce of man 
for the lordes sake/ whether it be vnto the kynge as ^"^ vnto 
the chefe heed : other vnto ruelars/ as vnto them that are sent 
of him/ for the punnysshment of evyll doars : butt for the 
laude of them that well do. For so is the will of god/ that 
with well doynge ye ^^ shulde stoppe the mouthes of ignorant 
men : as fre/ and nott as i^ though ye toke libertie for a cloke 
of maliciousnes : but even as the servauntes off god. Se that 
ye honoure all men. Love brotherly felishippe/ feare god/ 
honoure the kynge. 

Servauntes ^o obey youre masters with all feare/ not only 
yf they be good and courteous : but also though they be frow- 
arde. For ^^ it commeth off grace/ yf a man for conscience 
towarde god endure grefe/ ^^ sufFerynge wrongfully. For 
what prayse is it/ if when ye be buffetted for youre fautes/ ye 
take it paciently? But and if when ye do well/ ye suffre 
wronge and take it paciently/ ^^ then is there thanke with god. 

Here vnto verely were ye called/ for Christ also suffered 
for oure sakes : levynge vs an insample that ye shulde folowe 
his steppes/ which did no sinne/ nether was there gyle founde 
in his mougth : which when he was reviled/ reviled not 
agayne : when he suffered/ he threatened not/ but committed 
24 the cause to him that iudgeth righteously/ which his awne 
silfe bare oure sinnes in his body on the tree/ that we shulde 
be delivered from synne and shulde live in rightewesnes. By 
whose strypes ye were healed. For ye were as shepe which 
goo astraye but are nowe reterned vnto the shepheerd/ and 
bisshoppe of youre soules. 

2rt)e iff. CItjapter. 

T YKE wyse let the we men be in subieccion to their hus- 
•'-^ bandes/ that even they which i beleve nott the worde/ 

'^ Speak evyll of, Gen. [So ch. iii. 16.] ^^ By your good workes 
which they shall see, Gen. Bps. ^"^ Unto the superior. Gen. Having 

the preeminence, Bps. ^^ Stop the mouthes of foolish and ignor- 

aunt men, Cr. May put to silence [May stop, B.] the ignorance of 
foolish men, Gen. Bps. ^^ Having the libertie, Cr. Gen. Bps. 

'^ Be subject to, Gen. ^^ It is thanke worthy, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

*2 And suffer wrong undeserved, Cr. Bps. ^ This is acceptable 

to, Gen. ^ The vengeance, Cr. Bps. ^ Obey, Gen. Bps. 



ifo. ccirpff. STJe iF^vst Hpistle of <S. iSeter. 

maye withoute the worde be wonne by the conversacion of 
the wyves : whyll they beholde youre ^ pure conversacion 
coupled with feare. Whose aparell shall not be outwarde 
with broyded heare/ and ^ hangynge on of golde/ other in 
puttynge on ^ [gorgious] aparell: but lett the ^ hid man of 
the herte be ^ vncorrupt/ with a meke and quyet sprete/ which 
sprete is before god a thynge moche set by. ffor after this 
manner in the olde tyme did the wholy wemen which trusted 
in god tyre them selves/ and were obedient to their husbandes/ 
even as Sara obeyd Abraham and called him "^ lorde : whose 
doughters ye are as longe as ye do wele. and be not afrayde 
^ of every shadowe. 

Lyke wyse ye ^ men dwell with them ^^ accordynge to 
knowledge/ gevynge honoure vnto the ^i wyfe/ as vnto the 
weaker vessel/ and as vnto them that are heyres also of the 
grace of lyfe/ that youre prayers be not i^ lett. 

^3 In conclusion/ be ye all of one mynde/ ^^ one sufFre with 
another/ love as brethren/ be petifull/ be courteous/ not rend- 
rynge evyll for evyll : nether rebuke for rebuke : but contrary 
wyse/ blesse : remembrynge that ye are there vnto called/ 
even that ye shulde be heyres of blessynge. For ^^ who so 
listeth to love lyfe and to se good dayes/ let him refrayne his 
tonge from evyll/ and his lippes thatt they speake not gyle : 
Let hym eschue evyll and do good : let him seke peace/ and 
^6 ensue it. For the eyes of the lorde are over the righteous/ 
and his eares are open vnto their prayers : butt the face off 
the lorde ^^ beholdeth them that do evyll. 

Morover who is it that will harme you yfF ye folowe that 
which is good ? not with stondynge happy are ye yff ^^ ye 
suffre for rightewesnessis sake. ^^ Neverthelesse feare not 
though they seme terrible vnto you/ nether be troubled : but 
sanctifie the lorde god in youre hertes. be redy all wayes to 
geve an answere to every man that axeth you a reson of the 
hope that ye have/ and that with meaknes and 20 feare : hav- 

2 Chaste, Cr, ^ Golde pat a,bout, Gen. ^ Gen. omits. 

^ Inward, Cov. ^ Without al corruption, so that the spirite be 

at rest and quiet [of a meek and quiet spirit, £.], Cr. Bps. ' Syr, 
Gen. ^ For any terrour, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Husbandes, Gen. 

Bps. ^° As men of knowledge, Gen. ^^ Woman, Gen. 

»2 Hyndred, Cr. Bps. Interrupted, Gen. ^^ Finally, Gen. ^^ Of 

one heart, Cr. Having compassion one of another, Bps. ^^ He 

thatdoeth long after lyfe, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Folowe after it. Gen. 

^^ Is over, Cr. Bps. Is upon, Gen. ^^ Any trouble happen unto 

you, etc. Cr. Bps. ^^ Be not ye afrayde for any terrour of them, 

Cr. Bps, Yea, feare not their feare, Gen. ^^ Reverence, Gen. 



HM7 

mt ir^rst Hpistle of S. ^eter. «:i). ffff. 

ynge a good conscience/ that when they backbyte you as 
evyll doars/ they maye be ashamed/ 21 for as moche as they 
have falcely accused youie god conversacion in Christ. 

Hit is better (yf the wyll of god be so) that ye suffre for 
well doynge/ than for evyll doynge. For as moche as Christ 
hath once suffered for sinnes/ the iuste for the vniuste/ forto 
brynge vs to god/ and was 22 killed/ as pertaynynge to the 
flesshe : but was quyckened in the sprete. 

In which sprete/ he also went and preached vnto the spretes 
that were in preson/ which ^ were in tyme passed disobedient/ 
when the long sufferynge of god ^4 abode [excedinge pa- 
ciently] in the dayes of noe/ whill the arcke was a preparynge/ 
wherein feawe (that is to saye viij. soules) were saved by wa- 
ter/ 2^ which signifieth baptim that nowe saveth vs/ not the 
putiynge awaye of the filth of the flesshe/ but in that a good 
conscience ^6 consenteth to god/ by the resurreccion of Jesus 
Christ/ which is on the right honde of god/ and is gone into 
heven/ angels/ power/ and myght/ subdued vnto him. 



2ri)e uij, ®i)a|)tcr. 

TT^OR as moche as Christ hath suffered for vs in the fllesshe/ 
■*- arme youre selves like wyse with the same mynde : for 
he which suffereth in the flesshe ceasith from synne/ that he 
hence forwarde shulde live as moche tyme as remayneth in 
the flesshe/ not after the lustes of men : butt after the will of 
God. For it is sufficient for vs that we have spent the tyme 
that is past of the lyfe/ after the ^ will of the gentyls/ walkynge 
in wantannes lustes/ 2 dronkennes/ in ^ eatynge/ drynkynge/ 
and in abhominable ydolatrie. 

And it semeth to them ^ a straunge thinge that ye runne not 
also with them vnto the same excesse of ryote/ and therfore 
speake they evyll off you/ which shall geve a comptes tohym 
that is redy to iudge quycke and deed. For vnto this pur- 
pose verely was the gospell preached vnto the deed/ that they 

21 Which blame, Gen. 22 p^t to death, Gen. 2.3 j^ time 

passed believed not, when God abode and suffered patiently, Gov. 
^* Was once looked for, Cr. Cr. Gen. Bps. omit the words in crotch- 
ets. 23 Lyke as baptism also, nowe saveth us, Cr. To the which 
also the figure agreeth that nowe saveth us, even baptism. Gen. Bps. 
^ Maketh request. Gen. Bps. ^ Lust, Gen. ^ In excess of 
wynes, in excesse of eatyng, in excesse of drynking, Cr. Bps. C. adds 
— (in dronkennes). ^ Gluttonie, Cov. Gen, ^ An inconve" 
nient, Cr. 

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Jfo. ccicpb. 2r|)e Jf^xst Hpfstle of S. ^^eter. 

shulde be iudged after the manner off men in the flesshe/ but 
shulde live ^ godly in the sprete. The ende of all thynges is 
at honde. 

Be ye therefore ^ discrete/ and sober/ that ye maye be apte 
to prayres. Butt above all thynges have fervent love a monge 
you. For love covereth the multitude of sinnes. Be ye herb- 
rous/ ■'' and that without grudginge. As every man hath re- 
ceaved the gyfte/ minister the same one to another as good 
s ministers of the manyfolde grace of god. Yf eny man 
speake/ let him talke as ^ [thoughe he speake] the wordes of 
god. Yf eny man minister/ let him do it as of the abilitie 
which god ministreth vnto him. That god in all thinges maye 
be gloryfied thorowe Jesus Christ/ to whom be prayse and do- 
minion for 1^ ever and whyll the worlde stondeth Amen. 

Derly beloved/ ^^ be not troubled in this heate/ which nowe 
is come amonge you to trye you/ as though some straunge 
thynge had happened vnto you : but reioyce in as moche as 
ye are parte takers of Christes ^^ passions/ that when his glory 
apereth/ ye maye ^^ be mery and gladde. 

Happy are ye ^^ when ye sufTre rebuke for the name of 
Christ. For the sprete of glory and the sprete of god resteth 
apon you. On their parte he is evyll spoken of: but on 
youre parte he is glorified. 

Se that none of you ^^ suffer as a murtherer/ or as a thefe/ 
or an evyll doar/ or as a busybody in wother mens matters. 
Yff eny man suffre as a Christen man/ let hym not be ashamed : 
but let him glorifie god on this behalfe. For the tyme is come 
that iudgement must begyn at the housse off god. Yf it fyrst 
begyn at vs/ what shall the ende be of them which beleve not 
the gospell off god ? And yf the righteous scasly be saved : 
where shall all the vngodly and the sinner apere ? Wherfore 
let them that ^^ suffer accordynge to the will off god/ committ 
their soules to hym with well doynge/ as vnto a faythfuU 
creator. 

^ Before God, Cr. According to God, Gen. Bps. ^ Sober and 

watch unto [watching in, G.] prayer, Cr. Gen. Bps. "^ T. M. Cr. 

Gen. add — one to another. * Disposers, Gen. ^ Cr. Gen. 

omit. ^° Ever and ever, Cr. Ccn. 5p5. [Soch. v. 11.] "Mar- 

vail not at this heate which, etc. Cov. Marvail not that ye are pro- 
ved by fyre (which thing is to trye you), Cr. Thinke it not straunge 
concerning the fierce tryal which is among you to prove you, Gen. 
12 Sufferings, Gen. ^^ Be glad and rejoice. Gen. ^^ If ye be 

rayled upon, Cr. Gen. Bps, ^^ Be punished, Cr. i* Are trou- 

bled, Cr. Bps. 



4H^ 



mt jFsrst HpfstU of S. ^etet. e.% b. 

?!rf)e b. <!C|)aptcr. 

nnHE seniours which are amonge you I ^ exhorte/ which am 
also a senioure/ and a witnes of the affliccions of Christ/ 
and also a part taker off the glory thatt shalbe opened : ^ se 
that ye fede Christes flocke/ ^ which is amonge you/ ^ takynge 
the oversyght off them/ nott as though ye were compelled 
there to : butt willyngly : ^ Nott for the desyre of filthy lucre : 
but of a good mynde. Nott as though ye were lordes over 
6 the parisshes : but that ye be an insample to the flocke J 
and when the chefe shepheerde shall apere/ ye shall receave 
an incorruptible croune of glorye. 

Lykwyse ye yonger submit youre selves vnto the elder. 
Submit youre selves every man/ one to another. ^Knet 
youre selves togedder in lowlines of mynde. For god resisteth 
the proude and geveth grace to the humble. Submit youre 
selves therfore vnder the myghty honde of god/ that he maye 
exalt you/ ^ when the tyme is come. Cast all youre care to 
hym : for he careth for you. 

Be sober and watch/ for youre adversary the devyll as a 
rorynge lion walketh about/ sekynge whom he may devoure : 
whom resist stedfast in the fayth/ remembrynge that ^^ ye do 
but fulfill the same affliccions which are apoynted to youre 
brethren that are in the worlde. The God of all grace/ which 
called you vnto his eternall glory by Christ Jesus/ ^^ shall his 
awne silfe after a Ijrtell affliccion make you parfet : shall set- 
tle/ strengthe/ and stablisshe you. To hym be glory and do- 
minion for ever/ and whill the worlde endureth Amen. 

By Silvanus a faythfull brother vnto you (as I suppose) 

have I written brevely/ exhortynge and testifyinge howe that 

this is the true grace of god/ wherin ye stonde. The congre- 

gacion that is ^^ gaddered to gedder at Babilon/ saluteth you/ 

and Marcus my sonne. Grete ye one another with 

the kysse off* love. Peace be with you all 

which are in Christ Jesus/ Amen. 

^ Beseech, Gen. ' Feede the flocke of God, Gen. ^ As much 

as lieth in you, Cr. Which dependeth upon [is committed unto, i?.] 
you, Gen. Bps. "* Caring for it not by constraint, Gen. ^ Cr. 

adds — after a godly sort. ^ God's heritage, Gen. ^ Cr. adds — 

and that with good will. ^ Decke yourselves inwardly, Gen. Bps. 

^ In due time, Gen. ^° Your brethren in the world have even the 

same affliction, Cov. The same afflictions are appoynted unto [ac- 
complished in, G.] your brethren, Cr. Gen. " After that ye have 
suffred a little, make you perfect, confirm, etc. Gen. ^^ ^^ Baby- 
lon, companions of your election, Cr. At Babylon, elected together 
with youj Gen, 



Seconxre m^tlt of S^ mttv. 



^^LKJW^iS(!^!N" Peter a seruaunt and an apostle of Jesus 
^^ Christ/ to them which have obtayned lyke precious fayth 
with vs in the rightewesnes that commeth off oure ^ God/ and 
off the savioure Jesus Christ. 

Grace with you/ and peace be multiphed in the knowledge 
off God/ and off Jesus oure lorde. Accordynge as his godly 
power hath geven vnto vs all thynges that pertayne vnto lyfe 
and 2 to serve god with all/ thorowe the knowledge of hym 
that hath called vs ^by vertue and glory/ by the meanes 
where off/ are geven vnto vs ^ excellent and moste greatte 
promeses/ that ^ by the helpe off them ye shulde be part takers 
off the godly nature/ in that ye flye the corrupcion ^ off worldly 
lust. 

And here vnto geve all diligence : ''' in youre fayth minister 
vertue/ and in vertue knowledge/ and in knowledge temper- 
ancy/ and in temperancy pacience/ in pacience godlynes/ in 
godlynes ^ brotherly kyndnes/ in brotherly kyndnes love. For 
yf these thinges be amonge you/ and ^ are plenteous they woU 
make you that ye nether shalbe ydle nor vnfrutful vnto the 
knowledge off oure lorde Jesus Christ. He that ^^ lacketb 
these thynges is blynde and ^^ gropeth for the waye with his; 
honde/ and hath forgotten that he was pourged from his olde 
synnes. 

^ God and Saviour, Ml the Vers. ^ Godlinesse, T. M. Cr. Gen. 

Bps. 2 Unto, Gen. Bps. ^ Most great and precious, Gen. 

° By the meanes thereof, Cr. Qy them. Gen. ^ Which is in the 

world through lust, Gen. ' Joyne moreover virtue with your faith. 

Gen. [^ with' — so, post.'] ^ Brotherly love ; and to, etc, general 

love. Gov. ^Abound, Gen. ^° Hath not, Gen. ^^ Cannot 

see fatrre off, Gen. 



2Llie Secon^re Hpfstle of -S. iaetcr. <S:!). ff. 

Wherfore brethren geve the moare diligence forto make 
youre callynge and eleccion sure.^^ For yf ye do soche 
thynges ye shall never i^ erre. Ye and by this meanes an en- 
trynge in shalbe ministred vnto you aboundantly in to the 
everlastynge kyngdom off oure lorde and saveoiir Jesus Christ. 

Wherfore I will not be negligence to put you allwayes in 
remembrance of soche thynges/ though that ye knowe them 
youre selves and be also stablisshed in the present trueth. Not 
withstondynge I thynke yt mete (as long as I am in this taber- 
nacle) to store you vppe by puttynge you in remembraunce/ 
1^ for as moch as I am sure howe that ^^ the tyme is at honde 
that I must put of this my tabernacle/ even as oui*e lorde Je- 
sus Christ hath shewed me. I will ^^ en foarce therfore/ that 
on eveiy syde ye myght have wherwith to stere vppe the re- 
membraunce off these thynges after my departynge. 

For we folowed not ^^ deceavable fables when we opened 
vnto you the power/ and commynge of our lorde Jesus Christ : 
but with oure eyes we sawe his maiestie. Even then verely 
when he receaved of god the father honor and gloiy/ and 
when there cam soche a voyce to hym from excellent glorie. 
This is my dere beloved sonne/ in whom I have delite/ this 
voyce we herde when it cam from hcven/ beynge with hym 
in the holy mounte. 

We have also ^^a more sure worde off prophesy/ where 
vnto 19 yff ye take hede/ as vnto a lyght that shyneth in a darke 
place/ ye do wele/ vntill the daye dawne and the daye starre 
aryse in your hertes. So that ye fyrst knowe this/ that no 
prophesy in the scripture ^^ hath eny private interpretacion. 
For the scripture cam never by the will of man : but wholy 
men of god spake as they were moved by the wholy goost. 



'T^HERE were falce prophetes amonge the people even as 
there shalbe falce teachers amonge you : which prevely 



2ri)e i;. ®|)ajptet\ 

e prophetes amo 

i teachers amon^^ 

shall brynge in damnable ^ sectes/ even denyinge the lorde 

12 Cr. adds— (by good workes). i^pall, Cr. Gen. Bjys. " See- 
ing I knowe that, Gen. ^= Shortly I must, Cr. ^^ Ever also 
geve [do, Cov.l my diligence that ye may have wherewith, etc. Cov. 
Cr. Bps. Endeavour therefore always that ye also may he able to 
have remembrance. Gen. i' Deceitfull, Cr. Bps. ^^ A right 
sure word of prophecie, Cr. Bps. A most sure worde of the Prophetes, 
Gen. 1^ Ye do well that ye take. Gen. ^ Is of any private mo- 
tion. For the prophecie came not in old time, Gen. Bps. ^ Her- 
esies, Gen. Bps. 

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that hath bought them/ and brynge ^ on theier owen heeddes 
swyft damnacion/ and many shall folowe their damnable wayes/ 
by which the waye off trueth shalbe evyll spoken off/ and 
thorowe covetousnes shall they with fayned wordes make 
marchandyse of you/ whose iudgement ^is not farre of/ and 
there dampnacion slepeth not. 

For yffgod spared not the angels thatsynned but cast them 
doune into hell/ and putt them in chaynes of darcknes/ there 
to be kept vnto ^ iudgment. nether spared the olde worlde : 
butt saved Noe the agyhte ^ preacher of rightewesnes/ and 
brought in the fiud into the worlde off the vngodly/ and turned 
the cities of Zodom and Gomor into asshes : ^ overthrewe 
them/ damned them/ and made them an ensample vnto all 
that after shulde live vngodly. And iust Lot vexed with the 
" vnclenly conversacion off the wicked/ delivered he. For he 
beynge ryghteous and dwellynge amonge them/ in seynge 
and hearynge/ vexed his righteous soule from daye to daye 
with their ® vnrighteous dedes. The lorde knoweth howe to 
deliver the godly out off temptacion/ and howe to reserve the 
the vniuste vnto the daye off iudgement for to be punnysshed : 
namly them that walke after the flesshe in the lust off vnclen- 
nes/ and despyse ^ the ruelars. Presumpteous are they/ and 
i^stubborne and feare not to speake evyll off them that ^^ are in 
auctorite. When the angels which are gretter bothe in power 
and myght/ ^^ receave not of the lorde raylynge iudgement 
agaynst them. But these as brute beastes/ ^^ naturally made 
to be taken and destroyed/ speake evyll of that they knowe 
not/ and shall perisshe through their owne ^'^ destruccion/ and 
receave the rewarde ^^ of vnrightewesnes. 

They count it pleasure to live deliciously for a season. 
Spottes they are and i^ filthynes : ^"^ and off you they make a 

^ Upon themselves, Gen. Bps. ^ Gen. adds- — long agone. Nowe 
of long time ceaseth not, Bps. * Damnation, Gen. ° Person^ 

a preacher, Gen. Bps. ^ Overthrewe them, damned them, Gov. 

T. M. Cr. Bps. Condemned them and overthrew them. Gen. "^ Un- 
godly, Cov. 8 Unlawfull, Ml the Vers. ^ Authoritie, Cr. 
Bps. The government, Gen. "^^ Stand in their owne conceyt, 
Gen. Bps. *^ Excell in worshippe, Cr. Bps. Are in dignitie, Gen, 
^2 Beare not that blasphemous judgment against them before the 
Lorde, Cov. Give not before the Lorde, etc. Gen. Bps. ^^ Natu- 
rally brought forth to be, etc. Cov. Cr. Ledde with sensualitie and 
made to be. Gen. Bps. ^'^ Corruption, Gen. Bps. ^^ Of un- 
righteousness, as they which count it, etc. Gen. ^^ Blottes, Gen. 
Bps. ^7 Living in pleasure and in diseeavable ways : feasting with 
that which is yours [feasting with you, T. M.], Cov. T. M. Which 



MS'3 



C:|)e Secontie HpfstU of S. ^titt, 4!tf). fff. 

mockyng stoke feastynge togedder in their deceavable wayes : 
havynge eyes full of advoutrie/ and that cannot cease to 
synne/ ^^ begylynge vnstable soules. Hertes they have ex- 
ercysed with ^^ coveteousnes. They , are cursed chyldren/ 
and have forsaken the right waye/ and are gone astraye fol- 
owynge the waye of Balam the sonne of Bosoc/ which loved 
the rewarde of vnrightewesnes : but was rebuked of his iniqui- 
tie. The ^^ lame and dora beast/ speakynge with mannes 
voyce forbade the ^^ folisshnes of the prophet. 

These are wells without water/ and cloudes carried about 
of a tempest/ to whone ^^ the myst off darcknes is reserved 
for ever. For when they have spoken the swellynge wordes 
off vanytie/ ^ they begyle with wantannes thorowe the lustes 
off the flesshe them that ^^ were clene escaped : ^ but nowe 
are wrapped in errours. They promys them libertie/ and are 
them selves the bonde servauntes of corrupcion. For of whom 
soever a man is over com/ vnto the same is he in bondage. 
For yf they/ after they have escaped from the filthynes of 
the worlde thorowe the knowledge off the lorde/ and of the 
saviour Jesus Christ/ they are yet tangled agayne therein and 
over come : then is the latter ende worsse with them then the 
begynnynge. For it had bene better for them/ not to have 
knowene the waye of righteousnes/ then after they have knowen 
it/ to turne from the holy commaundement geven vnto them. 
Hit is happened vnto them ^ accordynge to the true proverbe : 
The dogge is turned to his vomet agayne/ and the sowe after 
she is wesshed/ is returned to her wallowynge in the myre. 

n^HIS is the seconde pistle that I nowe write vnto you/ my 
■^ derely beloved/ wherwith I stere vppe and warne youre 
pure myndes/ ^ to call to remembraunce the wordes were tolde 

live at pleasure in their owne disceivable ways, feastyng and scorn- 
ynge you, Cr. Deliting themselves in their deceivings, in feasting 
with you. Gen. Bps. ^^ Laying wayte for, Bps. ^^ Rob- 

berie, Cr. Bps. ^ The dumbe asse, Gen. The dumbe beast and 

used to the yoke, Bps. ^^ Madnesse, Cr. Bps. ^ The blacke 

darkness, Gen. ^3 ^j^gy entice through wantonness unto, etc. 

Cov. They entice through lustes in the voluptuousnesse [with the 
bayte of wantonnesse, B.] of the fleshe, Cr. Bps. ^-^ Nowe live in 

errour, Cr. ^ And now walkein errour, Cov. From them which 

are wrapped, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ That used to be spoken by the 

true proverbe, Cr. Bps. ^ That ye may be myndefull [remem- 

ber, Cov.']f Cov. Cr.Bps. 



Jfo. ccpvbij. 2ri)e Secontre 3Epistle of S. 33cter. 

before off the holy prophetes/ and also the commaundement of 
vs the apostles of the lorde and saveour. 

This fyrst vnderstonde/ that there shall come m the last 
dayes mockers/ ^ which will walke after their awne liistes and 
saye : Where is the promes of hys commynge ? For sence 
the fathers died all thynges continue ^ in the same estate wher- 
in they were at the begynnynge. This they knowe not (and 
that willyngly) howe that the hevens ^ a grett whyle ago 
were/ and ^ the erth that was in the water/ appered vppe out 
of the water by the worde of god : ^ by the which thynges/ 
the worlde that then was perisshed "^ over flowen with the 
fludde. But the hevens verely and erth which are nowe/ are 
kept by the same worde in store/ and reserved vnto fyre/ 
agaynste the daye of iudgement and ^ perdicion of vngodly 
men. 

Derely beloved be not ignorant of this one thynge/ howe 
that one daye is with the lorde/ as a thousande yeare/ and a 
thousand yeare as one daye. The lorde ^ is not slake ^^ to 
fulfill his promes as some men count slacknes : but is pacient 
to vs warde and wolde have no man ^^ lost/ butt wolde receave 
all men to repentaunce. Neverthelesse the daye of the lorde 
will come as a thefe in the nyght/ in the which daye/ the hev- 
ens shall 12 perisshe with terrible noyse/ and the elementes 
shall melt with ^^ heet. And the erth with the workes that 
are therin shall bornne. 

1^ Yf all these thynges shall perisshe/ what maner persons 
ought ye to be in holy conversacion/ and godlines : lokynge- 
fore/ and hastynge vnto the commynge off the daye off God/ 
^^in which the hevens ^^ shall perisshe with fyre/ and the ele- 

2 Cr. adds — (in disceytfulnesse ) ^ Alike from the beginning 

of the creation. Gen. Bps. * Aforetime were, Cov. Of olde were, 

Gen. Bps. ^ The worlde out of water and was in the water by 

the, etc. Cov. The earthe oute of the water appeared up through the 
water, by the, Cr. The earthe that was of the water and by the wa- 
ter, by the, Gen. The earthe consisting of the water and by the wa- 
ter, by the, Bps. ^ Wherefore the worlde. Gen. ' Being 
overrun with water, Cr. Bps. ^ Damnation, Cov. [So vs. 16.] 
Destruction, Gen. ^ That hath promised, is not slake, as some 
men, Cr. Bps. ^° Concerning his promise, Gen. " Lost, but 
that every man should amende himselfe, Cov. To perishe, but woulde 
all men to come to, etc. Gen. ^^ Fasse away in the maner of a 
tempest, Cr. Passe away with a [B. adds — great] noise. Gen. Bps. 
^3 Fervent heate, Bps. [So vs. 12.] ^^ Seeing then that all these 
thinges must be dissolved [must peryshe, Cr. Bps.], Cr. Gen. Bps. 
^^By whom, Cr. Bps. ^^ Being on fire shall be dissolved, Gen. 



JTDe Secontie Hpfstle of ^. 3^eter. e|). Kf. 

mentes ^"^shalbe consumed with heate. Neverthelesse we 
loke for a neue heven/ and a newe erth/ accordynge to his 
promes/ where in dwelleth rightewesnes. 

Wherfore derly beloved/ seynge that ye loke for soche 
thynges/ be diligent that ye maye be founde of hym in peace/ 
with out spott and i^ vndefiled : and suppose that the longe 
sufTerynge off the lorde is helth/ even as oure derely beloved 
brother Paul/ accordynge to the wysdom geven vnto hym/ 
wrote to you/ ^^ yee/ almost in every pistle speakynge off 
soche thynges : among which are many thynges harde to be 
vnderstoude/ which they that are vnlearned/ and vnstable per- 
vert/ as they do wother scriptures vnto their owne destruc- 
cion. Ye therfore dearly beloved seynge ^^ ye are 
warned/ Beware lest ye be also plucked awaye 
with the erroure of the wicked/ and fall 
from youre owne stedfastnes : But 
growe in grace/ and in the knowledge off oure 
lorde/ and saveoure Jesus Christ. To whom be glory 
bothe nowe and for ever/ 
Amen. 

>7 Shall perish, Cov. Shall melt, Or. Gen. Bps. '^ Blameles, 

Ge?i. ^^ As one that in all his epistles, speaketh, Gen. ^ Ye 

know it [these things, G.] before, T. M. Gen. Ye be warned afore- 
hand, Cr. Bps. 






^8e Cgrst (^tja^jjter* 

[JJ^^K which was from the begynnynge ^ [declare we 
vnto you/] which we have herde which we have sene 
with oure eyes/ which we have loked apon/ and oure hondes 
have handled/ of the worde of lyfe. For the lyfe apered/ and 
we have sene/ and beare witnes/ and shewe vnto you that 
eternall lyfe/ which was with the father/ and apered vnto vs. 
That 2 which we have sene and herde declare we vnto you that 
ye maye have fellishippe with vs/ and that oure fellishippe 
maye be with the father/ and his sonne Jesus Christ. And 
this write we vnto you/ that ^ youre ioye maye be full. 

And this is the ^ tydynges which we have herde of him/ and 
declare vnto you/ that god is lyght/ and in him is no darknes 
at all. yf we saye that we have fellishippe with him/ and yet 
walke in darknes/ we lye/ and do not ^ the truth : but and yf 
we walke in lyght even as he is in lyght/ then have we felli- 
shippe ^ with hym/ and the bloud of ''' Christ his sonne clenseth 
vs from all synne. 

Yf we shall saye that we have no synne/ we deceave oure 
selves/ and trueth is not in vs. yf we knowledge oure synnes/ 
he is faythfuU and iust/ to for geve vs oure synnes/ and to 
dense vs from all vnrightewesnes. Yf we saye we have not 
sinned/ we make hym a lyar/ and his worde is not in vs. 

1 Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^ Gen. adds—/ smj. ^ Cr. adds — 

(ye maye rejoice and that). ■* Message, Gen. [So ch. iii. 11.] 

* Truely, Gen. ^ Together, Cov. One with another, Gen. Bps. 

' Ml the Vers, add — Jesus. 



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?rt)e secontie @:f)aj)ter. 

lif Y iljrtell children/ these thinges write I vnto you/ that ye 
shulde not siniie : and yf eny man synne/ yet we have 
an advocate with the father/ Jesus Christ/ ^ which is righteous : 
and he ^ itt is that obteyneth grace for oure synnes : not for 
oure sinnes only : but also for the sinnes of all the worlde. 
And herby we knowe that we have knowen him/ yf we kepe 
his commaundementes. He that sayth I knowe hym/ and 
kepeth nott his commaundementes is a lyar/ and the veritie is 
not in him. Whosoever kepeth his worde/ in hym is the 
love of god parfet in dede. And ^therin knowe we that we 
are in hym. He that sayth he ^bydeth in hym/ ought to 
walke even as he walked. 

Brethren I write no newe commaundement vnto you : but 
that olde commaundement which ye herde from the begyn- 
nynge. The olde commaundement is the worde which ye 
herde from the begynnynge. Agayne a newe commaunde- 
ment I write vnto you/ a thynge that is true in hym/ and also 
in you : for the darknes is past/ and the true lyght nowe shyn- 
eth. He that sayth ho we that he is in the true lyght/ and yet 
hateth his brother/ is in darcknes even vntyll this tyme. He 
that loveth his brother/ abydeth in the light/ and there is none 
occasion of evyll in him. He that hateth his brother is in 
darknes/ and walketh in darknes : and ^ cannot tell whither 
he goeth/ be cause thatt darknes hath blynded his eyes. 

"^ Babes I write vnto you howe that youre synnes are for- 
geven you for his names sake. I wryte vnto you fathers/ 
^ howe that ye have knowen him that was from the begyn- 
nynge. I wryte vnto you yonge men/ howe that ye have 
overcome ^ the wicked. I wryte vnto you ^ lytell children/ 
howe that ye have knowne the father. I write vnto you fa- 
thers/ howe that ye have knowen him that was from the be- 
gynnynge. I wryte vnto you yonge men/ howe that ye are 
stronge : and the worde of God abydeth in you/ and ye have 
over come that wicked. 

Se that ye love not the worlde/ nether the thynges that are 

* Babes, Gen. '^ The righteous, Cr.Bps. The just. Gen. ^\s 
the reconciliation [atonement, B.], Gen. Bps. * Hereby, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. ^ Reinaineth, Gen. ^ Knoweth not, Gen. "^ Litle 

children, Gen. * Because ye, etc. Gen. Bps. [So post-l ^ That 
wicked, T. M. Cr. 



iFo. ccicpfj:. STJic jF^rst Hpistle of <S. 3i)on. 

in the worlde. Yf eny man love the worlde/ the love of the 
father is not in him. For all that is in the worlde (as the lust 
of the flesshe/ the lust of the eyes/ and the pryde ^^ of gooddes) 
is not of the father : butt of the worlde. And the worlde 
11 vanyssheth awaye/ and the lust ther of : butt he that fulfil- 
leth the will of god/ abydeth ever. 

1 Lytell children it is the last tyme/ and as ye have herde 
howe thatt Antichrist shall come : even nowe are there many 
Antichristes come allredy where by we knowe that it is the 
last tyme. They went oute from vs but they were nott of vs. 
For yf they had bene of vs/ they wolde no dout have continued 
with vs. But that fortuned that ytt myght apere/ that they 
were not ^'^ of vs. 

And ye have an oyntment ^^ of the holy gost/ and ye knowe 
all thinges. I wrote not vnto you/ as though ye knew not the 
trueth : but ^^ as though ye knewe it/ and knowe also that no 
lye commeth of trueth. who is a lyar : but he that denyeth 
that Jesus is Christ ? he is Antichrist that denieth the father 
and the sonne. Whosoever denyeth the sonne/ the same hath 
not the father.i^ Let therfore abyde in you that same which 
ye herde from the begynnynge. Yf that which ye herde from 
the begynnynge shall remayne in you/ ye also shall continewe 
in the sonne/ and in the father. And this is the promes that 
he hath promysed vs/ even eternall lyfe. 

This have I written vnto you/ as concernynge them that 
disceave you. And the anoyntynge which ye have receaved 
of hym dwelleth in you. And ye nede not that eny man 
teache you : but as that anoyntynge teacheth you all thinges/ 
and is true/ and is no lye : and as it taught you/ ^^ even so 
byde therein. And now ''' babes abyde in hym/ that when he 
shall apere/ we maye be bolde/ and nott be made a shamed 
1" of him at his commynge. YfF ye knowe that he is right- 
eous/ 1^ knowe also that he whych ^^ foloweth rightewesnes/ is 
borne of hym. 

10 Ofgoodnes, T. M. Of goods, Tav. Of lyfe, Cr. Gen. Bps. 
11 Passeth, Cr. Gen. Bps. 12 q^^^ j^j,s add— all. ^^ Of him 

that is holy, Cr. Gen. Bps. '■* Because, Gen. 1^ Cr. Bps. 

add [B. in the italic] — (He thatknoweth [knowledgeth, B.} the sonne 
hath the father also.) ^'^ Ye shall abyde, Gen. Bps. ^'^ Before 

him, Ge7i. '^ Knowe ye. Gen. '^ Doetb, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



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Srtjc if|. ^ijapter. 

"OEHOLDE what love the father hath shewed on vs/ that 
-*^ we shulde be called the sonnes of god. For this cause 
the worlde knoweth you not be cause it hath not knowen him. 
Derely beloved/ nowe are we the sonnes of god/ and yet it 
hath not apered what we shalbe. but we knowe that when ^ it 
shall apere/ we shalbe lyke hym. For we shall se hym as he 
is. And every man that hath thys hope in hym/ pourgeth 
hym silfe/ even as he ys pure. Whosoever committeth synne/ 
2 committeth vnrightewesnes also/ and synne is vnrightewesnes. 
and ye knowe that he apered to take awaye oure synnes/ and 
in him is no synne. As many as byde in him/ synne not : 
whosoever synneth hath not sene hym/ nether hath knowen 
him. 

Babes let no man deceave you/ He that doeth rightewesnes 
is righteous/ even as he is righteous. He that committeth sinne 
is of the devill : for the devyll synneth sence the begynninge. 
For this purpose apered the sonne of god/ to lowse the workes 
of the devill. Whosoever is borne of god/ sinneth not : for his 
seede remayneth in hym/ and he cannot sinne/ be cause he is 
borne of god. In this are the children of god knowen/ and the 
children of the devill. Whosoever doeth not rightewesnes/ is 
not of god/ nether he that loveth not his brother. 

For this is the tydinges/ that ye herde from the begynnynge/ 
that ye shulde love one another : not as Cayn which was of 
the wicked and slewe hys brother. And wherfore slewe he 
him ? be cause hys awne workes were evyll/ and his brothers 
goode. Marveyle nott my brethren yff the worlde hate you. 
We knowe that we are translated from deeth vnto lyfe/ be 
cause we love the broth ren. He that loveth not his brother/ 
abydeth in deeth. Whosoever hateth his brother/ is a man 
slear. And ye knowe thatt no man slear/ hath eternall lyfe 
abydynge in hym. 

Hereby perceave we love : for he gave his lyfe for vs : 
And we ought also to geve oure lives for our brethren. Who 
soever hath this worldes goode and seyth his brother ^ in ne- 
cessitie/ and shetteth vppe ^ his compassion from him : howe 
dwelleth the love of god in him ? My babes/ let us not love 

^ He shall, Gen. Bps. * Transgresseth also the lawe : for sinne 

is the transgression of the lawe, Gen. Bps. ^ Have nede, T.M. 

Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ jjig heart, Cov. 

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in worde/ nether in tonge : but with dede/ and in veritie. 
And herby we knowe that we are off the veritie/ and ^ will 
before hym put oure hertes out of dout : For (yfF oure hertes 
condempne vs) god is gretter then oure hertes/ and knoweth 
all thinges. ^ Tenderly beloved/ yff oure hertes condempne 
vs not/ then have we ''' trust to god warde : and whatsoever 
we axe/ we shall receave of hym : be cause we kepe his com- 
maundements/ and do those thynges which are pleasynge in 
his sight. 

And this is his commaundement/ that we beleve on the 
name of his sonne Jesus Christ/ and love one another/ as he 
gave commaundment. And he that kepeth hys commaunde- 
mentes dwelleth in him/ and he in him/ And herby we knowe 
that s there abydeih in vs of the sprete which he gave vs. 



tUfit iff), atfinpttx. 

T^ERELY beloved beleve not every sprete: but ^ prove 
■^-^ the spretes whether they are of god/ ^[orno :] for many ^ 
falce prophetes are gone out into the worlde. Herby shall ye 
knowe the sprete off god. Every sprete that confesseth that 
Jesus Christ is come in the flesshe/ is off god. And every . 
sprete which confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the 
flesshe/ is not off god. And this is that sprete of Antichrist/ 
of whom ye have herde/ howe that he shulde come : and even 
novve alredy is he in the worlde. 

Lytell children/ ye are of god/ and have overcome them : 
for gretter is he that is in you/ then he that is in the worlde. 
They are of the worlde/ therfore speake they of the worlde/ 
and the worlde heareth them. We are of god. He that 
knoweth god heareth vs : He that is nott off God/ heareth vs 
not. Herby knowe we the sprete of veritie/ and the sprete of 
erroure. 

Derely beloved/ lett vs love one another : for love com- 
meth of god. And eveiy one that loveth is borne of god/ and 
knoweth god. He that loveth nott/ hath not knowen god : for 
god is love. In this apered the love of god to vs ward/ be- 
cause that god sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde/ 
that we myght live thorowe him. Herili is love/ not that we 

^ Can quiet [assure, G, B.] our hearts before him, Ml the Versions. 
^ Beloved, T. M. Gen. Bps. Dearly beloved, Cr. ' Boldnes, Gen. 

[So ch. iii. 17.] ^ He abideth in us even by the spirite, etc. Cr. 

Gen. Bps. ^ Trie, Gen. ^ Ge». omits. 



9^/ 

2ri)e iF^rst Hpfstle of S. S!)ott. Otf). b, 

loved god/ but that he loved vs/ and sent his sonne to ^ make 
agrement for oure sinnes. 

Derely beloved yf god so loved vs/ we ought also to love 
one another, no man hath sene god at eny tyme. Yf we 
love one another/ god dwelleth in vs/ and his love is parfet in 
vs. Herby knowe we/ that we dwell in hym/ and he in vs. 
be cause he hath geven vs of his sprete. And we have sene 
and do testifie that the father sent the sonne/ ^ which is the 
saveour of the worlde. Whosoever confesseth that Jesus is 
the sonne of god/ in hym dwelleth god/ and he in god. And 
we have knowen and beloved the love that god hath to vs. 

God is love/ and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in god/ 
and god in hym. Herin is the love parfet in vs/ thatt we 
shulde have trust in the daye of iudgement/ ^ that as he is/ 
even so are we in this worlde. There is no feare in love/ but 
parfet love casteth out all feare/ for feare hath paynfulnes. 
He that feareth is not parfet in love. 

We love hym/ for he loved vs fyrst. Yf a man saye/ I 
love god/ and yet hateth his brother/ he is a lyar. Howe can 
he that loveth nott his brother whom he hath sene/ love god 
whom he hath not sene ? And this commaundement have we 
of hym: that he which loveth God/ shulde love his brother 
also. 

X^HOSOEVER beleveth that Jesus is Christ/ is borne of 
^ ~ god. and every one that loveth hym which begat/ 
loveth him also which was begotten of him. In this we 
knowe that we love the children of god/ when we love god/ 
and kepe his commaundements. This is the love of god/ 
that we kepe his commaundementes/ and his commaunde- 
mentes are not greveous. For all that is borne of god/ over 
commeththe worlde. and this is the victory that overcommeth 
the worlde/ even oure faythe. who is it that over commeth 
the world : but he which beleveth that Jesus is the sonne of 
god ? 

This Jesus Christ is he that cam by water and bloud/ not by 
water only : but by water and bloud. And it is the sprete that 
beareth witnes/ be cause the sprete ys trueth. ^ For there are 

3 Be a reconciliation, Gen. ■* To be, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ For as 

he is, Cr. Gen Bps. ^ [Cor. Cr. Tav. read vs. 7 in crotchets, 

T. M. — in smaller type.] 



i^o. ttmh ^tf^ iFjrst JSpiHtU of <S. Sf)on. 

thre vvhych beare recorde in heven/ the father/ the worde/ and 
the wholy goost. And these thre are one. And there are thre 
which beare recorde in erth : the sprete/ and water/ and bloud : 2 
and these thre ^ are one. Yf we receave the witnes of men/ 
the witnes of god is gretter. For this is the witnes of god/ 
^ which he testifyed of his sonne. He that beleveth on the 
Sonne of god hath the witnes in hym silfe. He that beleveth 
nott God/ hath made hym a lyare/ be cause he beleved nott 
the recorde that god ^ gave of his sonne. And this ys that 
recorde/ howe that god hath geven vnto vs eternall lyfe/ and 
this lyfe is in his sonne. He that hath the sonne/ hath lyfe : 
and he that hath not the sonne of god/ hath not lyfe. 

These thynges have I written vnto you that beleve on the 
name of the sonne off God/ that ye maye knowe howe that ye 
have eternall lyfe/ and that ye maye beleve on the name of the 
Sonne off god. And this is the ^ trust that we have in hym : 
that yf we axe eny thynge accordynge to his will he heareth vs. 
And yff we knowe that he heare vs whatt soever we axe/ we 
knowe that we shall have the peticions that we desyred of 
hym. 

Yff eny man se his brother synne a synne that is not vnto 
deeth/ let hym axe/ and he shall geve hym lyfe for them that 
synne not vnto deeth. There is a synne vnto deeth/ for which 
saye I not that "^ a man shulde praye. All vnrightewesnes is 
synne/ and there is a synne not vnto deeth. 

We knowe that whosoever is borne of God/ synneth not : 
but he that is begotten of god kepeth hym silfe/ and that wicked 
toucheth hym not. We knowe that we are of god/ and that 
^ the worlde is altogedder set on wickednes. We knowe that the 

sonne of God is come/ and hath geven vs a mynde to 

knowe hym which is true : and we are in hym that 

is true/ ^ through his sonne Jesu Christ. This 

same is very god/ and eternall lyfe. 

Babes kepe youre selves from 

ymages. Amen, 

2 Cr. adds— not by water only, but by water and blood. ^ Ao-ree 
in one, Gen. ^ Cr, adds — (that is greater). ^Witnessed, tren. 

* Assurance, Gen. ' Thou shouldest, Gen. ^ The whole 

worlde lyeth in, Gen. ^ That is, in, Gen. 



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'T^HE seneour to the electe lady and her children which I 
love in the trueth : and not I only : but also all they that 
have knowen the trueth/ for the truthes sake/ which ^remay- 
neth in vs/ and shalbe in vs for ever. 

With you be grace/ mercy/ and peace from God the 
father/ and from the lorde Jesus Christ the sonne off the 
father/ in trueth and love. 

I reioysed greatly/ that I founde off thy children walkynge 
in trough/ as we have receaved a commaundement of the 
father. And nowe beseche I the lady/ not as though I wrote 
a newe commaundement vnto the/ but that same/ which we 
had from the begynnynge/ that we shulde love one a nother. 
And this is the love/ that we shulde walke after his com- 
maundementes. 

This commaundement is (that as ye have herde from the 
begynnynge) ye shulde walke in it. For many deceavers 
are entred in to the worlde/ which confesse not that Jesus 
Christ is come in the flesshe. This is a deceaver and an 
Antichrist. Loke on youre selves/ that we lowse not that we 
have wrought : but that we maye have a full rewarde. 
Whosoever transgresseth and by deth not in the doctrine of 
Christ/ hath not God He that ^ endureth in the doctryne off 
Christ/ hath bothe the father/ and the sonne. 

Yff there come eny vnto you and brynge not this ^ learn- 
ynge/ hym receave not to housse : nether '^ bid hym god spede. 
For he that biddeth hym God spede/ is part taker off his evyll 
dedes. I had many thynges to wryte vnto you/ neverthelesse 

I wolde not wryte with paper and ynke : but I trust to 

come vnto you/ and speake with you mought to 

mouth/ that cure ioye maye be full. 

The sonnes off thy electe 

sister grete the 

Amen. 

1 Dwelleth, T. M. Cr. Gen. « Continueth, Geji. 3 Doc- 

" 4 Salute him, Cov. 

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nn HE senior vnto the beloved gay us/ whom I love in the 
trueth. ^Welbeloved I wysshe ^in all thynges thatt thou 
prosperedest and faredest well/ even as thy soule prospereth. 
I reioysed greatly when the brethren cam and testified off the 
trueth that is in the/ howe thou in troth walkest. I have no 
gretter ioye than forto heare howe that my sonnes walke in 
veritie. 

1 Derely beloved thou doest faythfully whatt soever thou 
doest to the brethren/ and to straungers/ which bare witnes off 
thy love before all the congregacion. ^ Which brethren when 
thou bryngest forwardes on their iorney (^ as it besemet God) 
thou shalt do wele : be cause that for his names sake they 
went forth/ and toke no thynge off the gentyls. We ther- 
fore ought to receave soche/ that we also myght be helpers to 
the trueth. 

I wrote vnto the congregacion : but Diotrephes which loveth 
to have the preeminence amonge them/ receaveth vs not/ 
wherfore yf I come I will declare his dedes which he doeth 
^iestynge on vs with malicious wordes/ nether is therewith 
content. Not only he hym silfe receaveth not the brethren : 
but also he forbiddeth them thatt wolde/ and thrusteth them 
out off the congregacion. 

1 Derely beloved counterfait not thatt which is evyll/ but 

that which is good : He that doeth well is off God : but he 

that doeth evyll seith not God. Demetrius hath good reporte 

off all men/ and of the trueth. Yee and we oure selves also 

beare recorde/ and ye knowe that oure recorde is true. I 

have many thynges to wryte : But I willnot with pen and 

ynke wryte vnto the. For I trust I shall short 

ly se the/ and we shall speake mouth to 

mouth. Peace be with the. The 

6 lovers salute the 

Grete the ^ lovers by 

name. 



» Beloved, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Chiefly, Gen. ^ Whom, if thou, 

etc. Gen. * Worthily before God, Cov. After a godly sort, Cr. 

Bps. As it beseemeth according to God, Gen. ^ Pratteling 

against us, Gen, ^ Friends, Gen. 



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pintle of ^aul mto tfte ^^etiturs^, 



^ in tyme past diversly and many wayes/ spake 
vnto the fathers by prophetes : but in these last dayes 
he hath spoken vnto vs by his sonne/ whom he hath made 
heyre of all thynges: by whom also he made the world, 
which sonne beyrige the brightnes of his glory/ and ^very 
ymage off his substance/ ^ bearynge vppe all thynges ^ with 
the worde of his power/ hath ^ in his awne person pourged 
oure synnes/ and is sytten on the right honde of the maiestie 
^ an hye/ and is more excellent then the angels/ in as moche 
as he hath ^ [by inheritaunce] obteyned an excellenter name 
than have they. 

For vnto which of the angels sayde he at eny time : Thou 
arte my sonne/ this daye begate I the ? And agayne : I will 
be his father/ and he shalbe my sonne. And agayne when he 
bryngeth in the fyrst begotten sonne in the worlde/ he sayth : 
And ^ all the angels of god shall worshippe hym. And ^ vnto 
the angels he sayth : He maketh ^^ his angels spretes/ and 
his ministers flammes of fyre. But vnto the sonne he sayth ; 
11 God thy seate shalbe for ever/ and ever. The cepter of thy 
kyngdom is a ^^ right cepter/ Thou hast loved rightewesnes 
and hated iniquitie : Wherfore hath god/ ^^ which is thy god/ 
anoynted the with the oyle off gladnes above thy felowes. 

* In the olde tyme [Whyche in tyme past, B.] at sundrie times 
and in divers maners, Gen. Bps. ^ The ingraved forme of his per- 

sone, Gen. ^ Rulynge, Cr. Upholding, Bps. "* By his 

mightie worde, Gen. ^ By himselfe, Gen. Bps. * In the high- 

est places, and is made so muche more, etc. Gen. ' Gen. Bps. 

omit. 8 Let all, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Of the, T. M. Gen. 

>° The Spirits his messengers, Gen. " O God, thy seat [throne, 

G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^* Sceptre of righteousnesse, Gen. Bps. 

" Even thy God, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



iFo. cc^rppfff. C:t)c Hpfstlc of 33aul 

And thou lorde in the begynnynge hast ^^ layde the founda- 
cion of the erth : And the hevens are the workes off thy hondes. 
They shall perisshe/ but thou i^ shallt endure. They all shall 
wexe olde as doth a garment : and as a vesture shalt thou 
^6 chaunge them/ and they shalbe chaunged : but thou arte 
the same/ and thy yeares shall not fayle. Vnto which off the 
angels sayde he at eny time ? Sit on my right honde tyll I 
make thyne enemies thy fote stole. Are they not all i'^ spretes 
to do service/ sent forto minister for their sakes/ which shalbe 
heyres of health ? 

STfje fj. (K^aptcr. 

TX/'HERFORE we ought ^ moche more to attende vnto tho 
' thynges which we have herde/ lest ^ we be spilt. For 
yff the worde which was spoken by angels was stedfast : and 
every transgression and disobedience receaved a iust recom- 
pence ^ to rewarde : howe shall we escape yf we '^ despise so 
great helth? which at the fyrst began to be preached off the 
lorde hym silfe/ and after warde was conformed vnto vs warde/ 
by them that herde it/ god bearynge witnes there to/ bothe 
with sygnes and wonders also/ and with divers miracles/ and 
gyftes off the holy gooste/ accordynge to his awne will. 

He hath not vnto the angels ^ put in subieccion the worlde 
to come/ where of we speake : but one in a certayne place wit- 
nessed/ sayinge : What is man/ that thou arte myndfull of 
hym : other the sonne of man/ that thou ^ visitest hym ? 
'^ After thou haddest for a season made hym lower then the 
angels : thou crounedst hym with honour and glory/ and hast 
set hym above the workes off thy hondes. Thou hast put all 
thynges in subieccion vnder his fete. In that he put all thynges 
vnder hym/ he left nothynge that is not put vnder him. Nev- 
erthelesse we yet se nott all thynges subdued vnto hym but 
^ that Jesus which for a season was made lesse then the angels/ 

^* Established the earth, Gen. ^■^ Doest retnayne, Gen. ^^ Folds 
them up, Gen. Bps. ^'' Ministryng spirits, Cr. Gen. B-ps. ' To 

gy\e the more earnest heede, Cr. Bps. Diligently to give heede. Gen. 
2 We perishe, Gov. T. M. At any time we let them slippe [we per- 
yshe, C], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Of rewarde, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Neg- 

lect, Gen. Bps. ^ Subdued, Cr. ^ Wouldest consider, Gen. 

' Thou madest him a little lower than [for a little (whyle) lower than,i?. 
a little mferiorto,G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ But hym that [B. adds — for 
a whyle] was made lesse than the angels, we see that it was Jesus, 
Cr. Bps. We see Jesus crowned, etc. which was made a little infe- 
rior to, Gen. 



H4.7 



bnto tt;e ^t^uts, e:|>. rff. 

we se thorowe the ^ punnyshment of deeth crouned with glory 
and honour/ that he by the grace of god/ shulde tast of deeth 
for all men. 

For hit becam hym/ for whom are all thynges/ and by 
wliom are all thynges/ ^^ after that he had brought many son- 
nes vnto glory/ that he shulde ^^ make the lorde of their helth 
12 [parfet] thorowe affliccions : For as moche as he which 
sanctifieth/ and they which are sanctified/ are all off won. 
For which causes sake/ he is not a shamed to call them breth- 
ren sayinge : I will declare thy name vnto my brethren/ in 
the myddes off the congregacion will I prayse the. And 
agayne : I will put my trust in hym. And agayne : beholde 
here am I and the children which god hath geven me. 

For as moche then as the children were parte takers of 
flesshe and bloud/ he also hym silfe lyke wyse toke parte 
with them/ ^^ forto put doune thorowe deeth hym that had 
lordshippe over deeth that is to saye the devyll. And that he 
myght delyver them which thorowe feare of deeth all their 
lyfe tyme were in daunger of bondage. For he ^'^in no place 
taketh on hym the angels : but the sede of Abraham taketh 
he on hym. Wherefore in all thynges hit be cam hym to be 
made lyke vnto his brethren/ that he myght be mercifull/ and 
a faythfull hye preste in thynges concernynge god/ ^^ for to 
pourge the people synnes. For in that ^^ he hym silfe suf- 
fered/ and was tempted/ he is able to sucker them that are 
tempted, 

Eije fij'. (t'i)npttx, 

'VT/'HERFORE wholy brethren/ parttakers off the i celes- 

' ^ tiall callinge/ consyder the ^ embasseatour and hye 

prest of ourre profession Christ Jesus/ beynge faythfull to him 

that 3 sent him/ even as was Moses in all his housse. '^ And 

^ SufFeryng, Cr. Gen. Bps. *° Seeing that he brought, Gen. 

" Consecrate the prince [Make the captayne, £.] of their salvation, 
Gen. Bps. ^^ Gen. omits. *^ That he might take away the 

power of hym, Gov. That through death he might expel him that had 
lordshyp, Cr. Bps. That he might destroy through death him that 
had the power, etc. Gen. ^* In no sort took the angels, but he 

took the seede, Gen. *° To make reconciliation [agreement, C] 

for. Gov. Gen. ^^ It fortuned hymselfe to be tempted, Cr. ^ Hea- 
venly vocation. Gen. ^ Apostle, Gen. Bps. ^ Ordayned, Cov. 
Made, T.M. Put him in the office, Cr. Appoynted, Gen. Bps. * For 
loke howe much honour he (that hath builded ahouse) hath more than 
the house itselfe, so muche honoure is he counted worthye of more 
than Moses, Cr, Gen. Bp$, 



ifo. cc^rvp^. B\)e 3Hpfstle of ^Paul 

this man was counted worthy of more glory then Moses : In 
as moche as he which hath ^ prepared the housse/ hath ^ most 
honoure in the housse. Every housse is ^ prepared of some 
man. But he that ordeyned all thynges is god. And Moses 
verely was faithful 1 in all his housse as a minister/ to beare 
witness of tho thynges which shulde be spoken afterwarde. 
But Christ as a sonne '^ hath rule over the housse/ whose housse 
are we/ yf we ^ kepe stedfast confydence and reioysynge in 
the fayth vnto the ende. 

Wherfore as the holy goost sayth : to daye if ye shall heare 
his voyce/ harden not youre hertes/ ^ as when ye provoked in 
tyme of temptacion in the wildernes/ where youre fathers 
tempted me/ proved me/ and sawe my workes xl. yeare longe. 
Wherfore I was greved with that generacion and sayd : They 
ever erre in their hertes : they verely have not knowen my 
wayes/ so that I sware in my wrathe/ that they shulde not 
enter into my rest. Take hede brethren ^^ that there be in 
none of you ^^ an evyll herte/ in vnbeleve/ that he shulde de- 
parte from the livynge god : but exhorte one another dayly/ 
whill it is called to daye/ lest eny of you ^^ wexe harde herted/ 
^2 and be deceaved with synne. 

We are parte takers of Christ/ so that we kepe sure vnto 
the ende ^^ begynning of the substance/ soo longe as it is said : 
to daye if ye heare his voyce/ herden not youre hertes/ as 
when ye provoked. For some/ when they herde/ provoked : 
but nott all that cam out of egypt vnder moses. But with 
whome was he depleased xl. yeares ? i^ was he not displeas- 
ed with them that synned : whose ^^ boddies were over throwen 
in the desart ? To whom sware he that they shulde not enter 
into his rest : but vnto them that beloved nott ? And we se 
that they coulde not enter in/ be cause of vnbeleve. 

* Buylded, Cr. Gen. Bps. 8 More honour than the house, Geri. 

BjiS. "^ Over his owne house, Gen. ^ Holde fast the confi- 

dence, etc. of that hope, etc. T.M. Cr. Gen, Bps. ^ After the rebel- 
lion, in the daye, T. M. As in the provokynge, in the daye, Cr. As in 
the provocation according to the [in the, B.] daye of temptation. Gen, 
Bps. J° Leste at any time there be in any of you, Cr. Gen. Bps, 

'* A frowarde hart subject to unbeleefe, Cr. An evill heart and un- 
faithful [of unbeleefe, J5.], Gen. Bps. ^^ Be hardened, Gen. Bps. 
*^ Through the deceytfulnesse of sinne, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^'* The 
fyrst substance, T. M. The beginning, wherewith we are upholden, 
Gen. ^'' Not Avith them that, etc. .? Bps, ^^ Karkeises fell in the 
wildernesse [desart, Z?.], Gen. Bp^. 



H^9 



bnto t'pc ?2Je&nies. ®ti. ffff. 



T ET vs feare therfore lest eny of vs forsakynge the promes 
of entiynge into his rest/ shulde ^ seme to come behinde. 
For vnto vs was ^it declared/ as wele as vnto them. But ^hit 
proffited not them that they herde the worde/ be cause they 
which herde it ^ coupled it not with fayth. we which have be- 
leved/ do enter into his rest/ ^ as contrary wyse he sayde to 
the wother : as I have sworne in my wrath/ ^ they shall not 
enter into my rest. "^ and that spake he verely longe after the 
workes ^ were made/ from the fundacion off the worlde layde : 
For he spake in a certayne place of the seventh daye/ on this 
wyse : And god did rest the seventh daye from all his workes. 
And in this place agayne : ^ They shall not come into my rest. 

Seynge therfore it ^ foloweth that some muste enter there 
into/ and they to whom it was fyrst preached/ entred not 
therin for vnbeleves sake. ^^ Agayne he apoynteth ^^ in David 
a certayne present daye after so long a tyme/ sayinge as it is 
rehearsed : this daye if ye here his voyce/ ^^ be not harde 
herted. For if Josue had geven them rest/ then \volde he not 
afterwaide have spoken of another daye. There remayneth 
therfore yet a rest vnto the people of god. For he that is en- 
tred into his rest doth cease from his awne workes/ as god did 
from his. 

Let vs study therfore to entre into tliat rest/ lest eny man 
faule 13 into soche an ensample off vnbelefe : for the worde off 
god is quycke/ and myghty in operacion/ and sharper than 
eny two edged swearde : and entreth through/ even vnto the 

^ Seem [C adds — at any time] to have been disappoynted [to be de- 
prived, G. to be defrauded, B.] Cr. Gen Bps. ^ The Gosj e'l preach- 
ed. Gen Bps. ^ The worde of preaching helped them not when they 
that heard it, beleeved not, Cov. * Mixed. Gen. ^ As he sayd, 
Even as I, etc. Cr. Bps. As he saide to the other, Gen. ^ If they 
shall enter, Gen. Bps. ' Although the workes were finished [made 
perfect, 7?.] from the foundation of the worlde. Gen. Bps. ^ From 
the beginning of the worlde were made, Cov. Were made and the 
foundation, T. M. Cr. ^ Remaineth, Gen. ^^ Therefore ap- 
pointeth he a day agayne after so long a tyme and saith : To day, as 
is rehearsed by David, To day, etc. Cov. " A certayne day after 
so long a tyme, saying in David, (as it is rehearsed) this day, if, Cr. 
In David a certaine daye by To daye, after so long a tyme, saying as 
it is saide, This daye, if, Gen. A certayne day, by to-day, saying, in 
David after so long a time, (as it is sayde.) To day, if, Bps. ^^ Har- 
den not your hearts, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ After the same, T. M. Cr. 
Gen. Bps. 



^0. ccpyjrb. S!)e ISpfstle off ^\itiul 

dividynge a sonder of the soule and the sprete and of the 
ioyntes' and the mary : and i* iudgeth the thoughtes and the 
intentes ofFthe herte. Nether is there eny creature ^^ invisible 
in the sight off hit : but all thynges are naked and bare vnto 
the eyes off hym/ ^^ off whom we speake. 



QEYNGE then thatt we have a grett hye prest whych hath 
^ entred heven (I mean Jesus the sonne off God) lett vs 
1 kepe oure profession. For we have nott an hye prest/ which 
cannot ^ have compassion on oure infirmities : but was in all 
poyntes tempted/ ^ in lyke manner : but yett with out synne. 
Let vs therfore goo boldely vnto the seate of grace/ that we 
maye receave mercy/ and fynde grace to heipe in tyme of 
nede.^ 

For every hye prest that is taken from among men/ is or- 
deyned for men/ in thinges pertaynynge to god : to offer gyftes 
and sacrifyses for synnes : which ^ can have compassion on 
the ignoraunt/ and on them that ^ are out of the hye waye/ 
be cause that he hym silfe also is compased with infirmitie : 
For the which infirmities sake/ he is bounde to offer for 
synnes/ as wele for hys awne parte/ as for the peoples. No 
man taketh honour vnto hym silfe/ but he that is called off 
God/ as was Aaron. 

even so lyke wyse Christ "^ honored not hym silfe/ that he 
myght be the hye prest : butt he gloryfyed hym that sayde 
vnto hym : thou arte my sonne/ this daye begat I the.^ As he 
also in a nother place speaketh : Thou arte a preste for ever 
after the order of Melchisedech. Which in the dayes of his 
fiesshe/ did offer vppe prayers and supplicacions/ with stronge 
cryinge and teares/ vnto hym that was able to save hym from 
deeth : and was also herde/ ^ be cause he had God in reve- 

^* Is a discerner of, Or. Gen. Bj)s. *^ That is not manifest in 

his sight, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ With whom we have to do, Gen. 

^ Holde fast our profession [the profession (of our hope), C. this con- 
fession, /?.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Be touched with the feeling of, Gen. 
Bps. ^ Lyl5:e as we are, T. M. Cr. Bps. In like sort. Gen. ^ [Ch. 
iv. ends here in Cr. Gen. Bps.] ^ Is able sufficiently to, Gen Can 
sufficiently, Bps. ^ Erie out of the way, Cr. Bps. ' Glorified 
not, T. M. Cr. Bps. Tookenot tohimselfethis honour. Gen. ^ Glo- 
rified him, T. M. Cr. Gave it him, Gen. Bps. [' Glorified him' (See text) 
transposed.] ^Because he had God in honour, Cov. In that 
which he feared, Gen. Bps. 



i ' f 
bnto tl)e ^thxuts. ^% bj. 

rence. And though he were ^^ goddes sonne/ yet learned he 
obedience/ by tho thynges which he suffered/ and ^^ was 
made parfaite/ and the cause of eternall health vnto all them 
that obey hym : and is called of God the hye prest/ after the 
order of Melchisedech. 

Wherof have we many thynges to saye which are harde to 
be vttered : be cause ye are dull off hearinge. For when as 
concerninge the tyme/ ye ought to be teachers/ yet have ye 
nede agayne that we teache you the fyrst principles of the 
^2 worde of god : and are be come soche as have nede off 
mylke/ and not of stronge meate : For every man that ^^ is 
feed with mylke is inexpert in the worde of rightewesnes : 
For he is but a babe. But stronge meate belongeth to them 
thatt are ^"^ parfect/ which ^^ thorowe custome have their wittes 
exercised/ i^ to iudge both good and evyll also. 

'VX/'HERFORE let vs leave the doctryne ^ pertaynynge to 
^ ^ the begynnynge of ^ a Christen man/ and let vs 3 go 
vnto perfeccion/ and nowe no more laye the foundacion of 
repentaunce from deed workes/ and of fayth towarde god/ 
^ off baptim/ of doctryne/ and of layinge on of hondes/ and of 
resurreccion from deeth/ and of eternall iudgment. And so 
will we do/ yf god permitt. For it ^ is nott possible that they/ 
which were once lyghted/ and have tasted of the hevenly gyft/ 
and are be come part takers of the holy goost/ and have tasted 
of the good worde of god/ and off the power off the worlde to 
come : yf they faule ^ [shulde be renued agayne vnto repent- 
aunce :] For as moche as they '^ have (as concernynge them 
selves) crucified the sonne of god a fresshe/ makynge a mocke 
of hym. 

For that erth which drynketh in the rayne which commeth 
ofte apon it/ and bryngeth forth erbes me<e for them ^ that 

^° The sonne, Gen. Bps. " Being consecrate [Beyng perfect, 

JB.] was made the author, Gen. Bps. ^'^ 5^5. adds — begynnyngof 

the. 13 Useth mylke, Gen. B/)5. i* Of age, Gew. i' By 

reason of use, Cr. Bps. *^ To discerne, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Of 

the beginning of Christ, Gen. Bps. ^ A Christian lyfe, Gov. 

3 Goe foorth [Be led forwarde, G.] unto, etc. not laying againe, Cr. 
Gen. Bps. ^ Of the doctrine of baptismes, Gen. Bps. ^ Can- 

not be, Cr. Bps. Is impossible, Gen. ® Cr. reads this clause 

three lines below, thus ; — of hym, that they should, etc. "^ Crucifie 
againe [afreshe, B.} to themselves, Gen. Bps. ^ By whom it ia 

tilled, Bps. 

PP 



iFo. ccp):):bf. S:|)e ISpfstle off 3Paiil 

dresse it/ receaveth blessynge of god : but that grounde/ 
which beareth thornes and ^ bryars/ is reproved/ and is nye 
vnto cursynge : whose ende is to be burned. ^^ Neverthe- 
lesse dere frendes/ we trust to se better of you/ and thynges 
which a company helth/ though we thus speake. For god is 
not vnrighteous that he shulde forget youre worke/ and laboure 
11 [that procedeth] of love/ which love ye shewed in his name/ 
which have ministred vnto the saynctes/ and yett minister. 
Yee/ and we desyre that every one off you shewe the same 
diligence/ to the ^^ encreace off the fayth/ even vnto the ende : 
that ye ^^ faynt not/ but counterfayte them/ which thorow fayth 
and pacience inheret the promyses. 

For when god made promes to Abraham/ be cause he had 
no gretter thinge to sweare by : he sware by hym silfe/ say- 
inge : Surely ^^ I will blesse the/ and multiply the in dede. 
And so after that he had ^^ taryed a longe tyme/ he i^ enioy- 
ed the promes. Men verely sweare by hym that is greater 
then them selves/ And an othe to confyrme the thynge/ ys 
among them an ende of all stryfe. So god willynge very 
aboundantly to shewe vnto the heyres of promes/ the stable- 
nes of his counsayle/ ^'^ he added an othe/ that by two immu- 
table thynges (in which it was vnpossible that god shulde lye) 
we myght have ^^ parfect consolacion/ which ^^ have fled/ forto 
holde fast the hope that is set forth before oure faces/ which 
hope we have as an ancre off the soule/ both sure and sted- 
fcist. Which hope also entreth in/ into tho thynges which are 
with in the vayle/ whither the fore runner is for vs entered in/ 
I mean Jesus that is made an hye prest for ever/ after the or- 
der of Melchisedech. 



nPHIS Melchisedech kynge of Salem (which beinge prestofthe 

-"- most hye god/ met Abraham/ as he returned agayne from 

the slaughter of the kynges/ and blessed him/ to whom also 

3 Thistles, is nothing worth, Gov. ^° But, beloved, we have 

persuaded ourselves better things, Gen. ^* Gen. Bps. omit. 

^2 Full assurance [Stablyshing, Cov. T. M. Full stablishyn^, Cr.] of 
hope, Ml the Vers. ^^ Be not slouthfuU, Gen. ^* I will aboun- 

dantly blesse thee, and multiplie thee marveilously, Gen. Blessyng, I 
will blesse thee, and multiplying, 1 will multiply thee, Bps. ^^ Tar- 
yed [Abode, Cov.] patiently, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^Obteyned, 
Bps. ^"^ Bounde himselfe by, Gen. Confyrmed by, Bps. ^^ A 
strong, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Have our refuge to holde fast, Gen. 



H73 

bnto tl)e S^ehruts, Cf). bf;. 

Abraham gave tythes of all thynges) first is by interpretacion 
kynge of rightewesnes/ after that kynge of Salem/ that is to 
saye kynge of peace/ with out father/ with out mother/ with 
out kynne/ and hath nether begynnynge of his tyme/ nether 
yet ende of his lyfe : but is lykened vnto the sonne olf god/ 
and 1 remayneth a prest for ever. 

Consyder ^ what a man this was/ vnto whom the patriarke 
Abraham gave tythes off the spoyles. And verely those child- 
dren off levy/ which receave the office of the prestes/ have a 
commaundement to take a cordynge to the lawe/ tythes of the 
people/ that is to saye/ of their brethren/ yee though they 
spronge out of the loynes of Abraham. But he whose kyn- 
red is not counted amonge them/ receaved tythes of Abraham/ 
and blessed him that had the promyses. and ^ no man deny- 
eth but that which is lesse/ receaveth blessinge of that which 
is gretter. And here men that deye receave tythes. Butt 
there he receaveth tythes of whom it is witnessed/ that he 
liveth. And to saye ^ the trueth/ Levy hym silfe which re- 
ceaveth tythes/ payed tythes in Abraham. For he was yet in 
the loynes of his father Abraham/ when Melchisedech met 
hym. 

Yf nowe therfore perfeccion cam by the presthod of the le- 
vites (for ^ vnder that presthod the people receaved the lawe) 
what neded it further more that another prest shulde ryse/ 
after the order of Melchisedech/ and nott after the order off 
Aaron ? ^ Nowe no dout/ yf the presthod be '^ translated/ then 
of necessitie must '''the lawe be translated also. 

For he of whom these thynges are spoken/ pertayneth vn- 
till a nother trybe/ off which/ never man served at the aultre. 
For it is evident that oure lorde spronge of the trybe of Juda/ 
of which trybe spake Moses no thynge as concerninge prest- 
hod. 

And it is yet a more evident thinge/ ^ yf after the similitude 
of Melchisedech there aryse a nother prest/ which is not made 
after the lawe off the carnall commaundment : but after the 
power of the endlesse lyfe. For he testifyeth : Thou arte a 
prest for ever/ after the order of Melchisedech. ^ Then the 
commaundment that went a fore/ is disanulled/ be cause of his 

1 Continueth, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 2 jjow great, Gen. Bps. 

3 Without all contradiction [controversie, Bps.'] the lesse, Gen. Bps. 

4 As the thing is, Gtn. ' Under it the lawe was established to the 
people, Gen. ^ For if, Gen. "^ Changed . . there be a change 
of the lawe, Gen. ^ J3ecause that after. Gen. ^ For the, etc. 
Gen, Yqx there is truly a disannulling of the commaundement, Bps. 



weaknes and vnproffitableues. For the lawe ^^ made no thynge 
parfect : butt ^^ was an introduccionof a better hope/ by which 
hope/ we drawe nye vnto god. 

And 12 for this cause itt is a better hope/ that it was not pro- 
mysed with out an othe. Those prestes were made with out 
an oth : but this prest with an oth/ by hym that sayde vnto 
hym : The lorde sware/ and will not repent : Thou art a prest 
for ever after the order of Melchisedech : ^^ ^^d for that cause 
was Jesus a stablyssher off a better testament. 

And amonge them many were made prestes/ be cause they 
were not suffred to endure by the reason of deeth. Butt this 
man/ be cause he endureth ever/ hath an everlastynge prest- 
hod : Wherfore he is able also ^'^ ever to save them that come 
vnto God by hym/ seynge he ever liveth/ to make interces- 
sion for vs. 

Soche an hye prest it becommeth vs to have/ which is wholy/* 
harmlesse/ vndefiled/ separat from synners/ and made hyar 
then hevens. Which nedeth not dayly (as ^^ yonder hie 
prestes) to offer vppe sacrifice/ fyrst for his awne synnes/ and 
then for the peoples synnes. For that did he at once for all/ 
when he offered vppe hym silfe : For the lawe maketh men 
1^ prestes/ which have infirmitie / but the worde of the oth 
that cam sence the lawe/ maketh the sonne prest/ '^^ which 
is parfect for ever more. 



^^F the thynges which we have spoken/ this is ^ the pyth : 
^-^ That we have soche an hye preste that is sitten on the 
right honde of the seate of maiestie in heven/ and is a minis- 
ter of 2 wholy thynges/ and of the ^ very tabernacle/ whiche 
God pyght and not man. For every hye prest is ordeyned 
to offer gyftes and sacryfises/ wherefore it is of necessitie/ 
that this man have some what also to offer. For he wernot a 
preste/ yf he were on the erth where are prestes that acord- 
ynge to the lawe offer giftes/ which prestes serve vnto ^ the 

^^ Brought nothing to perfection, Cr. ^^ The bringing in of 

a better hope made perfite, Gen. Was the bringing in of, etc. Bps. 
^2 Forasmuch [In as much, B.} as it is not without an othe ; for those, 
etc. Ge7i. Bps. ^^ By so much was Jesus made a suretie of, etc. 

Gen. Bps. ^^ Perfectly, Gen. ^' Such hie priestes, Gen. Bps. 

'^ Hie priestes, Gen. Bps. ^"^ Who is consecrated, Gen. * The 

Bumme, Gen. Bps. ^ The Sanctuarie, Gen. ^ True, Cr. Gen. 

Bps. ^ The paterne, Gev>. 



bnto ttje ?^el)rues. it% fp. 

ensample and shadowe of hevenly thynges : even as ^ the an- 
swere off God was geven vnto Moses when he was about to 
fynnishe the tabernacle : ^ For take hede (sayde he) that thou 
make all thynges accordynge to the patrone shewed to the in 
the mount. 

''' Nowe hath he obtayned a more excellent office/ in as 
moche as he is the mediator off a better testament/ which was 
^ made for better promyses. For yff that fyrst testament had 
bene ^ soche a won that no man coulde have founde fault 
with it : then shulde no place have bene sought for the seconde. 
For in rebukynge them he sayth : Beholde the dayes will 
come (sayth the lorde) ^^and I will fynnyshe apon the housse 
off Israhell/ and apon the housse off Juda/ a newe testament/ 
not lyke the testament that I made with their fathers/ at that 
tyme/ when I toke them by the hondes/ to ledde them out off 
the londe off Egipte/ for they continued nott in my testament/ 
and I regarded them not sayth the lorde. 

For this is the testament that I will make for the housse off 
Israhell : Affter those dayes (sayth the lorde) I will put my 
lawes in their myndes/ and in their hertes/ I will wryte 
them/ and I wilbe their God/ and they shalbe my people. 
And they shall not teache/ every man his neghhoure/ and every 
man his brother/ sayinge : knovve the lorde : For they shall a 
knowe me/ from the ^^ lest to the moste off them : For I wilbe 
mercifuU over their iniquyties : and ^^ on their synnes and on 
their vnrightewesnes/ will T not thynke eny more. In that he 
sayth a newe testament' he ^^ hath abrogat the olde. Nowe that 
which is disanuUed and wexed olde/ is redy to vannysshe a 
waye. 

1 'T^HAT fyrst tabernacle verely had iustifyinges/ and ser- 

-*- vynges off god/ and 2 worldly holynes. For that fyrst 

tabernacle was made/ wherin was the ^ candlesticke/ and the 

table/ and the shewe breed/ which is called wholy. ^ With 

^ Moses was warned [admonished, B.] of God when he,etc. Gen. Bps. 
^ For see, Gen. Bps. "^ But nowe vur hie priest Imth, Gen. » Con- 
firmed in, Cr. Bps. Established upon. Gm. * Faultlesse, Gen. 
Bps. 10 When I shall make with, Gen. " The litle [The least, 
G.] of them to the great [greatest, B] of them, Gen. Bps. ^^ j ^il 
remember their, etc. no more, Geji. ^^ Weareth out the olde, Cav. 
Hathe worne out the olde. For that which is worne out, Cr. Bps. 
J The olde Testament then, etc. Cr. Then the first Testament had 
also ordinances of religion. Gen. The first covenant then had verily 
justifying ordinances, Bps. 2 Outwarde holinesse, Cov. A world- 
ly Sanctuarie, Gen. ^ Lyght, Cr. 4 And after the, etc. Gen.Bps. 



JFo. ccxn'oiti* Cije Hpfstle off ^aul 

in the seconde vayle was the tabernacle/ which is called ho- 
liest off all/ which had the golden senser/ and the arcke off 
the testament overlayde round about with golde/ wherin was 
the golden pot with manna/ and Aarons rodde that ^ spronge' 
and the tables off the testament. Over the arcke were the 
^ cherubyns off glory shadowynge ''' the seate off grace. Off 
which thynges/ we woll nott nowe speake perticularly. 

When these thynges were thus ordeyned/ the prestes went 
all wayes into the fyrst tabernacle ^ which excuted the service 
9 [of god :] In to the secounnde went in the hye prest alone/ 
once every yeare : but not with out bloud/ which he offered 
for hym silfe/ and for the ignoraunce of the people : The holy 
goost this signifyinge/ that the waye ^^ off holy thynges was 
not yet openned/ whill as yet the fyrst tabernacle was stond- 
ynge/ which was ^ a similitude off this present tyme/ in which 
gyftes and sacrifises are offered/ which ^^ cannot make them 
that minister parfect/ as pertaynynge to the conscience/ ^^ with 
meales only and drinkes/ and diverse wesshynges/ and ^^ iusti- 
fyinges/ off the flesshe/ [which were ^^ ordeyned] vntyll the 
tyme off reformacion. 

But Christ ^^ beynge the hye prest off good thinges to come/ 
cam by a gretter/ and a more parfayct tabernacle/ not made 
with hondes : that is to saye/ not of this maner bildynge/ 
nether by the bloud of gotes/ and caulves : but by his owne 
bloud/ he entred once for all into the wholy place/ and 
^^ founde eternall redempcion. For yf the bloud ^^ of oxen/ 
and off Gotes/ and the asshes of ^^ an heyfer/ when it was 
sprynckled/ 20 puryfied the vnclene/ as touchynge the purifi- 
ynge of the flesshe : How moche more shall the bloud of Christ 
(which thorowe the eternall sprete/ offered hym silfe with out 
spot to God) pourdge oure consciences from deed workes/ for 
to serve the livynge god ? 

° Flourished, Cov. Had budded, Gen. Bps. ^ Glorious Cher- 

ubims, Gen. ' The mercy seate. Gen. Bps. * And accom- 

plished, Gew. J5;)5. 9 Of the holy things, CV. GcTt. omits. ^^ Of 

holinesse, Cov. Into the Holiest of all. Gen. '^ A figure, Gen. 

*2 Coulde not make him that did God's service [make the worshipper, 
B.] perfect, Cov. Bps. Could not make holy him that did the ser- 
vice. Gen. *^ Which stood only in meats, Gen. ^* Carnall 
rites, Gen. G. omits what follows. ^^ Layde up, Bps. ^^ Be^ 
ing come an hie preest of good things that shoulde be [to come, G.], 
Gen. Bps. i7 Obtained /or us, Gen. ^^ Of bulls, Gen. '^ A 
young cowe, when it was, etc. Cr. A young cowe [An heifer, G.] 
sprinkling the uncleane, sanctifieth to the [sanctifieth as touching, G.], 
Gen. Bps. ^ Halloweth, Cov. 



HV 



bnto ti)c J^ebvues. (t^, fv. 

And for this cause is he the mediator off the newe testa- 
ment/ that 21 as sone (as his deeth was fulfilled for the redemp- 
cion of those transgressions that were in the fyrst testament) 
they which were called/ myght receave the promes off eter- 
nall inheritaunce. For whersoever is a testament/ there must 
also be the deeth of hym that maketh the testament. For the 
testament ^ taketh auctoritie when men are deed : For it is 
of no value as longe as he that made it is a live. For which 
cause also/ nether that fyrst testament was ^ ordeyned with 
out bloud. For when ^4 all the commaundementes were redde 
of Moses vnto all the people/ he toke the bloud of calves/ and 
of Gotes/ whith water and purple woll and ysope/ and sprynk- 
led both the boke and all the people/ sayinge this is the bloud 
off the testament/ which God hath apoynted vnto you. More- 
over/ he sprenkled the tabernacle with bloud also/ and all the 
2^ ministrynge vessels. And almost all thynges/ accordynge 
to the lawe/ ar ^6 clensed with bloud/ and with out ^"^ effusion 
of bloud/ is no remission. 

Hit is then nede that the 28 similitudes of hevenly thynges/ 
be purified with soche thynges : but the hevenly thynges them 
selves are purified with better sacrifices then are these. For 
Christ is not entred into the holy places/ that are made wit 
hondes/ which are but ^8 similitudes off ^9 true thynges : but is 
entred into ^Oyery heven/ for to apere nowe in the syght of 
God for vs. Not to offer hym silfe often/ as the hye prest 
entreth in to the holy place every yeare with ^i straunge bloud : 
for then must he have often suffered sence the ^^ worlde be- 
gan : Butt nowe in the ende off the worlde/ hath he apered 
once for all/ to put synne ^3 to flyght/ by the offerynge vppe 
off hym silfe. And as it is apoynted vnto men that they shall 
once deye/ and then commeth the iudgement/ even so Christ 
3"^ was once offered to take a waye the synnes of many/ and 
vnto them that ^^ loke for hym/ shall he apeare ^^ agayne/ 
with out synne vnto their health. 

^' Through death which was [which chanced, T. M. Cr.] for the re- 
demption, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Is confirmed. Gen. Bps. 
23 Dedicated, Bps. ^ Moses had spoken every precept [declared 
all the commandment, C] to all the people accordyng to the lawe, 
Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Vessels of the God's service, Cov. Vessels of 
the ministerie, Bps. ^ Purged, All the Vers. ^7 Sheddyng, 
All the Vers. ^ Paterns, Bps. ^^ The true Sanctuarie, Gen. 
3° Heaven itselfe, Bps. ^i Other blood. Gen. ^^ Foundation of 
the worlde, Gen. Bps. ^^ Away, Gen. Bps. ^^ Once suffered, 
Bps. 3» Wayt, Bps. ^ The seconde time, Gen. Bps. 



j^o. ccrrjrpf):. STije 3Sfistle off 3|aiil 

2ri)e ):, ®|jajrter. 

"P^ OR the la we which hath but the shadewe of goode thynges 
-*- to come/ and not i the thynges in their owne fassion/ can 
never with the sacryfises whiche they offer yeare by yeare 
continually ^ make the commers there vnto parfayte. For 
wolde not then those sacrifises have ceased to have been of- 
fered ? be cause that the offerers once pourged/ shulde have 
hadde no moare consciences of sinnes. Neverthelesse in 
thos sacrifises is there ^ mencion made of synnes every yeare- 
For it is vnpossible that the bloud of ^ oxen/ and off gotes 
shulde take awaye synnes. 

Wherfore when he commeth into the world/ he sayth : Sac- 
rifice and offeringe thou woldest not have : but a bodie hast thou 
ordeyned me/ ^ holocaustes and sacrifice for synne thou hast 
not alowed. Then I sayde : Lo I come/ In the begynnynge 
off the boke is it written of me/ that I shulde fulfill thy will/ o 
god. Above when he sayth sacrifice/ and offerynge/ and ^ ho- 
locaustes/ and sacrifyce for synne/ thou woldest not have/ 
nether '''hast alowed (which are offered by the lawe) then he 
sayde : Lo ^ I am redy to do thy will o god he taketh awaye 
the fyrst to stablisshe ^ the latter By the which will we are 
sanctified/ by the offerynge of the body of Jesu Christe ^^once 
for all. 

And every prest ^^ is redy dayly ministrynge/ and ofle tymes 
offereth ^^one maner of offerynge/ which can never take 
awaye synnes : but this man after he had offered one sacri- 
fyce for synnes/ ^^ sat hym doune for ever on the right honde 
of god/ and from hence forth tarieth till his foes be made his 
fote stole. For with one offerynge hath he i'* made parfect 
for ever them that are sanctified. And the holy goost also 
beareth vs recorde off this/ ^^ even when he tolde before : 
This is the testament that I will make vnto them after those 

^ The very fashion [image, G.] of the things themselves, Cr. Gen. 
Bps. ^ Sanctifie the commers thereunto, Gen. ^ A remem- 

brance again, Gen. * Bulles, Gen. Bps. ^ In sacrifices and 

synne offerings thou hast no lust, T. M. Burnte offcrynges also for 
synne, etc. Cr. In burnt offrings and sinne offrings [In burnt sacrifi- 
ces and offerings for sinne, 6.] thou hast had no pleasure, Gen. Bps. 
* Gen. Bps. — [as before, vs. 6 ] ' Hast pleasure therein, Gen. Bps. 
8 I am here, Cr. I come, Gen. Bps. ^ The second, Gen. Bps. 

^^ Once made, Gen. ^^ Appeareth, GeTi. Standeth , ^'/^s. ^'One 

maner of oblation, Cr. The same sacrifices, Bps. ^^ Which is of 

value forever, sat downe on the, etc. Cov. ^* Consecrated, Gen.- 

^= After that he had said [tolde, i?.], Gen. Bps. 



V7^ 

bnto ti)e Ji^ebrues. CI), j:. 

dayes say th the lorde. And I will put my lawes in their hertes/ 
and in their myndes I will write them/ and their synnes and 
iniquyties will I remember no moare. And where remission 
of these thynges is/ there is no moare offerynge for synne. 

16 Seynge brethren that by the meanes off the bloud of Je- 
su/ we 1" maye be bolde to enter into that holy place/ by the 
newe and livynge waye/ which he hath prepared for vs/ 
through the vayle/ that is to saye by his flesshe. And seynge 
also that we have an bye prest ^^ which [is ?] ruler over the 
housse of god/ let vs drawe nye with a true herte in ^^ a full 
fayth sprynckled in oure hertes/ ^o from an evyll conscience/ 
and wesshed in oure bodies with pure water/ and let vs ^^kepe 
the profession of oure hope/ with oute waveringe (for he is 
faythfuU that promysed) and let vs consyder one another to 
provoke vnto love/ and to good workes : and lett vs not forsake 
2^ the felishippe thatt we have a monge oure selves/ as the 
manor of some is : but let vs exhorte one another/ and that so 
moche the moare/ be cause ye se ^ that the daye draweth 
nye. 

For yff we synne willyngly after that we have receaved the 
knowledge off the trueth/ there remayneth no more sacrifice 
for synnes : but a fearfull lokynge for iudgement/ and violent 
fyre/ which shall devoure the adversaries. He that despiseth 
Moses lawe/ dyeth without mercy vnder two or thre witnes- 
ses. Off howe moche sorer punnyshment suppose ye shall 
he be counted worthy/ which treadeth vnder fote the sonne of 
god : and counteth the bloud off the testament as an unholy 
thynge/ werwith he was sanctified/ and doth ^^ dishonoure to 
the sprete off grace. For we knowe hym that hath sayde/ 
vengeaunce belongeth vnto me/ 1 will recompence sayth the 
lorde And agayne : the lorde shall iudge his people. Hit 
is a fearefuU thynge to faule into the hondes off the livynge 
God. 

Call to remembraunce the dayes that are passed in the 
which/ after ye receaved light/ ye ^^ abode a grette fyght in 
26 adversities/ partly whill '■^'^ all men wondred and gased at 

^^ Having therefore, brethren, libertie to enter into holie places in 
the blond of Jesus, Bps. ^^ Have a free sure entrance, Cov. Have 
libertie, Cr. ^^ Which is over, Gen. Bps. ^^ A sure faith, Cov. 

In assurance of fayth, Gen. Bps. ^o Ajj^j ^^Q evyll conscience 

put away, Cr. ^^ Holde, Bps. ^^ The assembling of our- 

selves together, Bps. ^ The daye approaching, Bps. ^ Des- 

pite, Gen. Bps. ^ Endured, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Afflic- 

tions, Gen. ^ You were made a gazing stocke both by reproach- 

es and afflictions J Gen. Bps. 



jft. cc):l. 2r|)e Hpfstle off ^aul 

you for the shame and tribulacion thatt was done vnto you/ 
and partly whill ye becam companyons of them which ^ so 
passed their tyme. For ye ^9 suffered also with my bondes/ 
and 30 toke a worth the spoylynge oif youre goodes/ and that 
with gladnes/ remembrynge in youre selves howe that ye 
had in heven a better/ and an enduerynge substaunce. Cast 
not awaye therfore youre confydence/ which hath ^i grett re- 
warde to recompence. For ye have nede of pacience/ that 
after ye have done the will of god/ ye myght receave the 
promes. For yet a very lytell whyle/ and he thatt shall come 
will come/ and will not tary : But the iust shall live by fayth. 
And yf he withdrawe hym silfe/ my soule shall have no plea- 
sure in hym. We are not whiche with drawe oure selves 
vnto dampnacion/ butt ^^ partayne to fayth/ forto wynne oure 
soules. 



TT'AITH is 1 a sure confidence off thynges which are hoped 
■*- for/ and a certayntie off thynges which are not sene. 
By it the elders were well reported off. Thorowe fayth we 
vnderstonde that the worlde was ^ ordeyned/ by the worde off 
god : 3 That by the menes of thynges whych apeare/ thynges 
whych are invisyble myghte be knowen. By fayth Abell 
offered vnto god ^ a more plenteous sacrifice then Cayn : by 
which/ he obteyned witnes that he was righteous/ God tes- 
tifyinge of his gyftes : by which also he beynge deed/ yet 
speaketh. 

By fayth was Enoch ^ translated that he shulde not se deeth : 
nether was he founde : for god had taken hym awaye. Be- 
fore he was taken awaye/ he ^ obtayned reccorde/ that he had 
pleased god : but without fayth it is vnpossible to please him. 

^ Were so tossed to and fro, Gen. Bps. ^^ Became partakers 

also of the afflictions which happened through my bondes, Cr. Both 
sorrowed with me for my bondes, and sufFred with joye the spoyling, 
Gen. 3d Took in worth, Cop. T. M Cr^ Bps. ^^ So great 

rewarde, Cov. Great recompense of rewarde, Cr. Gen. Bps. 32Pq1, 
owe faith unto the conservation of the soule. Gen. ^ The grounde 

of things, etc. and the evidence, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Made of nought, 
Cov. 3 And that things which are not sene, wer made of things 

which are not sene, T. M. And that things v.'hich are scene were 
made of things which are not scene, Cr. Tav. Bj)s. So that the things 
which wee see, are not made of things which did appear, Gen. * A 
greater, Gen. A more excellent, Bps. ^ Taken away, Gen. 

^ Was reported of, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. Obteyned a good report, Cr. 



Hi 



For he that commeth to god/ must beleve that god is/ and 
that he is a rewarder of them that ''' seke him. 

By fayth Noe ^ honored god/ after that he was warned of 
thinges which were not sene/ and prepared the arcke/ to the 
savinge of his houssholde/ thorowe the which arcke/ he con- 
dempned the world e/ and be cam hey re of the rightewesnes 
which commeth by fayth. 

By fayth Abraham/ when he was called obeyed ^ to goo 
out into a place/ which he shulde afterwarde receave to enher- 
itaunce/ and he went out/ not knowynge whether he shulde 
goo. 

By fayth ^^ he removed into the londe that was promysed 
him/ as into a straunge countre/ ^^ and dwelt in tabernacles : 
and so did Ysaac/ and Jacob/ heyres with him of the same 
promes. For he loked for a citie havynge a foundacion/ 
whose bylder and maker is god. 

Thorow fayth Sara also receaved strengthe ^^to be with 
childe/ and was delivered of a childe when she was past age/ 
be cause she iudgeg him faythfull which had promysed. 

And therfore spronge there of one ^^ (and of one which was 
as good as deed) so many in multitude/ as the starres of the 
skye/ and as the sonde of the see shore which is in numerable. 

And they all deyed ^^ in fayth/ and receaved not the prom- 
yses : but sawe them a farre of/ and beleved them/ and i^ sa- 
luted them : and confessed that they wer straungers and pil- 
grems on the erthe. They that saye soche thynges/ declare 
that they seke a countre. Also yf they had bene myndfull of 
that countre/ from whence they cam/ they had leasure to have 
returned agayne. Butt nowe they desyre a better/ that is to 
jaye a ^^ celestiall. Wherfore god is not a shamed of them/ 
even to be called their god : for he hath prepared for them 
a citie. 

In fayth Abraham offered vppe Ysaac/ when he was 
1"^ tempted/ and he ^^ offered hym beynge hys only sonne/ 

■'' Bps. adds — diligently. ^ Being warned of God, eschued the 

things whych were as yet not sene, Cr. Being warned of God, of 
things not seene as yet, moved with reverence, prepared. Gen. Bps. 
' Gen. Bps. add — God. ^° He was a stranger in, Ccv. He abode 

in the land of promise. Gen. ^^ As one that dwelt in tents with 

Isaac, Gen. ^^ To conceave and be, etc. Cr. To conceave seede, 

Gen. Bps. ^^ Even of one which was dead, Gen. ^* Accordyng 

to, Bps. ^^ Received iAcm thankfully. Gen. ^^ Heavenly, j3/Z 

the Vers. '^'' Proved, Cr. Bps. Tried, Gen. ^^ Gave over his 

only-begotten sonne, in whom, Cov. That had received, etc. offered 
his only-begotten sonne, Gen. Bps. 



JTo. cc):lf. ®:t)e Hpfstle of i^aul 

in whom he had receaved the promyses : Of whom it was 
sayde/ In Ysaac shall thy seed be called : for he considered/ 
that God was able to rayse vppe ^^ agayne from deeth. Wher- 
fore receaved he him/ as an ensample of the resurreccion. 
In fayth Ysaac blessed Jacob and Esau/ as concernynge 
thynges to come. 

By fayth Jacob when he was a deyinge/ blessed both the 
sonnes of Joseph/ and ^o worshipped on the toppe of his cep- 
tre. 

By fayth Joseph when he deyed/ ^^ remembred the depart- 
ynge of the children of Israhel/ and gave commaundement 
of hys bones. 

By fayth Moses when he was borne/ was hid thre monethes 
of his father and mother/ be cause they sawe he was a proper 
childe : nether feared they the kynges commaundement. 

By fayth Moses when he was ^ of a gret age/ refused to be 
called the sonne of Pharaos doughter/ and chose rather to 
sufTre adversitie with the people of god/ then to enioye the 
pleasurs off synne for a ceason/ and estemed the rebuke off 
Christ 23 gretter than ryches/ then the treasure of Egipt. For 
he had a respecte vnto 2"* the rewarde. 

By fayth he forsoke Egipt/ and feared not the ^5 fearcenes 
of the kynge. For he endured/ even as he had sene hym 
which is invisible. 

Thorowe fayth he ordeyned the ester lambe/ and the effu- 
sion of blud/ lest he that destroyed the fyrst borne shulde 
touche them. 

By fayth they passed thorowe the reed see as by drey londe/ 
which when the egipcians had esayed to do/ they were drouned. 
By fayth the walles of Jericho fell doune after they were com- 
pased a boute/ seven dayes. 

By fayth the harlot Raab perisshed not with them that be- 
leved nott/ after she had receaved the spyes ^^ to lodgynge 
peasably. 

And what shall I more saye/ the tyme wold ^7 be to short 

^' Even from the dead : from whence also he received him afler a 
sorte, Gen. The dead again, from whence also he receyved him in a 
certaine similitude (of the resurrection), Bps. ^" Bowed himselfe 

[Worshipped, 5] towards the top of his scepter, Cov. T. M. Cr. Bps. 
Leaning on the ende of his staffe, worshipped God, Gen. ^^ Made 

mention of, Gen. ^^ Great, Cov. T. M. Cr. Bps. Come to age, 

Gen. ^ Greater riches than. All the Vers. ^* Gen. Bps. 

add — the recompense of. ^'' Wrath, Bps. ^^ Peaceably, Gen. 

With peace, Bps, ^ Fayle me to rehearse, Bps. 



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for me to tell of Gedeon/ off Barach/ and of Samson/ and of 
Jepthae. Also of David and Samuel/ and of the prophetes/ 
which thorowe fayth subdued kyngdoms/ wrought righteous- 
nes/ obtained the promyses/ stopped the mouthes of Lyons/ 
quenched the violence of fyre/ escaped the edge off the 
swearde/ ^ off weake were made stronge/ wexed valiant in 
^fyght/ turned to flyght the armees of the alientes. The 
women receaved their deed ^o to lyfe agayne. 

Wother were racked/ and wolde not be delivered/ thatt they 
myght receave a better resurreceion. Wother ^J tasted off 
mockynges/ and scourgynges/ moreover off bondes and pres- 
onment : were stoned/ were heawen a sunder/ were tempted/ 
were slayne with sweardes/ ^2 walked vppe and doune in 
shepes skynnes/ in gotes skynnes/ ^ in nede/ tribulacion/ and 
vexacion/ which the worlde was not worthy of: They wan- 
dred in wildernes/ in mountaynes/ in dens and caves of the 
erth. 

And these all thorowe fayth obtayned good reporte/ and re- 
ceaved not the promes/ ^^ god providynge a better thynge for 
vs/ that they with out vs shulde not be made parfect. 

STfje ):f). Oltljaptcr, 

Vl/^HERFORE let vs also (seynge that we are compased 
' ' with so gret ^ a multitude of witnesses) ^ laye avvaye all 
that preseth vs doune/ and the sinne that hangeth ^ on vs/ and 
let vs ^ runne with pacience/ vnto the battayle that is set be- 
fore vs/ lokynge vnto Jesus/ the ^ auctor and fynnyssher of 
oure fayth/ which for the ioye that was set before hym/ ^ abode 
the crosse/ and despysed the shame/ and is sett doune on the 
right honde off the trone off God. Consider therfore howe 
that he endured suche speakinge agaynst hym of sinners/ lest 
ye shulde be weried and faynte in youre myndes. For ye 
have not resisted vnto "^ bloud [sheddynge/] stryvynge agaynst 
sinne. And ye have forgotten the ^ consolacion which speak- 

-^ Out of weaknesse, Bps. ^ Battel, Gen. ^^ Gen. Bps. 

add — raised. ^i \Vere tryed with, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Wander- 

ed up and downe [aboute. B ], Gen. Bps. ^ Being destitute, 

troubled and vexed, Cr. Being destitute, afflicted awtZ tormented, Grew. 
Bps. ^* Whereas God had provided, Bps. ^ A cloude, Gen. 

Bps. 2 Qagt away, Gen. ^ So fast on, let us, Cr. Gen. Bps, 

* Turne with patience, etc. Cov. Run with patience the race, Gen. 

* Captaine, Cr. Bps. ^ Endured, Gen. Bps. '' Cr. Gen. omit— 
sheddynge. (Thesheddyngqf) bloud, Bps. ^ Exhortation, Cr. Bps. 



50. ccplff. Efft Hjjfstlc off 3$aul 

eth vnto you/ as vnto children : My sonne despyse nott the 
chastenynge of the lorde/ nether faynte when thou art re- 
buked of hym : For whom the lorde loveth/ hym he chasten- 
eth : yee/ and he scourgeth every sonne that he receaveth. 

Yf ye shall endure chastnynge/ god ^ offereth him silfe vnto 
you/ as vnto sonnes. What sonne is that whom the father 
chasteneth not ? Yf ye be ^^ not vnder correccion (where of 
all are part takers) then are ye bestardes and not sonnes. 
Moreover seynge we had fathers of oure ^^ jflesshe which cor- 
rected vs/ and we gave them reverence : shall nott we moche 
rather be in subieccion vnto the father ^^ of spretuall gyftes 
and shall live ? And they verely for ^ feave dayes/ ^^ nurtred 
vs after their awne pleasure : but he ^^ learneth vs vnto that 
which is profitable/ that i^ we myght receave off his holines. 
^6 No manner learnynge for the present tyme semeth to be 
ioyeous/ but greveous : neverthelesse afterwarde it bryngeth 
the quyet frute oif rightewesnes vnto them which there in are 
exercysed. 

17 Stretch forthe therfore agayne the hondes which ^'^ were 
let doune/ and the weake knees/ and ^^ se that ye have stray ght 
steppes vnto youre fete/ lest ^^ eny haltinge turne out of the 
waye : yee/ let hit rather be healed, ^o Embrace peace with 
all men/ and wholynes : with out the which/ no man shall se 
the lorde. And se that no man ^^ be destitute of the grace of 
god/ lest eny rote of bittemes springe vppe and 22 trouble: 
and therby many be defiled. That there be no fornicator/ or 
vnclene person/ as Esau/ which for ^ one breakfast soldo his 
2"* right that belonged vnto him/ in that he was the eldest bro- 
ther. Ye knowe howe that afterwarde when that he wolde 
have inherited the blessynge/ he was ^ put by. ^6 fiig j.^- 

^Tendrethyouashissons, B/>5. ^^ Without, Gen, Bps. ^^ Bod- 
ies, Gcw. ^^ Of spirites and live, Cr. Bps. Of spirits that we might 
live. Gen. ^^ Chastened, Gen Bps. *■* Nurtured us [Chaste7icd 
us, G.] for our profit, Cr. Gen. ^^ He maye minister of his holynes 
unto us, Cr. We might be partakers of, etc. Gen. Bps. ^^ No 

maner chastising, Cr. Now no chastening. Gen. Bps. *' Where- 

fore lift up your hands which hang, etc. Gen. Stray gh ten up there- 
fore the handes, Bps. ^^ Make straight [right, B.], Gen. Bps. 
19 That which is haltyng, be turned, Gen. Bps. ^ Follow, Cr. 
Gen. Bps. ^^ Fall away from. Gen. Bps. 22 Cause disquiet. 
Gov. ^ One meal, Cov. One mess [morsell, B.] of meat, Cr. Bps. 
A portion of meat. Gen. ^* Birthright, All the Vers. ^s jiq. 
jected. Gen. Reprobated, Bps. ^ And he founde no meanes to 
come thereby againe, T. M. For he found no place of [to, GJ] repen- 
tance, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



bnto ti)e ?IJel)ruos. c|». )cff. 

penlaunce founde no grace/ though he ^'^ desyred that bles- 
synge with teares. 

For ye are not come vnto the mounte that is touched/ and 
vnto burninge fyre/ nor yet to ^ myst and darcknes and tem- 
pest of wedder/ nether vnto the sounde of a trompe and the 
voyce of wordes : which voyce they that herde it/ ^9 wisshed 
awaye/ that the 30 communicacion shulde not be spoken to 
them. For they were not able to abyde that which was 
31 spoken. Yf 3^ a beast had touched the mountayne/ hit 
muste have bene stoned/ or thrust thorowe with a darte : even 
so terreble was the sight which apered. Moses sayde I feare 

33 and quake. But ye are come vnto the mounte Sion/ and to 
the citie off the livynge god/ the celestiall Jerusalem : and to 

34 an innumerable sight of angels/ and vnto the congregacion 
of the fyrst borne 35 [sonnes/] which are written in heven/ 
and to god the iudge of all/ and to the spretes of Just and par- 
feet men/ and to Jesus the mediator of the newe testament/ 
and to the 36 spryncklynge of bloud that speaketh better then 
37thebloudof Abell. 

Se that ye despyse not him that speaketh. For yf they 
escaped not which refused him that spake on erth : Moche 
more shall we not escape/ yf we turne awaye from him that 
speaketh from heven : whose voyce then shuke the erth/ and 
nowe declareth sayinge : yet once more will I shake/ not the 
erth only/ but also heven. 38 ]>f q ^q^^^ ^jjat same that he sayth/ 
yet once more/ signifieth the removynge a waye of those 
thynges which are shaken/ as off thynges which 39 have end- 
ed their course : thatt the thinges which are not shaken maye 
remayne. Wherfore if we receave the kyngdom which ^^ is 
not moved we have grace/ wherby we may ^^ serve god 
and please hym with reverence and godly feare. For ^'^ our 
god is a consumynge fyre. 

2^ Sought the blessing, Gen. Sought it carefully, Bps. ^ Storme, 
Cr.Bps. BlackneSjGcn. ^9 Excused themselves, Gen. ^^Worde, 
Gen. Bps. ^^ Commanded, Gen. Bps. ^^ Bps. adds — So 

much as. ^^ Bps. adds — exceedingly. ^ A multitude of 

many thousands, Cov. The companie of innumerable angels, Gen. 
An innumerable company, etc, Bps. 2° Gen. Bps. omit. ^® Blood 
of sprinklyng. Gen. Bps. ^^ {Did the hloud), Bps. ^^ And this 

worde yet once more, signifieth, Gen. Bps. ^^ Are made, Gen. Bps. 
*° Cannot be moved, we have, etc. Or. Cannot be shaken [moved, B.I 
Gen. Bps. ^i go serve God that we maye please, Gen. So serve 

God acceptable, Bps. ^^ Even, our, etc. Gen. 



ifo. ccrrlfff. Crtje Hpfstle of H^ml 



CSc jclfj. €:i)apter. 

T ET brotherly love continue, be not forgetfull ^ to be 
-■-^ kynde to straungei*s. For thereby have dy vers ^ receav- 
ed angels into their houses vnwares. Remember them that 
are in bondes/ even as though ye were bounde with them. 
3 Be myndfuU of them which are in adversitie/ as ^ ye which 
are yet in youre bodies. ^ Let wedlocke be had in pryce in 
all poyntes/ and ^ let the chamber be vndefiled : for whore 
kepers/ and advoutrars god will iudge. Let youre conversa- 
cion be with out coveteousnes/ and be content with "^ that ye 
have allredy. For he verely said : I will not fayle the/ nether 
for sake the : that we may boldly saye : The lorde is my 
helper/ and I will nott feare what man doeth vnto me. Re- 
member them which have the oversight of you/ which have 
declared vnto you the worde of god : ® consider the convert 
sacion of their livynge/ and counterfet their fayth. 

Jesus Christ yesterdaye and to daye/ ^ and the same con- 
tinueth for ever. Be not caryed bidder and thydder with 
divers and straunge ^^ learnynge. For it is a good ihinge 
that the herte be stablisshed with grace and not with meates/ 
which have not proffeted them that have ^' had their pastyme 
in them. We have an aultre wherof they ^^ maye nott eate 
which serve in the tabernacle. For the bodies of those beastes 
(whose bloud is brought into the holy place by the hie prest 
^^ to pourge sinne) are bournt with out the tentes. Therfore 
Jesus/ to sanctifye the peple with his awne bloud/ suffered 
with out the gate. Let vs goo forth therfore out ^'^ of the tentes/ 
and suffer rebuke with them. For here have we no continu- 
ynge citie : but we seke a cite to come. 

^ To lodge, Ml the Vers. ' Lodged angels unawares, Cr. Bps. 

'And them which are in affliction [suffer adversitie, jB.], Gen. Bps. 
* As if ye were also afflicted in the body, Gen. As beyng yourselves 
also in the body {subject to adversitie), Bps. * Wedlock is to be 

had in honour among all men, Cr. Marriage [Wedlocke, B.'\ is hon- 
ourable among all men, Gen. Bps. ^ The bedde undefiled, Cr. 
Gen. Bps. ' Such things as [Those things that, G.] ye have. Gen. 
Bps. ^ Whose fayth [C. adds — se that ye] folowe, considering 
what hath been [and consider, C] the ende of their conversation, Cr. 
Gen. Whose ende of conversation, ye consideryng, etc. Bps. ^ The 
same also is for ever, Gen. And the same forever, Bps. ^° Doc- 
trines, Gen. Bps. ^^ Been occupied, Gen. Bps. ^^ Have no 
authoritie [right, B.] to. Gen. Bps, ^' For sinne, Gen. Bps. 
" Of the tents [the campe, G. — so, vs. 11.], bearing his reproach, Gen. 
Bps. 



Vnto t][)c $^thxuts. 



5i. m 



For by him ^^ offer we the sacrifice of laude all wayes to 
god : that is to saye the frute of those lyppes/ which confesse/ 
his name. To do goode/ and to distribute forget not/ for with 
SLiche sacrifises god is pleased. O beye them that have the 
oversight of you/ and submit youre selves to them/ for they 
watche for youre soules/ ^^ even as though they shulde geve 
a comptes for them : that they maye do it with ioye/ and not 
with grefe. For that is an vnpioffitable thynge for you. 
Praye for vs. i'^ We have confidence be cause we have a 
good conscience ^^ in all thynges/ and desyre to live honestly. 
I desire you therfore somwhat the moare ^^ [haboundantly/] 
that ye so do/ that I maye be restored to you quicly. The 
god of peace that brought agayne from deeth oure lorde Jesus 
Christ/ the gret shepherde of the shepe/ thorowe the bloud of 
the everlastynge testament/ make you parfet in all workes/ to 
do his will/ 20 and brynge to passe/ that ^i whatsoever ye do/ 
maye be accepted in his sight/ by the meanes of Jesus Christ. 
To whom be prayse for ever whill the worlde endureth Amen. 

I beseche you brethren/ suffre the wordes of exhortacion : 
For we have written vnto you in feawe wordes. ^ Knowe 
the brother Timothe/ whom we have sent from vs/ with whom 
(yf he come shortly) I will se you. Salute them that have 
the oversight of you/ and all the saynctes. They off Italy/ 
salute you. Grace be with you all Amen. 



Sent from Italy by Timotheus. 



^^ Let VIS offer, Gen. Bps. ^^ As they that must give accovxntes, 

Gen. Bps. ^^ For we are assured [we trust, J5.] that we have, 

Gen. Bps. *^ Among all men, Cr. ^^ Cr. omits. Earnest- 

ly, Gen. Bps. ^^ Workyng in you that which is pleasant in his 

sight, through, Gen. Bps. 2' The thyng which ye do may be 

pleasaunt in his sight, through, Or. ^2 Knowe ye [Ye knowe, C] 

that our brother Timotheus is delivered [he is at libertie, Cr.} with 
whom, Cr. Gen. Bps. 






3|[^J^3S<^ the seruaimt off God/ and off the lorde Jesus 
^^ Christ/ sendeth gretynge to the xij. trybes which are scat- 
tered 1 here and there. My brethren/ count it ^ excedynge 
ioye when ye faule into divers temptacions/ remembrynge 
howe that the tryinge off youre fayth ^ bringeth pacience : and 
let pacience have her parfect worke/ that ye maye be parfect 
and '^ sounde/ that nothynge be lackynge vnto you. 

Yff eny that is amonge you lake wisdom/ let him axe ^ off 
God (which geveth to all men ^with outendoublenes/ and 
"^ casteth no man in the teth) and it shalbe geven hym : but let 
hym axe in faythe/ and waver not. For he that ^ doubteth is 
lyke the waves off the see/ tost off the wynde/ and ^ caried 
with violence. Nether let that man thynke that he shall re- 
ceave eny thynge off God. ^^ A waverynge mynded man is 
vnstable in all his wayes. 

Let the brother off lowe degre reioyce in that he is exalted/ 
and the ryche in that he is made lowe. For even as the flower 
off the grasse shall he ^^ vanysshe awaye : i^The sonne is 
rysen with heate/ and the grasse is widdered/ and his flower 
is faulen awaye/ and the beautie off the fassion off it is per- 
isshed : even so shall the riche man ^^ perisshe in his aboun- 
dance. 

' Abroade, Cr. Abroad, salutation, Gen. Abroade, greeting, Bps. 
[' Gretynge' (See text) transposed.] ^ All joye, Bps. ^ Work- 

eth, Bps. 4 Entier, Gen. ^ Of hym that geveth it : even 

God which, Cr. « Indifferently, Gov. T.M Cr. Bps. Liberally, 

Gen. ' Reproacheth no man, Gen. ^ Wavereth, Gen. Bps. 

^Caried away, Gen. ^° A double, Gen. Bps. " Passe, Bps. 

^'For as when [i(is),B.} the Sun, etc. Gen. Bps. ^^Fajde awaye 

[Perishe, C] in his wayes, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



tUffB lEpfstte of S. Sames. 



%n 



Happy is the man that endureth in temptacion/ for when he 
is tryed he shall receave the croune of lyfe/ which the lorde 
hath i"* prepared for them that love hym. 

Let no man saye when he is tempted that he is tempted of 
god : for god i^ tempteth not vnto evyll : he tempteth no man : 
But every man is tempted ^^ drawne a waye/ ^^ and entysed 
of his awne concupiscence. Then when lust hath conceaved/ 
she bryngeth forth synne/ and synne when it is fynnisshed 
bryngeth forthe deeth. 

Erre not my deare brethren. Every good ^^ gyfte/ and 
every parfait gyft/ is from above and commeth doune from 
the father off hght/ with whom is no variablenes/ nether ^^ is 
he chaunged vnto darkness. Of his awne will begat he vs 
with the worde ^o off lyfe/ that we shulde be ^i the fyrst of his 
creatures. 

Wherfore deare brethren/ let every man be swyfte to heare/ 
slowe to speake/ and slowe to wrathe. For the wrathe off 
man ^ worketh not that which is righteous before God. 

Wherfore laye a parte all filthy nes/ all superfluitie off 23 ma- 
liciousnes/ and receve with meknes the worde that is grafted in 
you/ which is able to save youre soules : And se that ye be 
doares of the worde and not heares only/ deceavinge youre 
owne selves. For yflT a man heare the worde/ and ^'^ do it 
not/ he is lyke vnto a man that beholdeth his ^s boddyly face 
in a glasse. For ^^ as sone as he hath loked on hym silfe/ he 
goeth his waye/ and hath immediatly forgotten what ^^his 
fassion was : but whosoever loketh in the parfait lawe off lib- 
ertie/ and continueth there in (yf he benot a forgettfuU hearer/ 
but a doar off the worke) he shalbe happi in his dede. 

Yff eny man amonge you seme ^^ devoute/ and refrayne not 
his tonge : but deceave his owne herte/ this mannes ^^ devo- 
cion is in vayne. Pure ^^devocion and undefiled before God 
the father/ is this : To vysit the ^9 frendlesse/ and widdowes 
in their adversite/ and to kepe hym silfe vnspotted from the 
worlde. 

^* Promised to, Ml the Vers. ^" Cannot be tempted with evil, 

Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Cr. Gen. Bps. add — when he is. ^'' By his 

own concupiscence and is enticed, Geri. And enticed (with the bayte) 
ofhxs,eic.Bj)S. ^^ Giving, Gen. Bps. ^^ Shadowing by turning, 
Gen. Shadow of turning, Bps. ^o Qf ^j-^i^ji^ q^. Q^n. Bps. ^^ As 
the first fruites, Cr. Gen. Bps. -^ Doth not accomplish the right- 

eousness of God, Gew. 2^ Noughtinesse, 5/75. ^^ Declare th 

not the same by his workes, Cr. ^^ Natural, Gen. ^ When 

he hath considered, Gtn. Bps. ^ Manner of one he was. Gen. 

^ Religious . . religion, Gen. 



JFo. ccjrlfe. (!ri;e Hpfstle of <S. ^^mes. 



Sl)e f[. €:i)a})ter. 

"ORETHREN i have not the fayth of oure lorde Jesus Christ 
•^ ^ the lorde off glory in respecte off persons. YfF there 
come into youre company a man with a golden rynge/ and in 
goodly aparrell and there come in also a poore man in vyle 
rayment/ and ye have a respect to hym that weareth the gaye 
clothynge and saye vnto hym : Sit thou here in a goode place : 
and saye vnto the povre/ stonde thou there/ or sit here vnder 
my fote stole : are ye not even parciall in youre selves/ and 
3 have iudged after evyll thoughtes ? 

Harken my deare beloved brethren/ hath not God chosen 
the povre off this worlde/ ^ which are ryche in fayth/ and 
heyres off the kyngdom/ which he promysed to them that love 
hym ? But ye have despised the povre. ^ Are not the ryche 
they which oppresse you : and they which drawe you before 
iudges ? Do not they ^ speake evyll of that good name that 
is called on over you ? 

Yf ye fulfill the royall lawe accordynge to the scripture 
which sayth : Thou shall love thyne neghbour as thy silfe/ ye 
do wele : but if ye regarde ^ one person more than another/ 
ye commit synne/ and are rebuked off the lawe as transgres- 
sours. Whosoever shall kepe the whole lawe/ and yet fayle 
in one poynt/ he is gyltie in all. For the that sayde : Thou 
shalt not commit ^ fornicacion/ sayde also : thou shalt not kyll. 
Though thou shallt do no ^ fornicacion/ yet yff thou kill/ thou 
arte a transgresser off the lawe. So speake ye/ and so do as 
they tj^q shalbe iudged by the lawe off libertie. For ^ there 
shalbe iudgment merciles to hym that sheweth no mercy/ 
and mercy reioyseth agaynst iudgement : 

What ^^ avayleth it my brethren/ though a man saye he hath 
fayth/ when he hath no dedes ? Can fayth save hym ? Yff a 
brother or a sister be naked or destitute off dayly fode/ and 
one of you saye vnto them : Departe in peace/ ^^ God sonde 
you warmnes and fode : not withstondynge ye geve them not 
tho thynges which are nedfuU to the body : what ^^ helpeth 

^ Esteeme, CV. ^ Our glorious Lorde, Gen. ^ Are made 

judges of, Gen. Bps. * That they should [might, B.] be, Gen. 

Bps. ^ Do not the rich oppresse you by tyrannie [execute tyran- 

nic upon you, C] and draw you before the judgment seates ? Cr.Gen. 
Bps. ^ Blaspheme the worthie, etc. [that good, B.], after [by the, 

B.] which ye are named, Gen. Bps. ' The persons, ye, etc. Gen. 

^ Adulterie, Ml the Vers. ^ Hee (sliall have) judgment withoute 

mercie, Bps. '° Profiteth, Bps. " Warm yourselves and fill 

your bellies, Gen. Be ye warmed and fylled, Bps. 



Hifft Hpfstle of S. James. 



iiu 



it them ? Even so fayth/ yf it have no dedes is deed in hit 
silfe. 

But 12 one shall saye/ Thou hast fayth/ and I have dedes : 
Shewe me thy fayth ^^ by thy dedes : and I will shewe the 
my fayth by my dedes. ^^ Belevest thou that there is one 
god ? Thou doest wele. The devyls also beleve and tremble. 

Wilt thou vndei-stonde o thou vayne man/ that fayth with 
out dedes is deed ? Was not Abraham oure father iustifyed 
off his dedes when he offered Ysaac his sonne apon the aul- 
tre ? 1^ Thou seyst howe that fayth wroght in his dedes/ and 
through the dedes was the fayth made parfet. And the scrip- 
ture was fulfilled which sayth : Abraham beloved god/ and 
it was ^^ reputed vnto hym for rightewesnes : and he was cal- 
led the frende off God. Ye se then howe that off dedes a 
man is iustified/ and nott off fayth only. Lyke wise also was 
nott Raab the harlot iustifyed ^"^ when she receaved the mes- 
sengers/ and sent them out a nother waye ? For as the body/ 
with out the sprete is deed/ even so fayth with out dedes is 
deed. 

Efft if;. €i)apter. 

lyiY brethren/ be not ^ every man a master/ Remembrynge 
howe that ye shall receave the ^ moare damnacion. For in 
many thynges we synne all. Yff a man synne not in worde/ 
he is a parfect man and able to ^ tame all the body. Beholde 
we put bittes into the horses mouthes that they shulde obeye 
vs/ and we turne aboute all the body. Beholde also the 
shippes/ which though they be so gret/ and are dryven off I 

fearce windes/ yet are they turned a bout with a very smale I 

^ helme/ whither soever the ^ violence off the governes woll : ^ 

even so the tonge is a littell member and bosteth grett thynges. 
Beholde howe gret a thynge a litell fyre kyndleth/ and the 
tonge is fyre/ and worlde off wickednes. So is the tonge set 
among oure members/ that it defileth the whole body/ and 
setteth a fyre ^ all that we have off nature/ and is it silfe sett 
a fyre/ even off hell. 

*2 Ye and a man might sav, T. M. Some man wil say, Cr. Gen, 
Bps. >3 Out of, Gen. '^ Thou beleevest, Gen. Bps. ^'^ Seest 

thou not, Gen. Bps. le Imputed, Gen. »7 t. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

add — through works. ^ Many masters, Gen. Bps. ^ Greater 

condemnation, Gen. ' Bridle, Gen. Bps. * Rudder, Gen. 

^ Governour listeth. Gen. Luste of the governour will, Bps. ^ The 
course of nature, Gen. Bps. 



i^o. cc^rlbf. E])t ISpfstle of S. Saiwcs. 

All the natures off beastes/ and off byrdes/ and "^ off ser- 
pentes/ and thynges of the see/ ^ ar meked and tamed off the 
nature off man. But the tonge can noman tame. Yt is an 
vnruely evyll full of deedly poyson. Therwith blesse we 
God the father/ and therwith cursse we men which are made 
vnto the similitude off God. Out off one mought proceadeth 
bessynge and cursynge. My Brethren these thynges ought 
not soo to be. Doth a fountayne sende forth ^ at one place 
swete water/ and bytter also ? Can the fygge tree/ my breth- 
ren/ 10 beare olive berries : other a vyne beare fygges ? So 
can no fountayne ^^ geve bothe salt water and fresshe also. 
12 Who ys wyse and endued with ^^learnynge amonge you ? 
Let hym shewe i"* the workes of his good conversacion in 
meknes that ys coupled wyth wisdom. 

Yff ye have bitter envyinge ^^ [amonge you/] and stryfe in 
youre hertes/ reioyce not : nether be lyars agaynst the 
trueth. This wisdom descendeth not from a bove : but is er- 
thy/ and ^^ naturall/ and divlysshe : For where envying and 
stryfe is/ there is i" vnstablenes/ and all manner of evyll 
workes : but the wisdom that is from above/ is fyrst pure/ 
then peasable/ gentle/ and easy to be entreated/ full of mercy 
and good frutes/ with out iudgynge/ and with out ^^ simulacion : 
yee/ and the frute of rightewesnes is sowen in peace/ of them 
that 19 kepe peace. 

2rt)e ffff. «:!)aj)ter. 

'p'ROM whence commeth warre/ and i fightynge amonge 
you ? come they not here hence ? even off youre ^ volup- 
teousnes that rayneth in youre members. Ye lust/ and have 
not. Ye envie and have indignacion/ and cannot ^ come by 
it. Ye fight and warre/ and ^ have not/ be cause ye axe not. 
Ye axe and have not/ be cause ye axe a mysse/ forto con- 
sume it apon youre volupteousnes. Ye advoutrars/ and we- 
men that broke matrimonie : knowe ye not howe that the 

' Of creeping things, Gen. ^ Is tamed and hath been tamed, 

Gen. 3 At one hole, £^7)5. '° Bring forth olives, Gew. "Make, 
Gen. ^^ If any man be wyse, T. M. Cr. ^^ Knowledge, Cr. 

Gen. Bps. ^* His works out of good conversation [By good con- 

versation, his works, G.] with meknesse of wysdome, Cr. Gen. Bps. 
^» T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^^ Sensual, Gen. Bps. ^' Sedition, 
Gen. Bps. »8 Hypocrisie, Gen. ^^ Maintaine, Cov. T. M. 

Cr. Make, Gen. Bps. * Contentions, Gen. ^ Lustes [So vs. 

3] that fight, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Obteine, Cr. Gen. Bps, ^ Get 

nothing. Gen. 



Sf)e ISjifstle of S. James. 



m^ b. 



5 frendshippe off the worlde is enmitie to god warde ? Who- 
soever wilbe a frende of the worlde/ is made the enemie of 
god. Do ye suppose that the scripture sayth in vayne : The 
sprete that dwelleth in you/ ^ lusteth even contrary to envie : 
but ■'' geveth more grace. 

Submit youre selves to god/ ^ and resist the devyll/ and he 
will flye from you. Drawe neye to god/ and he will drawe 
neye to you. Clense youre hondes ye synners/ and pourdge 
youre hertes ye ^ waverynge mynded. SufFre affliccions : 
sorowe ye and wepe. Let youre laughter be turned to morn- 
ynge/ and youre ioye to hevynes. ^^ Q^st doune yourselves 
before the lorde/ and he shall lift you vppe. ^^ Backbyte not 
one another/ brethren. He that backbyteth hys brother/ and 
he that iudgeth his brother/ backbyteth the la we/ and iudgeth 
the lawe : but and if thou judge the lawe/ thou art not an ob- 
server of the law : but a iudge. There is one lawe gever/ 
which is able to save and to distroye. what art thou that 
iudgest another man. 

Go to nowe ye that saye : to daye and to morrowe let vs go 
into soche a citie and continue there a yeare and beye/ and 
sell/ and ^^ wynne : and yet cannot tell what shall happen to 
morowe. For what thinge is youre lyfe ? hit is even a va- 
poure that apereth for a lytell tyme/ and then vanyssheth 
awaye : For that ye ought to saye : yff the lorde will and yf 
we live/ let us do this or thatt. Butt nowe ye reioyce in youre 
bostynges. All soche reioysynge is evyll. Therfore to hym 
that knoweth howe to do good/ and doth it not/ it is synne. 



G 



2r|)e b. Chapter. 

00 to nowe ye Ryche men. Wepe/ and howle ^ on youre 
wretchednes that shall come apon you. Youre ryches is 
corrupte/ youre garmentes are moth eaten. Youre golde and 
youre silver are cankred/ and the rust off them shalbe a wit- 
nes vnto you/ and shall eate youre flesshe as it were fyre. 
Ye have heaped treasure togedder ^ in youre last dayes : Be- 

^ Amitie, Gen. ^ Lusteth to envie, Gen. Bps. '' The Scrip- 

ture offer eih, Gen. Bps. ^ But resist, Bps. ^ Double-mynded. 

Suffer afflictions, and mourne, etc. Bps. ^° Humble yourselves 

in the sight of the Lorde, Cr. Bps. " Speake not evyll of, Gen. 

[So post^ ^^ Get gaine, Gen. ^ For your miseries. Gen. Bps. 

^ Cr. adds — (even wrath to yourselves). For [In, B.} the last days, 
Gen. Bps. 



iTo, cc^rlbff, B^t Hpfstle of S. SJames. 

holde the hyer off the laboures which have reped doune youre 
feldes (which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth : 
and the cryes off them which have reped/ are intred into the 
eares off the lorde off Sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on 
the erth and in wantannes. Ye have norysshed youre hertes/ 
as in a daye off slaughter. Ye have cundempned and have 
killed the iuste/ and he hath not resisted you. 

Be pacient therfore brethren/ vnto the commynge of the 
lorde. Beholde the husbande man wayteth for the precious 
frute off the erth/ and hath long pacience there vppon/ vntill 
he receave ^ the yerly and the latter rayne. Be ye also pacient 
therfore/ and settle youre hertes/ for the commynge off the 
lorde draweth neye. Grodge not one agaynst another breth- 
ren/ lest ye be dampned. Beholde the iudge stondeth before 
the dore. Take (my brethren) the prophettes for an ensample 
of sufferynge advei'sitie/ and of long pacience/ which spake 
in the name of the lorde. Beholde we count them happy 
which endure. Ye have herde of the pacience of Job/ and 
have ^ knowen what ende the lorde made/ For the lorde is 
very pitifuU/ and merciful 1. 

Butt above all thynges my brethren/ sweare not/ nether by 
heven/ nether by erth/ nether by eny wother othe. Let youre 
5 sayinge be ye ye/ naye/ naye : lest ye faule into ^ ypocrysy. 
Ys there eny amonge you that is "^ evyll vexed ? let hym 
praye. Ys there eny man a monge you that is mery ? let 
nym synge psalmes. Ys there eny man ^ deseased a monge 
you ? Lett hym call for the seniours off the congregacion/ 
and lett them praye over hym/ and anoynte hym with oyle in 
the name off the lorde : and the prayer off fay th shall save the 
sicke/ and the lorde shall rayse him vppe : and yf he have 
committed synnes/ they shalbe forgeven hym. 

Knowledge youre fautes one to another : and praye one for 
another/ that ye maye be healed. ^ fhe prayer off a ryghteous 
man avayleth moche/ yf it be fervent. Helias was a man ^^in 
daunger to tribulacion as we are/ and he prayed ^^ in his 
prayer/ that it myght not rayne : and it rayned nott on the 

^ The former, Gen. * Seen the ende of the Lorde, Bps. » Yea 
be yea, and your nay, nay, Or. Gen. lips. ^ Condemnation, Gen. 

Bps. ' Vexed, Cr. Afflicted, Gen. Bps. « Sick, Gen. 

' The fervent prayer, etc. Cr. Bps. *° Mortal even as, Gov. 

T.M. Under infirmities as, Cr. Bps. Subject to like passions as, Gen. 
^^ Earnestly, Gen. 



2C|)e ISpfstle of <S. Sawe». ©t). b. 

erth by the space off thre yeares and sixe monethes. And 

agayne he prayed/ and the heven gave rayne/ and the erth 

brought forth her frute. Brethren if eny off you erre 

from the trueth/ and a nother convert hym/ let the 

same knowe/ thatt he whych converted the syn- 

ner from goynge astraye out of his waye/ 

shall save a soule from deeth/ and shall 

hyde the multitude off synnes. 



The ende of the pistle off 
Saynct James. 



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I' 



i 



^Ci^tle otr Skuntt Sutras^, 



MHJW^^ the servaunt of Jesus Christ/ the brother off 
^ James/ To ihem which are called and sanctified in god 
the father/ and ^ preserved in Christ Jesus. Mercy on you/ 
and peace and love be multiplied. 

Beloved/ when I gave all diligence to write vnto you off the 
common health : itt was nedfull for me to write vnto you/ to 
exhorte you/ that ye shulde ~ continually laboure in the fayth/ 
which was once geven vnto the saynctes. For there are cer- 
tayne ^ [craftely] crepte in/ '* of which it was written afore 
tyme vnto soche iudgement/ They are vngodly/ and turne 
the grace of oure lorde God vnto wantannes/ and denye God 
the only lorde/ and oure lorde Jesus Christ. 

^ My mynde is therfore to put you in remembraunce/ for as 
moche as ye once knowe this/ howe thatt the lorde (after thatt 
he had delivered the people out of Egypt) destroyed them 
which afterwarde beloved not. The angels also/ which kept 
not their fyrst estate : but lefte their owne habitacion/ he hath 
reserved in everlastynge chaynes vnder darknes vnto the 
iudgement of the greate daye/ even as Zodom/ and Gomor/ 
and the cities aboute them (which in lyke manor ^ defiled them 
selves/ with fornicacion/ and folowed straunge flesshe) are set 
for an ensample/ and suffre the vengeaunce of eternall fyre. 
Lykwyse these ''' dremers defyle the flesshe/ despise rulars/ 
and speake evyll of them that are in auctoritie. 

Yet Michael the archangell (when he strove against the 

^ Reserved to, Gen. ^ Earnestlye contende for [G. adds — the 

maintenance of], Gen. Bp$. ^ Ungodly menne crafty ly, etc. Cr. 

Bps. [' Ungodly' (See text) transposed]. Gcti. omits. * Which 

were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation, Gen. Bps. * I 

wil therefore, Gen. ^ As they did, committed, and folowed, Gen. 

' Being disceaved by dreames, Cr. Bps. 



2tt)e Hpistle off S, Sutias. 



m 



devyll/ and disputed about the body of Moses) durst nott ^ geve 
raylynge sentence/ butt sayde : The lorde rebvke the. Butt 
these speake evyll of those thinges which they knowe not. In 
tho thynges which they knowe naturally (as beastes which are 
with out reason) they corrupte them selves. Wo be vnto 
them/ for they have folowed the waye ^ [of Cayn/ and are 
10 spylt in the erroure] of Balam for lukers sake/ and ^^ are 
caste awaye in the treason of Core. 

These are spottes ^'^ which of youre kindnes feast to gedder/ 
with out feare/ ^^ fedynge them selves. Cloudes they are 
with outen water/ caried about off wyndes : ^^ Trees rotten in 
authum/ vnfrutfull/ twyse deed/ and plucked vppe by the rotes. 
They are the ragynge waves off the see/ fomynge out their 
awne shame. They are wandrynge starres/ to whom is re- 
served the 1^ myst of darcknes for ever. 

Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied before of suche 
saying : Beholde/ the lorde shall come with thousandes of 
sayntes/ to geve iudgement agaynst all men/ and to rebuke all 
that are vngodly amonge them/ of all their ^^ vngodly dedes/ 
which they have vngodly committed/ and all their cruell 
speakynges/ which ^^ vngodly sinners have spoken agaynst 
hym. 

These are murmurers/ complayners/ walkynge after their 
awne lustes/ whose muthes speake proude thynges. ^'^ They 
have men in greate reverence be cause off avauntage. But ye 
derly beloved remember the wordes which were spoken be- 
fore off the Apostles off oure lorde Jesus Christ/ howe that 
they tolde you thatt there shulde be begylers in the last tyme/ 
which shulde walke after their owne vngodly lustes. These 
are makers off sectes/ ^^ naturall/ havynge no sprete. 

But ye derly beloved/ edyfie youre selves in youre most 
wholy fayth/ prayinge in the wholy goost/ and kepe youre 
selves in the love of God/ lokinge for the mercy of oure lorde 
Jesus Christ/ vnto eternall lyfe. And have compassion on 



^ Blame him with cursed speaking, Gen. ^ T. M. omits. 

*° Utterly gyven to, Cr. Tav. Bps. Cast away by the deceit of Ba- 
laam's wages, Gen. ^^ Perishe in the gaynesaying [treason, C], 
Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ In yourfeastes of charitie. Gen. Bps. ^^ Lyv- 
ynge lawlesse and afler their owne pleasure, Cr. ^* Trees with- 
out frute at gatheryng tyme, Cov. T. M. Cr. [Cr. adds — withered]. 
Corrupt trees and without fruit, Gen. Trees wythered at fruite gath- 
ering and without fruit, Bps. ^^ Blacknes, Gen: ^^ Wicked, 
Gen. ^'' Having mens persons in admiration. Gen. ^^ Beastlie, 
Cop. Fleshlie, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 



iFo. ccyXiy:, Efft ISpfstlc off S- Sutras. 

some '9 separatynge them : and wother save with feare/ pul- 
lynge them out of the fyre/ and hate ^o the fylthy vesture of 
the flesshe. 

Vnto hym that is able to kepe you/ ^i thatt ye faule nott/ 
and to present you fautlesse before the presence off 
hys glory with ioye/ ^^that ys to saye/ to God 
oure saveour ^ whyche only ys wyse/ be 
glory/ maiestie/ dominion/ and pow- 
er/ 24 nowe and for ever Amen. 

^* In putting difference, Gen. ^ Even the garment spotted by 

the fleshe, Gen. Bps. ^^ Free from sinne, Cr. Bps. 22 ^^^ y^jg^ 

commyng of our Lord Jesus Christ) to God, etc. Cr. 23 Qj. ^^j^jg 

—(Through Jesus Christ our Lorde). 24 Qj.^ adds — (Before all 

worldes). 



V^f 



Kf^t 






'J^3S levelacion of Jesus Christ/ which god gave vntohim/ 
forto shewe vnio his sei'vauntes thynges which must 
shortly ^ come to passe. And he sent and shewed by hys 
angel I vnto hys servaunt Jhon/ whych bare recorde off the 
worde off god/ and off the testimony off Jesus Christe/ and of 
all thynges that he sawe. Happy is he that redith/ and they 
that heare the wordes of the prophesy/ and kepe thoo thynges 
which are written therin. For the tyme is at honde. 

Jhon to the vij. congregacions in Asya. Grace be with 
you and peace/ from hym which is/ and which was/ and which 
is to come : and from the vij. spretes which are present before 
his trone/ and from Jesus Christ which is a faythfull witnes/ and 
fyrst begotten of the deed : and ^ lorde over the kynges of the 
erth. Vnto hym that loved vs and wesshed vs from oure synnes 
in his awne bloud/ and made vs kynges and prestes vnto god his 
father/ be glory/ and dominion/ for ever more amen. Be- 
holde he commeth with cloudes/ and all eyes shall se hym : 

3 and they also which peersed him. And all kynredes of the 
erth shall wayle. ^ even so amen. I am Alpha and Omega/ 
the begynnynge and the endinge/ sayth the lorde almyghty/ 
which is and which was and which is to come. 

Jhon youre brother and companyon in tribulacion/ and in 
the kyngdom and pacience which is in Jesu Christe/ was in 
the yle of Pathmos for the worde of god/ and for the witnes- 
synge of Jesu Christe. I was ^in the sprete on ^ a sondaye/ 

* Bee done, Gen. ^ Prince of, Gen. ^ Yea, even they, Gen. 

4 Cr. adds — (over him). Gen. Bps. — Before him. ^ Ravished in 
spirite, Gen. [So ch. iv.2.] ^ The Lord's day, Gen. Bps. 

RR* 



ifo. ccl. S!)e SElebelacfon of <S. Mon. 

and herde behynde me/ a gret voyce/ as itt had bene of a 
trompe sayinge : I am Alpha and Omega/ the fyrst and the 
last. That thou seiste write in a boke/ and sende 'hit vnto the 
congregacions which are in Asia/ vnto Ephesus/ and vnto 
Smyrna/ and vnto Pargamos/ and vnto Thiatira' and vnto 
Sardis/ and vnto Philadelphia/ and vnto Laodicia. 

And I turned bake to se the voice that spake to me. And 
when I was turned : I sawe vij. golden candelstyckes/ and in 
the myddes of the candelstyckes/ one lyke vnto the sonne of 
man clothed with a lynnen garment doune to the ground/ and 
gyrde aboute the pappes with a golden gyrdle. His heed/ 
and his heares were whyte/ as whyte wotl/ and as snowe : and 
his eyes were as a flame of fyre : and his fete lyke vnto 
"^ brasse/ as though they brent in a fvrnace : and his voyce as 
the sounde of many waters. And he had in his right honde 
vij. starres. And out of his mougth went a twoo edged swarde. 
And his face shone even as the sunne in his strengthe. 

And when I sawe hym/ I fell at his fete/ even as deed. 
And he layde hj's ryght honde apon me/ sayinge vnto me : 
feare not. I am the fyrst/ and the laste/ and am a lyve/ and 
was deed. And beholde I am a lyve for ever more/ and have 
tlie kayes off hell and off deeth. Wryte therfore the thynges 
whych thou hast sene/ and the thynges which are/ and the 
thynges which ^ shalbe fulfylled here after : and the misteri 
off the vij. starres which thou sawest in my right honde/ and 
the vij. golden candelstyckes. ^ The vij. starres are the an- 
gells off the vij. congregacions : And the vij. candlestyckes 
which thou sawest are the vij, congregacions. 



B\)t secontie ®!)apter. 

^^NTO the angell off the congregacion off Ephesus wryte : 
^ These thynges sayth he that holdeth the vij. starres in 
his ryght honde/ and walketh in the myddes of the vij. golden 
candlestyckes. I knowe thy workes/ and thy labour/ and 
thy pacience/ and howe thou cannest not forbeare them which 
are evyll : and examinedst them which saye they are Apostles/ 
and are nott : and hast founde them lyars. and ^ hast suf- 
fered/ and hast pacience : and for my names sake hast labor- 
ed and hast nott faynted. Neverthelesse I have sumwhat 
agaynst the/ for thou haste lefte thy fyrst love. Remember 

7 Fine brasse, Gen. Bps. [So ch. ii. 18.] ^ Shall come, Gen. 

8 Gen. adds — is this. ^ Dyddest washe thyselfe, T. M. 



roi 



S:i)e asiebelacfon of S. 31)on. €t). fj. 

therfore from whence thou arte fallen/ and repent/ and do 
the fyrst workes. or elles I wyll come vnto the shortly/ and 
will remove thy candlestyke out of his place/ excepte thou 
2 repent. Butt this thou haste ^ be cause thou hast hated 
the dedes off the Nicolaitans/ which dedes I also hate. Lett 
him that hath eares heare/ what the sprete sayth vnto the con- 
gregacions. To hym that overcometh/ wyll I geve to eate 
off the tree of lyfe/ which is in the myddes off the paradice 
off God. 

And vnto the angell off the congregacion off Smyrna wryte : i 

These thynges sayth he that is fyrst/ and the laste/ which was i 

deed and is alive. I knowe thy workes and tribulacion and | 

povertie/ but thou art ryche : And I knowe the blasphemy off I 

them whiche call them selves iewes and ar not : but are the 
^ congregacion of sathan. Feare none off thoo thynges which 
thou shalt soffre. Beholde/ the devyll shall caste ^ off you in- 
to preson/ ^ to tempte you/ and ye shall have tribulacion x. 
dayes. Be faythfull vnto the deeth and I wyll geve the a 
croune off lyfe. Let hym that hath earis heare/ what the 
sprete sayth to the congregacions. He that overcommeth 
shall not be hurte off the seconde deeth. 

And to the angell/ of the congregacion in Pergamos wryte : 
This sayth he which hath the sharpe swearde with two edges. 
I knowe thy workes and where thow dwelleste/ evyn where 
Sathans seate ys/ and thou "^ kepeste my name and hast not 
denyed ^ my fayth. And in my dayes Antipas was a fayth- 
full witnes off myne/ which was slayne amonge you where ir 
sathan dwelleth. Butt I have a fewe thinges agaynst the : || 
that thou hast there/ they thatt mayntayne/ the doctryne off " 
Balam which ^ taught in balake/ to put occasion off syn before 
the chylderne off Israhell : thatt they shulde eate off ^^ meate 
dedicat vnto ydolles/ and to commyt fornicacion. Even so 
haste thou them that mayntayne the doctryne off the Nicolay- 
tans/ which thynge I hate. But repent or elles I will come 
vnto the shortly and will fyght agaynst them with the swearde 
of my mought. Lett hym that hath eares heare what the 
sprete sayth vnto the congregacions : To hym that over com- 
meth will I geve to eate manna that is hyd. and will geve 

2 Amend, Gen. [So ch. iii. 19.] ^ That thou hatest, Gen. 

* Synagogue, Gen. Bps. [So ch. iii. 9 ] ^ Gen. Bps. add — some, 

^ That ye may be tried. Gen. ' Holdest fast, Bps. ^ My 

faith even in those days when Antipas, my faithful martyr was, etc. 
Gen. Bps. ^ Taught Balak to put a sturabling-blocke, Gen. Bps. 

^° Things sacrificed, Gen. 



^0. cclf. SCfje 2^ebelacfon of <S. SlJon. 

hym a whyte stone/ and in the stone a newe name wrytten/ 
which no man knoweth/ savinge he that receaveth hit. 

And vnto the angell off the congregacion off Theatira write : 
This sayth the sonne of god/ which hath his eyes lyke vnto a 
flame of fyre/ whose fete are lyke brasse : I knowe thy 
workes and thy love/ service/ and fayght/ and pacience/ and 
thy dedes/ which are mooe at the laste then att the fyrste : 
Notwithstondinge I have a feawe thynges agaynste the/ that 
thou sofferest that woman Jesabell/ which called her sylfe a 
prophetes to teache and to deceave my servauntes/ to make 
them commyt fornicacion/ and to eate meates offered vppe 
vnto ydolles. And I gave her space to repent off her forni- 
cacion/ and she repented not. Beholde I will caste her into a 
beed/ and them that commyt fornicacion with her into gret 
^1 adversite/ excepte they repent of their deades. And I will 
kyll her children with deeth. And all the congregacions 
shall knowe that I am he which searcheth the reynes and 
hertes. And I will geve vnto every one of you accordynge 
vnto youre workes. 

Vnto you I saye/ ^^ and vnto other off them off Thiatyra as 
many as have nott this lernynge/ and which have not knowen 
the depnes of Satan (as they saye) I will put apon you none 
other burthen/ but that which ye have alreddy. Holde fast 
tyll I come/ and whosoever overcommeth and kepeth my 
workes vnto the ende/ to hyme will I geve power over nacions/ 
and he shall rule them with a rodde of yeron : and as the 
vessels off a potter/ shall ^^ he breake them to shevers. Evyn 
as I receaved off my father.^^ And I will geve him the morn- 
ynge starre. Let hym that hath eares heare what the sprete 
sayth to the congregacions. 

^ijt fff. ^i)ai)tcr. 

A ND wryte vnto the angell of the congregacion of Sardis : 
-^^ this sayth he that hath i the sprete of god/ and the vij. 
starres. I knowe thy workes/ thou haste a name that thou 
lyveste/ and thou are deed. Be awake and strengthe the 
thynges which remayne/ that are redy to deye. For I have 
not founde thy workes perfayte before god. Remember ther- 
fore howe thou hast receaved and hearde/ and holde faste/ and 

" Affliction, Gen. ^^ The rest of them, Gen. " They be 

broken, Gen. ^^ So will 1 geve him, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ The 

seven spirits, Cr. Gen. Bps. [So ch. v. 6.] 



STfje Hebelacfon of <S. S!)on. ®!). Hh 

repent. Yf thou shalt not watche/ I wyll come on the as a 
thefe/ and thou shah not knowe what houre I wyll come apon 
the. Thou haste a feawe names in Sardis/ which have not 
defyled their garmentes/ and they shall walke with me in 
whyte/ for they are worthy. He that overcommeth shalbe 
clothed in whyte araye/ and I will not put out his name out of 
the boke of lyfe/ and I will confesse his name before my fa- 
ther/ and before his angelles. Let hym that hath earys heare 
what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions. 

And wryte vnto the angell off Philadelphia : This sayth he 
that is holy and true/ which hath the kaye off David : which 
openyth and noman shutteth/ and shutteth and no man open- 
eth. I knowe thy workes. Beholde I have set before the an 
open doore/ and no man can shutt hit/ for thou haste a lyttell 
strengthe/ and haste kepe my saynges : and haste not denyed 
my name. Beholde. I ^ put them of the congregacion of Sa- 
than/ which call themselves Jewes and are not/ butt do lye. 
Beholde. I will make them that they shall come and wor- 
shippe before thy fete : and shall knowe that I have loved the. 

Be cause thou hast kept the wordes of my pacience/ ^ and 
I wyll kepe the from the houre of temptacion which will come 
apon all the worlde/ "^ totempte them that dwell apon the erth. 
Beholde I come shortly. Holde that which thou haste/ that 
no man take awaye thy croune. Hym that overcommeth 
will I make a pyllar in the temple off my God/ and he shall 
goo no more oute. And I will wryt apon hym/ the name off 
my god/ and the name off the citie off my god/ newe Jerusa- 
lem/ which commeth doune oute of hevyn from my god and 
I will wryte apon hym my newe name. Let hym that hath 
eares/ heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions. 

And vnto the angell of the congregacion which is in Lao- 
dicia wryte : This sayth (amen) the faythfull and true wit- 
nes/ the begynnynge off the creatures off God. I knowe thy 
workes that thou arte nether colde ner hott : I wolde thou 
were colde or hotte. So then be cause thou arte ^ bitwene 
bothe/ and nether colde ner hott/ I will spew the oute of my 
mought : be cause thou sayst thou arte riche and incresyd 
with gooddes/ and hast nede off nothinge/ and knowest not 
howe thou arte wretched and miserable/ povre/ blynde/ and 
nakyd. I consell the to bye off me golde tryed in the fyre/ 

2 Make, Cr. Will make, Gen. Bps. ^ Therefore wil I keepe 

[deliver, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. * To trye, Gm. Bps. ^ Luke- 

warme, Gen. Bps. 



ifo. ccUf. Crtje Bcbelacioti of .S. St)on. 

that thou mayste be riche : and wyte rayment/ that thou 
mayste be clothed/ that thy fyUhy nakednes do not apiere : 
and anoynt thyne eyes with eye salve/ that thou mayeste se. 
As many as I love/ I rebuke and chasten. Be ^ fervent 
therfore and repent. Beholde I stonde at the doore and knocke. 
Ylf eny man heare my voyce and opyn the dore/ I will come 
in vnto hym and will suppe with him/ and he with me. To 
hym that overcommeth will I gravnte to sytt with me in my 
seate/ evyn as I overcam and have sytten with my father/ in 
his seate. Lett hym that hath eares heare what the sprete 
sayth vnto the congregacions. 

?rt)e fii'f. €|)aj[)ter. 

A FTER this I loked/ and beholde a dore was opene in hev- 
"^^ en/ and the fyrste voyce which I harde/ was as hit were 
of a trompet talkinge with me/ which said : come vppe hyd- 
der/ and I will shewe the thynges which muste be fulfyllyd 
here after. And immediady I was in the sprete. and beholde/ 
a seate was put in heven and won sat on the seate. And he 
that sat was to loke apon lyke vnto a iaspar stone/ and a sardyne 
stone : And there was a rayne boll aboute the seate/ ^ to loke 
apon/ lykevnto an emeralde. And aboute the seate were xxiiij. 
seates. And Isawe on the seates .xxiiij. seniours syttinge cloth- 
ed in whyterayment/ and had on their heddes crounes of gold. 
And out of the seate preceded lightnynges/ and thoun- 
drynges/ and voices: and there were vij. lampes ofFfyre/ 
byrninge before the seate/ which are the vij. sprettes off God. 
And before the seate there was a see off glasse/ lyke vnto cris- 
tall/ and in the myddes of the seate/ and rounde aboute the 
seate/ wer iiij. biestes full off eyes before and behynde. And 
the fyrste biest was lyke a lion/ the seconde biest lyke a caulfe/ 
and the thyrde bieste had a face as a man/ and the fourthe 
bieste was lyke a flyinge egle. And the iiij. biestes had eche 
one of them vj. wynges aboute hym/ and they were full off 
eyes within. And they ^had noo reste daye nether nyght 
sayinge : holy/ holy/ holy/ lorde god almyghty/ which was/ 
and is/ and is to come. 

And when these beestes gave glory and honour and 
thankes to hym that sat on the seate/ which levith ^ ever more/ 
the xxiiij. seniours fell doune before the trone/ before hym 
that sat on the trone/ and worshipped hym thatt levith ^ ever/ 

* Zealous, Gen. * In sight, hke, Ml the Vers. 

Gen. ^ Forever and ever, Cr. Gen. Bps. 



Cijc aaebelacfon of .S. S^boti. (t^. b. 

and caste their crounes before the trone sayinge : thou arte 
worthy lorde to receave glory/ and honoure/ and power/ for 
thou haste created all thinges/ and for thy '^ wyllis sake they 
are/ and were created. 



S^Jc b. €:|)a|)ter. 

A ND I sawe in the right honde of hym/ that sat in the trone/ 
"^ a boke written with in and on the backside/ sealyd with 
vij. scales. And I sawe a stronge angell which ^cryed with 
a loude voyce : Who is worthy to open the boke/ and to loose 
the scales ther off. And no man in hevyn ner in erth/ neth- 
er vnder the erth/ was able to open the boke/ nether to loke 
thereon. And I wepte moche/ be cause no man was founde 
worthy to open/ and to rede the boke/ nether to loke thereon. 

And one of the seniours sayde vnto me : wepe not : Beholde 
2 a lion beinge off the tribe of Juda/ the rott off Dauid/ hath 
obtayned to open the boke/ and to lose the vij. scales theroff. 
And I behelde/ and loo/ in the myddes of the seate/ and off the 
iiij. biestes/ and in the myddes off the seniours/ stode a lambe 
as though he had bene kylled/ which had vij. homes and vij. 
eyes/ which are the sprettes off God/ sent into all the worlde. 
And he cam and toke the boke oute off the right honde of 
hym that sate apon the seate. 

And when he had taken the boke/ the iiij. bestes and xxiiij. 
seniours fell doune before the lambe/ havynge harpes and 
golden vialles full off odoures/ which are the prayers off 
saynctes and they songe a newe songe saynge : thou art 
worthy to take the boke and to open the scales thereof/ for 
thou waste kylled and haste redemed vs ^ by thy bloud/ out 
off all kynreddes/ and tonges/ and people/ and nacions/ and 
haste made vs vnto cure god/ kynges and prestes and we 
shall raygne on the erih. 

And I behelde/ and I herd the voyce off many angylles 
about the trone/ and about the biestes and the seniours/ and I 
herde thousand thousandes' saynge with a lowde voyce : 
Worthy is the lambe that was killed to receave power/ and 
riches and wisdom/ and strenghte/ and honour and glory/ and 
^ blyssynge. And all creatures/ which are in heven/ and on 
the erth/ and vnder the erth/ and in the see/ and all that are 

^ Pleasures sake, Bps. ^ Preached, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^he 
[That, B.] lyon, Gen. Bps. ^ Gen. Bps. add— to God. ■* Praise, 

Gen. iSo post.} 



jFo. cclfif. 2rt)e asiebelacion of S. S!)on. 

in them herd I saynge : blyssinge/ honour/ glory/ and power/ 
be vnto hym/ that sytteth apon the seate/ and vnto the lambe 
for ever more. And the .iiij. biestes sayd : amen. And the 
xxiiij. seniours ^ fell apon their faces/ and worshypped hym 
that lyveth for ever more. 

E'^e bf. ®]^apter. 

A ND I sawe when the lambe openyd one of the seales/ and 
"^ herde one of the iiij. biestes saye/ as hit wer the noyse 
off thonder/ come and se. And I sawe/ and beholde there 
was a whyte horsse/ and he that sat on hym had a bowe/ and 
a croune was geven vnto hym/ and he went forth conqueringe 
and forto overcome. And when he opened the seconde seale/ 
I herde the seconde bieste saye : come and se. And there 
went out another horsse that was red/ and power was geven 
to hym that satte there on/ to take peace from the erth/ and 
that they shulde kyll one another, and there was geven vnto 
hym a gret swearde. 

And when he opened the thyrde seale/ I herde the thyrde 
bieste saye : come and se. And I behelde/ and loo/ a blacke 
hors : and he that sate on hym/ had a payre of balances in 
his honde. And I herde a voyce in the myddes off the iiij. 
bestes saye : a measure of whete for a peny/ and iij. meas- 
ures of barly for a peny : and oyle and wyne se thou hurte 
not. 

And when he opened the fourthe seale/ I herde the voyce 
of the fourthe beste saye : come and se. And I loked. and 
beholde ^ a grene horsse/ and his name that satt on hym was 
deeth/ and hell folowed after hym/ and power was geven vn- 
to them over the fourthe parte off the erthe/ to kyll with 
swearde/ and with honger/ and with deeth/ ^ that cometh of 
vermen of the erth. 

And when he opened the fyfte seale : I sawe vnder the aul- 
tre/ the soules of them that were kylled for the worde of God/ 
and for the testymony which they ^ had/ and they cryed with 
a lawde voyce sayinge : Howe longe ^ tariest thou lorde holy 
and true/ to iudge and to avenge oure bloud on them that 
dwell on the erth ? And longe whyte ^ garmentes were geven 
vnto every one off them. And hit was sayde vnto them that 

^ Fel down, Gen. ^ A pale horse, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ And 

with the beastes of the earth, Gen. Bps. ^ Mainteined, Gen. 

^ Lorde holy and true, doest not thou judge, Gen. ^ Robes, Gen. 

[So, post.'] 



s->7 

2rf)e 3Elcbelacfon of S. 3!)on. ^% bff. 

they shulde reste for a lyttle season vnlyll ^ the nomber off 
their felowes^ and brethren/ and of them that shulde be kyl/ 
led as they were/ were fulfylled. 

And I behelde when he opened the sixte seale/ and loo there 
was a grett erthquake/ and the sunne was as black as sacke 
clothe made of heare. and the mone wexed even as bloud. 
and the starres of heven fell vnto the erth/ even as a fygge 
tree castith "^ from her fygges/ when she is shaken off a 
myghty wynde. And heven ^ vanysshed awaye/ as a scroll 
when hit is rolled togedder. And all mountayns and yles/ 
were moved oute of their places. And the kynges of the erth/ 
and the grett men/ and the ryche men/ and the chefe cap- 
taynes/ and the myghty men/ and every bond man/ and every 
free man/ hyd themselves in dennes/ and in rocks off the 
^ hylles/ and sayd to the ^ by lies/ and rockes : fall on vs/ and 
hyde us from the presence off hym that sytteth on the seate/ 
and from the wrath of the lambe/ for the grete daye off his 
wrath ys come/ And whoo can ^^ endure hit. 

A ND after that I sawe iiij. angels stonde on the iiij. comers 
-^^ of the erth/ holdynge the iiij. wyndes off the erth/ that 
the wyndes shulde nott bio we on the erthe/ nether on the see/ 
nether on the see/ nether on eny tree. And I sawe another 
angell ^ ascende from the rysynge of the sunne/ which had 
the seale off the lyvynge god/ and he cryed with a loude 
voyce to the iiij. angelles (to whom power was geven to hurt 
the erth and the see) sayinge : Hurt not the erth nether the 
see/ nether the trues/ tyll I have sealed the servauntesof oure 
god in their forheades. 

And I herde the nombre of them w^hich were sealed/ and 
there were sealed c. and xliiij. m. of all the trybes of the chyl- 
dren of Israhell. Of the try be of Juda were sealed xij. m. 
Of the trybe off Ru\ 3ii ^ sre sealed xij. m. Of the trybe of 
Gad were sealed xij. m. Of the tiybe of Asser were sealed 
xij. M. Of the trybe of Neptalym were sealed xij. m. Of the 
trybe off Manasses were sealed xij. m. Of the trybe of Symeon 
were sealed xij. m. Of the trybe of Levy were sealed xij. m. 
Of the trybe off Isacar were sealed xij. m. Of the trybe of 

® Their fellow servants, Gen. Bps. '' Hir untimely [greene, G.], 

Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Departed, Gen. ® Mountains, Gen. 

^° Stande, Gen. ^ Come up from the East, Gen. 

SS 



iFo. ccUb. Sfje 3aebeIacfon of <S. 3i)on. 

Zabulon were sealed xij. m. Off the tribe of Joseph were 
sealed xij. m. Off the trybe of Benjamyn were sealed xij. 
thowsande. 

After this I behelde/ and lo a gret multitude (which noman 
culde nombre) off all nacions/ ^and people/ and tonge/ stode 
before the seate/ and before the lambe/ clothed with longe 
whyte garmentes/ and palmes in there hondes/ and cryed with 
a lowde voyce/ saynge : ^ Helth be to hym that syttith apon 
the seate of oure god/ and vnto the lambe. And all the an- 
gelles stode '* in the compace of the seate/ and off the seniours/ 
and off the iiij. bestes/ and fel before the seat on their faces/ 
and worshipped god/ sayinge/ amen : Blessynge and glory/ 
wisdom and thankes/ and honour/ and power and myght/ be 
vnto oure god/ for evermore amen. 

And one off the seniours answered/ sayinge unto me : what 
are these which are arayed in longe whyte garmentes/ and 
whence cam they ? And I sayde vnto hym : lorde thou wot- 
test. And he sayde unto me : these are they which cam oute 
off gret tribulacion and ^ made their garmentes large and 
made them whyte in the bloud of the lambe : therfore are 
they in the presence off the seate off God and serve hym daye 
and nyght in hys temple/ and he that sytteth in the seate wyll 
dwell amonge them. They shall honger no more nether 
thyrst/ nether shall the sunne lyght on them/ nether eny heate : 
For the lambe which ys in the myddes off the seate shall ^ fede 
them/ and shall ledde them vnto "^ fountaynes of lyvynge wa- 
ter/ and god shall wyppe awaye all teares from their eyes. 

S^l)e bfij. €:!)apter. 

A ND when he had opened the seventhe scale/ there was si- 
■^^ lence in heven aboute the space of halfe an houre/ And 
1 sawe ^ angelles stondynge before god/ and to them were 
geven vij. trompettes. And another angell cam and stode 
before the aultre havynge a golden senser/ and moche of 
odoures was geven vnto hym/ that he shoulde offre ^ of the 
prayers of all saynctes apon the golden aultre/ which was be- 
fore the seate. And the smoke of the odoures which cam off 

2 Gen. Bps. add — and kinred. ^ Salvation he ascribed to him, 

T. M. Cr. Bps. Salvation cometk of our God, that sitteth, etc. and 
of the lambe, Gen. * Rounde about the throne and aboute, Gen. 

^ Have washed their long robes, Gen. Bps. ^ Governe, Gen. 

' Lively [Lyving, £.] fountains, etc. Gen. Bps. * Cr. Gen. Bps. 

add — the seven. ^ With the prayers [So, G. vs. 4.], Gen. Bps. 



Cfjc ju e\jelacfon of S. SI)ott» ®!). iV* 

the prayers off all saynctes ascended vppe before god out of 
the angelles honde. And the angell toke the senser and fylled 
hit with fyre of the aultre and caste hit into the erth/ and 
3 voyces were made/ and thondrynges/ and lightnynges/ and 
erth quake. 

And the vij. angelles which had the vij. trompettes prepared 
them selves to blowe. The fyrst angell blewe/ and there was 
made hayle and fyre/ which were myngled with bloud/ and 
they were caste into the erth : and the thyrd parte '* of trees 
was burnt/ and all grene grasse was brent, and the seconde 
angell blewe : and as hit were a grett mountayne : brynnynge 
with fyre was caste in to the see/ and the thyrde parte off the 
see ^ tourned to bloud/ and the thyrde parte of the creatures 
which 6 had lyfe dyed/ and the thyrde part off shyppes were 
destroyed. 

And the thyrde angell blewe/ and ther fell a grett starre 
from heven burnynge as hit wer "^ a lampe/ and hit fell into 
the thyrde parte off the ryvers/ and into fountaynes of waters/ 
and the name of the starre is called wormwood. And the 
thyrde pane ^ was turned to wormwood. And many dyed off 
the waters be cause they were made bytter. And the fourthe 
angell blew/ and the thyrde part of the sunne was smytten 
and the thyrde parte off the mone/ and the thyrde part off 
starres : so that the thyrde parte of them was derckened. 
And the daye was smytten that the thyrde part of hit shulde 
not shyne/ and lyke wyse the nyght. And I behelde and 
herd an angell flyinge thorowe the myddes of heven/ sayinge 
with a lowde voyce : Woo/ Woo/ to the inhabiters off the erth 
because of the ^ voyces to come of the trompe of the iij, an- 
gels which were yet to blowe. 



2rt)e ip. ®:5ai)ter. 



A' 



ND the fyfte angell blewe/ and I sawe a starre fall from 
heven vnto the erth. And to him was geven the kaye of 
the bottomlesse pytt/ And he opened the botomlesse pytt/ and 
there arose the smoke of ^ a grett fornace. And the sunne/ 
and the ayer wer darkned by the reason of the smoke of the 
pytt. And there cam out off the smoke locustes vpon the erth : 
And vnto them was geven power as the scorpions of the erth 

^ There were, Gen. ^ Cr. adds — (of the earth was set on fire 

and the third part). ^ Became, Gen. ^ Gen. Bps. add — were 

in the sea and. ^ A cresset. Gov. A torch, Gen. ^ Soundes, 

Gen. * Cr, Gen. Bps. add — the pit, as the smoke of. 



ifo. cclb. cri)e 3^ebelacf0n of S. Stoit. 

have power. And hit was sayde vnto them thatt they shulde 
nott hurt the grasse off the erth : nether eny grene thinge : 
nether eny tree : but only those men which have nott the 
seale ^ in their forhedes/ and to them was commaunded that 
they shulde not kyll them/ but that they shulde be vexed v 
monethes/ and 3 their payne was as the payne that commeth 
off a scorpion/ when he hath stonge a man. And in those 
dayes shall men seke deeth/ and shall nott fynde hyt/ shall 
desyre to deye/ and deeth shall flye from them. 

And the ^ similitude off the locustes was lyke vnto horses 
prepared vnto battayll/ and on their heddes were as hit were 
crownes/ lyke vnto golde. and their faces were as hit had 
bene the faces of men. And they had heares as the heares 
of wemen. And their tethe were as thetethe offlyons. And 
they had habbergions/ as hit were habbergions off yeron. And 
the sounde off their wynges was as the sounde of charettes 
when many horsses runne togedder to battayle. And they 
had tayles lyke vnto scorpions/ and there were stynges in 
their tayles. And their power was to hurt men v. monethes. 
And they had a kynge over them/ which is the angell of the 
bottomlesse pytt/ whose name in the hebrew tonge/ is Aba- 
don : but in the greke tonge/ Apollion/ ^ [that ys to saye a 
destroyer]. Won woo is past/ and beholde two wooes come 
after this. 

And the sixte angell blewe/ and I herd a voyce from the 
iiij. 6 corners of the golden aultre/ which is before god/ saying 
to the sixte angell which had the trompe : Loose the iiij. an- 
gelles/ which are bounde in the grett ryver Eufrates. And 
the iiij. angell es were loosed which wer prepared ^ for an 
houre/ for a daye/ for a moneth/ and for a yeare/ for to slee 
the thyrde part off men. And the nombre of horsmen of 
warre/ were twenty tymes x m And I herde the nombre of 
them. And thus I sawe the horses in a vision and them that 
sate on them/ havynge fyry habbergions of a ® Jacynct col- 
oure/ and brymstony. and the heeddes of the horses were 
as the heeddes of lyons. And out of their mouthes went forth 
fyre and smoke and brymstone. And of these iij/ was the 
thyrde parte of men kylled/ that is to saye/ of fyre/ smoke/ 
and brymstone/ which proceded out of the mouthes of them : 

* Gen. Bps. add — of God. ^ That their paine should be as, etc. 
Gen. ^ Forme, Gen. ^ Gen. omits. Bps. inserts in small type. 

* Homes, Gen. Bps. ' At an. Gen. [So, posU^ ^ Yellow, 

Cov. 



Ei)t asiebelacfon of S. S!)oti. €lJ. f. 

For their power was in their mouthes and in their tayles : for 
their tayles were lyke unto serpentes/ and had heddes/ and 
with them they dyd hurtt : And the remnaunt off the men 
which were not kylled by these plages repented not of the 
dedes of their hondes/ that they shulde not worshyppe devyls/ 
and ymages/ off golde/ and sylver/ and brasse/ and stone/ and 
of woode/ which nether can se/ nether heare/ nether goo 
Also they repented not of their murther/ and of their sorcery 
nether of their fornicacion nether of their thefte. 



A^ 



2r!)e ):. «:i)aptrc. 

ND I sawe another myghty angell come doune from heven/ 
clothed with a cloude/ and the ^ rayne boll apon his heed. 
And hys face as hit were the sunne/ and his fete as hytt were 
pyllars of fyre/ And he had in his honde a lytell boke opyn : 
and he put his ryght fote apon the see/ and his lyfte fote on 
the erth. And cryed with a lowde voyce/ as when a lyon 
roreth. And when he had cryed/ seven thondres ^ spake 
their voyces. And when the vij thondres had ^ spoken their 
voyces/ I was aboute to wryte. And I herde a voyce from 
heven sayinge vnto me ^ marke thoo thynges which the vij. 
thondres spake/ and write ihem not. 

And the angell which I sawe stonde apon the see/ and apon 
the erth/ lyfte vppe his honde to heven/ and swore by hym 
thatt liveth for ever more/ which created heven/ and the 
thynges that ther in are/ "* and the see/ and the thynges which 
therin are : that there shulde be no longer tyme : but in the 
dayes of the voyce of the seventhe angell/ when he shalbegyn 
to blowe : even the mistery off god shalbe ^ fulfilled/ as he 
^ preached by his servauntes the prophettes. 

And the voyce which I herde from heven spake vnto me 
agayne/ and sayde : goo and take the boke whych ys open in 
the honde off the angell/ which stondeth apon the see/ and 
apon the erth. and I went vnto the angell/ and sayde to hym : 
geve me the ''' boke. and he sayd vnto me : take hit/ and 
eate it vppe/ and hit shall make thy belly byttre/ butt hit shalbe 
in thy mouth as swete as hony. and I toke the '' boke out of 
his honde/ and ate it vp/ and hit was in my mouth as swete 

* [i.e. Rainebowe — as in Ml the Vers.] ^ Uttered, Gen. Bps. 

3 Scale up, ^U the Vers. * Gen. Bps. add — And the earth and the 

things tliat therein are. [So Cr. in crotchets.] * Fynished, Ml 

the Vers. ^ Declared, Gen. Bps. ' Litle boke, All the Vers^ 

SS* 



jfo. cclbf. ^fic a^ebelacfon of S. 5Jf)on. 

as hony/ and as sone as I had eaten it/ my belly was bytter. 
And he sayde vnto me : thou muste prophesy agayne ^ amonge 
the people/ and nacions/ and tonges/ and to many kynges. 

(!rt)c p, 0:j)aptcr. 

A ND then was geven me a rede lyke vnto a rodd/ and ^ hit 
"^ was sayd vnto me : Ryse and mete the temple of god/ 
and the aultre/ and them that worshippe therin/ ^ and the quyre 
which is with in the temple cast oute/ and mete hit not : for 
hit is gevyn vnto the gentyles/ and the holy cite shall they 
treade vnder fote xliij. monethes. And I will geve power vn- 
to my two wylnesses/ and they shall prophesy m. ij*^. and Ix. 
dayes/ clothed in sack cloth. These are two olyve trees/ and 
two candlestyckes/ stondinge before the god off the erth. 

And if eny man will hurtt them/ fyre shall procede out off 
their mouthes/ and ^ consume their enmyes. And iff eny 
man will hurt them/ this wyse muste he be kylled. These 
have power to shut heven/ that hit rayne not in the dayes off 
their prophesyinge : and have power over waters to turne 
them to bloud/ and to smyte the erth with almaner plages/ as 
often as they will. 

And when they have fynesshed their testimony/ the beaste 
that cam oute of the bottomlesse pytt shall make warre agaynst 
them : and shall overcome/ and kyll them. And their ^bod- 
dyes shall lye in the stretes off the grete citie/ which sprytual- 
ly is called Zodom and Egypt/ where oure lorde was crucify- 
ed. And they off the people and kynredes/ and tonges/ and 
^they off the nacions/ shall se their ^ bodyes iij. dayes and an 
haulfe/ and shall not suffre their '* boddyes to be put in graves. 
And they that dwell apon the erth/ shall reioyce over them 
and be glad/ and shall sende gyftes won to another : for these 
two prophettes vexed them that dwelt on the erth. 

And after iij. dayes and an halffe the sprete off lyfe from 
god 6 entred into them. And they ^ stode vppe apon their fete : 
and grett feare ^ cam apon them which sawe them. And they 
herde a grett voyce from heven/ sayinge vnto them : Come 
vppe hydder. And they ^ ascended vppe into heven in a 
cloude/ and their enmyes sawe them. And the same houre 

^ Unto the hethen, Cov. ^ The angel stoode up, saying, Gen. 

Bps. 2 But the court which is without, Gen. Bps. ' Devour- 

eth, Gen. * Corpses . . carkeises, Gen. * Gentiles, Gen, 

[So, vs. 18.] 6 Shall e^ter , . Shall stande, etc. Gen, 



8rt)e asiebelacfon of <S. 3J!w>«. 



5-/3 

«!). |:ff. 



was there a grett earth quake/ and the tenthe part off the cite 
fell/ and in the erth quake were slayne ''' names of men seven 
M. and the remnaunt ^ were feared/ and gave glory to God off 
heven. The seconde woo is past/ and beholde the thyrd woo 
woll come anon. 

And the seventhe angel blewe/ and there were made grett 
voyces in heven/ sayinge : the kyngdoms off this worlde are 
oure lordes and his christes/ and he shall raygne for ever more. 
And the xxiiij. seniours/ which syt before god on their seates/ 
fell apon their faces/ and worshipped god sayinge : we geve 
the thankes lorde God ^ omnipotent : which arte and wast/ 
and arte to come/ for thou haste receaved thy grett myght/ 
and hast i^ raygned. And the nacions were angry/ and thy 
wrath is come/ and the tyme of the deed/ that thou shuldest 
iudge them : and shuldest geve rewarde vnto they servauntes 
prophettes and say notes/ and to them that feare thy name 
smale and grett and shuldest destroye them/ which destroye 
the erth. And the temple of God was openyd in heven/ and 
there was sene in his temple/ the arke of his testament : and 
11 there folowed lyghtnynges/ and voyces/ and thondrynges and 
erth quake/ and moche hayle. 

tH-^t pj. C:i)apter. 

A ND there appered a gret wonder in heven. A woman 
■^ clothed with the sunne/ and the mono vnder her fete/ and 
apon her heed a croune off xij. starres. And she was with 
chylde and cryed travallinge in byrth/ and payned redy to be 
delyvered. And there appered another wonder in heven/ 
and beholde a grett red dragon/ havynge vij. heddes/ and 
ten homes/ and seven crounes on his heddes : and his tayle 
d:ue the thyrde parte of the starres/i and cast them to the 
erth. 

And the dragon stode before the woman which was reddy to 
be delyvred : forto devoure her chylde ^ as sone as hitt were 
borne. And she brought forth a man chylde/ which shulde 
rule all nacions with a rodde off yeron. And her sonne was 
taken vppe vnto God/ and to his seate. And the woman 
fleed into the wyldernes/ where she had a place/ prepared 

' In nomber seven, etc, Gen. ^ Shal be afraide and give, Gen. 

^ Almighty, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^° Obteined the kingdpme, Gen. 

" There were, Gen. [So ch. xvii. 18.] ^ Gen. Bps. add (C in 

crotchets) — of heaven. ' When she had brought it foorth, Gen. 



Sfo, cclbff, ^f)e asiebelacion of S. S!)on. 

off God/ that they shulde fede her there/ m. 3 and xxvj. dayes. 

And there was grett battayll in heven/ Michael and his an- 
gelles fowght with the dragon and the dragon fowght and his 
angelles/ and prevaylled not : nether was their place founde 
eny more in heven. And the grett dragon/ thatt olde serpent 
called the devyll and Sathanas/ was cast out. which desceav- 
eth all the worlde/ And he was cast into the erth/ and his an- 
gelles were cast out also. 

And I harde a lowde Toyce sayinge : in heven is nowe 
made helth and strengthe/ and the kyngdom of oure God/ and 
the power of his Christ : For ^ he is cast doune which accus- 
ed them before god daye and nyght : And they overcam hym 
by the bloudde off the lambe/ and by the worde off their tes- 
timony/ and they loved not their ly ves vnto the deeth. Ther- 
fore reioyce hevens/ and ye that dwell in them. Woo to the 
inhabiters off the erth/ and of the see : for the devyll is come 
doune vnto you which hath grett wrath/ be cause he knoweth 
that he hath but a shortt tyme. 

And when that the dragonde sawe that he was caste vnto 
the erth/ he persecuted the woman which brought forth the 
man chylde. And to the woman were geven two wyges off 
a grett egle/ that she myght flye into the wyldernes/ into her 
place/ where she is norysshed for a tyme/ tymes/ and halffe a 
tyme/ from the presence of the ^ dragon. And the serpent 
cast out of his mought water affter the woman ^ as hit had 
bene a ryver be cause she hulde have bene caught of the 
floud And the erth holppe the woman/ and the erth opened 
her mought/ and swalowed vppe the rever which the dragon 
cast out off hys mowth. And the dragon was wroth with the 
woman : and went and made warre with the remnaunt of hyr 
sede/ which kepe the commaundmentes of god/ and have the 
testimony off Jesus Christe. And I stode on the see sonde. 

Efit jclff. ©ijjrjjter. 

A ND I sawe a best rise out of the see/ havinge vij. heddes/ 
"^ and X homes/ and apon hys homes x. crownes/ and apon 
his heed/ the name of blasphemy. And the best which I sawe/ 

2 ii. c. and Ix. dayes, T. M. Or. Two hundred and three score dayes, 
Gen. Bps. [Query — an error of the press in the English edition of 
Tyndale ? See ch. xi. 3.] * The accuser of our brethren is cast, 

etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Serpent, All the Vers. ^ Like [As it had 

been, 5.] a floude that he might cause her to be caryed awaye, etc. 
Gen. Bps. 



W^t a^ebclacion of S. S!)on. e.% ):fff. 

was lyke ^ a catt off the mountayne/ and his fete were as the 
fete of a bear/ and his mowth as the mowthe of a lyon. And 
the dragon gave hym hys power and his seate/ and grett auc- 
torite : and I sawe won off his heddes as hit were wonded to 
deth/ and his dedly wonde was healed. And all the worlde 
wondred ^ at the beest/ and they worshipped the dragon/ which 
gave power vnto the beest/ and they worshipped the beest say- 
inge : who is lyke vnto the beeste ? who is able to warre 
with hym ? 

And there was a mowth geven vnto hym that spake grett 
thynges/ and blasphemys and power was geven vnto him/ 
3 to continue xlij. monethes. And he opened his mowth vnto 
blasphemy agaynste God/ to blaspheme hys name/ and his 
tabernacle/ and them that dwell in heven. And hit was geven 
vnto hym to make warre with the saynctes/ and to overcome 
them. And power was geven hym over all kynred/ tonge/ 
and nacion : ^ and all that dwell apon the erth worshept hym : 
whose names are not written in the boke of lyfe off the lambe/ 
which was kylled from the begynnynge of the worlde. Yff 
eny man have an eare/ lett hym heare. He that leadeth into 
captivite/ shall goo into captivite : he that kylleth with a 
swearde/ must be kylled with a swearde. Heare is the pa- 
cience/ and the fayght off the saynctes. 

And I behelde another best commynge vpp oute off the erth/ 
and he had two homes lyke a lambe/ and he spake as dyd the 
dragon. And he dyd all that the fyrste beest coulde do ^ in 
his presence/ and he caused the erth/ and them wich dwell 
therin/ to worshippe the fyrst beest/ whose dedly wonde was 
healed. And he dyd grett wonders/ so that he made fyre 
come doune from heven ^ in the syght off men. And deceav- 
ed them that dwelt on the erth by the meanes of those signes 
which "^ he had power to doo in the sight of the beest/ sayinge 
to them that dwelt on the erth : that they shulde make an 
ymage ^ vnto the beest/ which had the wonde off a swearde/ 
and dyd lyve. 

And "^ he had power to geve a sprete vnto the ymage off 
the beest/ and that the ymage off the beest shulde speake/ 
and shulde cause that as many as wolde not worshyppe the 
ymage of the beest/ shulde be kylled, And he made all men/ 

^ A leoparde, Gen. Bps. ^ And folowed, Gen. After the beast, 

Pps, 5 To do, All the Vers. * Therefore all, etc. shall wor- 

ship him, Gen. ' Before him, Gen. ^ Gen. Bps. add — on the 

^ftrth. ' Jt was permitted to hintij Gen, ^ Of the. Gen, 



Jfo. ccbfff. Srtje asiebelacfon of S. S!)on. 

small and grett/ ryche and poore/ fre and bond/ to receave a 
marke in their right hondes/ or in their forheddes. And that 
no man myght by or sell/ save he that had the marke/ or the 
name off the beest/ other the nombre off his name. Here is 
wisdome. Lett hym that hath wytt count the nombre of the 
beest. For hit is the nombre off a man/ and his nombre is 
sixe bond red/ threscore and sixe. 

2rt)e ifi\i. ®|)aptcr. 

A ND I loked/ and loo a lambe stode on the mount Syon/ 
"^ and with hym c. and xliiij. thousande havynge his fathers 
name written in their forhedes. And I herde a voyce from 
heven/ as the sounde off many waters/ and as the voyce off 
a grett thoundre/ And I herde the voyce off harpers harp- 
ynge with their harpes. And they songe as hit were a newe 
songe/ before the seate/ and before the foure beestes/ and the 
seniours/ and no man could learne that songe/ but the hon- 
dred and xliiij m. which were ' redemed from the erth. These 
are they/ which were not defyled with women/ for they are 
virgyns. These folowe the lambe whither soever he goeth. 
These were ^ redemed from men beynge the fyrste fructes 
vnto God and to the lambe/ and in their mouthes was founde 
no gyle. For they are with outen spott before the trone off 
God. 

And I sawe an angell flye in the myddes off heven hav- 
ynge an everlastynge gospell/ to preache vnto them ^ that sytt 
and dwell on the erth/ and to all nacions/ kinreddes/ and tonges/ 
and people/ sayinge with a lowde voyce : Feare God and 
geve honour to hym/ for the houre off his iudgment is come : 
and worshyppe hym/ thatt made heven and erth/ and the see/ 
and fountayns off water. And there folowed another angell/ 
saynge : ^ Babilon is fallen is fallen thatt gret cite/ for she 
made all nacions drynke of the wyne ^ of hyr fornicacion. 

And the thyrde angell folowed them sayinge with aloude 
voyce : Yff eny man worshippe the beest and his ymage/ and 
receave his marke m his forhed/ or on his honde/ the same 
shall drynke off the wyne of the wrath of God/ ^ which is 
powred in the cuppe of his wrath. And he shalbe punnyssh- 
ed in fyre and brymstone/ before the holy Angels/ and before 
the lambe. 

1 Bought, Gen. 2 xhat dwell, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ It is fallen, 

it is fallen, Babylon, etc. Gen. [So ch. xviii. 2.] * Gen. Bps. 

add — of the wrath. ^ Gen. Bps. add — yea, of the pure wine. 



CtJe a^cbelacfon of S. .IJJon. ®|. y^. 

And the smoke of their turment ascendeth vppe evermore. 
And they have no rest daye ner nyght : which woi'shyppe the 
beest/ and his ymage/ and whosoever receaveth the prynt of 
his name. Here is the pacience off saynctes. Here are they 
that kepe the commaundmentes and the fayght of Jesu. 

And I herde a voyce from heven saying vnto me : wryte. 
Blessed are the deed/ which here after dye in the lorde/ even 
soo sayth the sprete : that they maye rest from their laboures/ 
^ but their workes shall folowe them. And I loked and be- 
holde a whyte clowde : and apon the clowde one syttynge 
lyke vnto the sonne off man/ havynge on his heed a golden 
crowne/ and in his honde a sharppe sycle. And another an- 
gell cam oute of the temple/ cryinge with a lowde voyce to 
hym that sat on the clowde. Thrust in thy sycle and repe : 
for the tyme is come to repe/ for the ''' come of the erth is 
rype. And he that sate on the clowde thrust in hys sycle on 
the erth/ and the erth was reped. 

And another angell cam oute off the temple/ which is in 
heven/ havynge also a sharppe sycle. And another angell 
cam oute from the aultre/ which had power over fyre/ and 
cryed with a lowde crye to hym that had the sharppe sycle/ 
and sayde : thrust in thy sharppe sycle/ and gaddre the clus- 
tres ® of the erth : for her grapes are rype. And the angell 
thrust in his sycle on the erth/ and cut downe ^ the grapes of 
the vyneyarde off the erth : and cast them into the grett 
10 wynfatt off the wrath of God/ and the wyne fatt was trod- 
den with out the cite/ and bloud cam out off the fatt/ even 
vnto the hors brydles by the space off a thowsande and ii iiij. 
score furlonges. 

STlje |:b. Cfjapter. 

A ND I sawe another signe in heven grett and marvellous/ 
"^-^ vij angels havynge the seven laste plages/ for in them is 
fulfilled the wrath off God. And I sawe as hit were a glassi 
see/ myngled with fyre/ and them that had Gotten victory off 
the beest/ and off his ymage/ and off his marke/ and off the 
nombre off his name/ stonde on the glassy see/ havynge the 
harpes of God and they songe the songe off Moses the ser- 
vaunt off God/ and the songe off the lambe/ sayinge : Grett 

^ For, Gen. Bps. ' Harvest, Gen. Bps. ^ Gen. Bps. add — 

Of the vineyarde. ^ The vines of the, Gen. The vineyarde, Bps. 

*° Wine presse, Gen. [So vs. 20 ch. xix. J5.] " Six hundred, 
AU the Vers. 



iFo. ccUj:. 2rt)e 3Slcbelacfon of S, 3Jl)on. 

and marvellous are thy workes lord god almyghty/ iuste and 
true are thy wayes/ kynge off saynctes. Who shall not feare 
o lorde/ and gloryfy thy name ? For thou only arte holy/ and 
all ^ gentyls shall come and worshippe before the/ for thy 
iudgmentes are manifest. 

And affier that I loked/ and beholde the temple off the 
tabernacle off testimony was opyn in heven/ and the seven 
angelles cam out off the temple/ which had the seven plages/ 
clothed in pure and bryght lynnen/ and havynge their brestes 
gyrded with golden gerdelles. And won off the fowre beestes 
gave vnto the seven angels vij golden vyalles/ full off the wrath 
off God which lyveth for ever more. And the temple was 
full off the smoke off the glory off God/ and off his power/ 
and no man was able to entre into the temple/ tyll the seven 
plages of the seven angels were fulfilled. 

Efft ):bf. ©tjnpter. 

A ND I herde a gret voyce out of the temple/ sayinge to the 
seven angels : goo youre wayes/ poure out youre vialles 
of ^ wrath apon the erth. And the fyrst went/ and poured out 
his viall apon the erth/ and there fell anoysom and a ^ sore 
botch apon the men/ which had the marke of the best/ and 
apon them which worshipped his ymage. And the seconde 
angell shed out hys viall apon the see/ and hit ^ turned as hit 
were into the bloud off a deed man/ and every ly vynge thynge 
dyed in the see. And the thyrde angell shed out hys viall 
apon the ryvers and fountaynes of waters/ and they ^ turned 
to bloud. And I herde ^ an angell saye : lorde whych arte/ 
and wast/ thou arte ^ ryghteous and holy/ be cause thou hast 
geven soche iudgmentes/ for they shed out the bloud off 
saynctes/ and prophettes/ and therfore hast thou geven them 
bloud to drynke : for they are worthy. And I herde another 
out off the ^ aultre saye : even soo lorde God almyghty/ true 
and righteous are thy iudgmentes. 

And the fourth angell poured out hys viall on the sunne/ 
and power was geven vnto hym to '^ vex men wyth ^ heate off 
fyre. And the men ^ raged in grett heate/ and spake evyll off 
the name of God which had power over those plages/ and 

* Nations, Gen. ^ The wrath of God, Gen. Bps. ^ Griev- 

ous sore, Gen. ^ Became, Gen. ■* The Angell of the waters, 

Gen. Bps. ^ Just, etc. because thou hast judged these things, 

Gen. ^ Sanctuarie, Gen. "^ Torment, Gen. ^ Bps. adds — 

fervent. ' Boyled in great heate and blasphemed, Gen. Bps. 



m\te asiebelacfoit of S. 3J!)ott- ^t)- W- 

they repented nott/ to geve hym glory. And the fifte angell 
poured out hys vyall apon the seate off the beste/ and hys 
kyngdome wexed derke/ and they gnewe their tonges for 
sorowe/ and blasphemed the God off heven for i^ sorowe/ and 
payne off their sores/ and repented not of their dedes. 

And the sixte angell poured ont his vyall apon the grett 
ryver Euphrates/ and the water dryed vppe/ that the wayes 
off the kynges off the este shulde be prepared. And I sawe 
thre vnclene sprettes lyke frogges come out off the mouthe off 
the dragon/ and out off the mouthe off the beeste/ and out off 
the mouthe off the falce prophett. For they are the sprettes 
off devyls workynge myracles/ to go outt vnto the kynges off 
the erth and off the whole worlde to gaddre them to the bat- 
tayle off that grett daye off God allmyghty. Beholde I come 
as a thefe. Happy is he thatt watcheth and kepeth his gar- 
mentes/ Lest he ^^ be founde naked/ and men se his filthynes. 
And he gaddered them togedder into a place called in the 
hebrue tonge Armagedon. 

And the seventhe angell poured out his viallin to the ayre. 
And there cam a voyce out ^^ off heven from the seate/ say- 
inge : Hit is done. And there folowed voyces/ thondringes/ 
and lightnynges/ and there was a grett erth quake/ soche as 
was not sence men were apon the erth/ ^^ so myghty an erth- 
quake and so grett. And the greate cite was devyded into 
thre parties/ And the cities off nacions fell. And grett Babi- 
lon cam in remembraunce before God/ to geve vnto hyr the 
cuppe OxT wyne off the fearcenes of wrathe. Every yle fled 
awaye/ and the mountaynes were not founde. And there fell 
a grett hayle/ as it had bene talentes/ out off heven apon the 
men/ and the men blasphemed God/ be cause of the plage of 
the hayle/ for ^^ hit was grett and the plage of hyt sore. 

A ND there cam one of the seven angels/ which had the 
-^^ seven vialles/ and talked with me/ sayinge vnto me : 
come I will shewe the the ^ iudgment of the grett whore/ that 
sytteth apon many waters/ wyth whome have commytted for- 
nicacion the kynges of the erth/ ^ so thatt the inhabiters off the 

^^ Their paines [sorrowes, Bjjs.] and for their sores. Gen. Bps. 
^' Walke naked, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Gen. Bps. add — of the temple. 

'3 Even so mightie an earthquake, Gen. ^* The plague thereof 

was exceeding great, Gen. Bps. ^ Damnation, Gen. ^ And 

the, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. 

TT 



jTo. cclp. 2rj)e Itebelacfon of S. SI)ott. 

erth/ are dronken with the wyne of her fornicacion. And 3 he 
carryed me awaye into the wildernes in the sprete. And I 
sawe a woman sytt apon a ^ rose colored best full off names 
off blasphemy/ which had ^ ten homes. And the woman was 
arayed in purple and ^ rose color/ and ^ decked with golde/ 
precious stone/ and pearles/ and had a cuppe off golde in her 
honde/ full off abhominacion/ and fylthynes of her fornyca- 
cion. And in her forhed was a name wrytten/ a mistery/ 
gret Babylon the mother of whordome/ and abominacions off 
the erth. And I sawe the ^ wyfe dronke with the bloud of 
saynctes/ and wyth the bloud off the ^ wytnesses off Jesu. And 
when I sawe her/ I wondred wyth grett mervayle. 

And the angell sayde vnto me : wherfore mervayllyst thou ? 
I wyll shewe the the mistery off the woman/ and of the best 
that berith her/ which hath seven heddes/ and ten homes. The 
best that thou seest/ was/ and is not/ and shall ascende out of 
the bottomlesse pytt/ and shall goo into perdicion. and they 
thatt dwell on the erth shall wondre (whose names are not 
wrytten in the boke off lyfe from the ^ begynnynge off the 
worlde) when they beholde the best that was/ and ys nott. 
And here ys a mynde thatt hath wisdome. 

The seven heddes are seven mountaynes/ on which the 
woman sytteth : they are also seven kynges. Fyve are fall- 
en/ and on ys/ and another is nott yett come. When he 
commeth he muste contynewe a space. And the best that 
was/ and ys not/ is even the aygth/ and ys one of the seven/ 
and shall goo into destruccion. And the ten homes which 
thou seist/ are ten kynges/ which have receaved no kyng- 
dome/ butt shall receave power as kynges att one houre with 
the beest. These have one mynde/ and shall geve their power 
and 1^ strengthe vnto the best. These shall fyght with the 
lambe/ and the lambe shall over come them. For he is lorde 
off lordes/ and kynge off kynges : and they that are on hys 
syde/ are called/ and chosen/ and faygthfull. 

And he sayde vnto me : the waters which thou sawest/ 
where the whore syttith/ are people/ and ^^ folke/ and nacions/ 
and tonges. And the ten homes/ which thou sawest apon the 
best/ are they thatt shall hatte the whoare/ and shall make her 
desolatt/ and naked/ and shall eat her flesshe/ and burne her 
with fyre. For God hathe putt in their hertes/ to fulfyll hys 

3 The spirit caryed me away, etc. Cr. * Scarlet, Gen. Bps. 

5 Cr. Gen. Bps. add — seven heads and. ^ Guilded, Geji. [So ch. 

xviii. 16.] ' Woman, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Martyrs, Gen, Bps. 

9 Foundation,. Gcw. ^^ Authoutie, Gen. ^^ Multitudes, Gen. 



fi^\ 



?rt)e a^lebelacfon of S. Jf)on. €!). rbttf. 

wyll/ and to do wyth one consent/ for to geve ^^ her kyngdom 
vnto the best/ vntill the wordes off God be fulfylled. And the 
woman which thowe sawest/ is that grett cite/ which raigneth 
over the kynges of the erth. 

?ri)e %\A[i. (Jlijaptct. 

A ND after that I sawe another angell come doune from 
"^ heven/ havinge gret power/ and the erth was lyghtned 
with hys i bryghtnes. And he cryed myghtyly wyth a stronge 
voyce sayinge : Grett Babilon is fallen ys fallen/ and ys be- 
cum the habitacion of devels/ and the holde off all fowle 
sprettes/ and a cage off all vnclene and hatfuU byrdes/ for all 
nacions have dronken of the wyne of the wrath off her forny- 
cacion. And the kynges off the erth have committed fornica- 
cion with her/ and ^ her merchauntes are wexed ryche off the 
habundance off her pleasures. 

And I herde another voyce from heven saye : ^ come a 
waye from her my people/ that ye be nott part takers in her 
synnes/ thatt ye receave nott of her plages. For her synnes 
are gon vppe to heven/ and God hath remembred her ^ wyck- 
ednes. Rewarde her even as she rewarded you/ and geve 
her dubble accordynge to her workes. And ^ poure in dubble 
to her in the same cuppe whych she fylled vnto you. And as 
moche as she gloryfied her silfe and ^lyved wantanly/ so 
moche poure ye in for her off punnysshment/ and sorowe/ for 
she sayde in her herte : I sytt beinge a quene and am no 
wyddowe and shall se no '^ sorowe. Therfore shall her plages 
come at one daye/ deeth/ and sorowe/ and "^ honger/ and she 
shalbe brent with fyre : for stronge is the lorde god which 
iudgeth her. 

And the kynges off the erth ^ shalbe wepe her/ and wayle 
over her/ which have committed fornicacion wyth her/ and 
have lyved wantanly with her/ when they shall se the smoke 
off her burnynge/ and shall stoude afarre off/ for feare off her 

9 punnyshment/ sayinge : Alas ! Alas ! that gret cite Babilon/ 
thatt myghty cite : For att won houre is her iudgment come. 
And the raarchauntes off the erth shall wepe and wayle ^^ in 

'2 Their, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Glory, Gen. Bps. 2 ^he ma7- 

chants of the earth, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Goe out of her, Gen. "* In- 
iquities, Gen. 5 In the cuppe, which, etc. fill her the double, 
Gen. ^ Lived in pleasure, so much giv^e yee to her torment, Gen. 
p Lived in pleasure.' So, vs. 9.] ' Mourning . . Famine, Gen. 
^ Shall bewaile hir and lament for hir. Gen. Bps. ^ Torment, Ge7i. 

10 Over her, Gen. Bps. 



iFo. ccljrf. JEfje 3£lebelacf5n of S. Jfl>o«' 

them selves/ for no man wyll bye their ware eny more/ the 
ware of golde/ and sylver/ and precious stones/ nether off 
pearle/ and ^^ raynes/ and purple/ ^2 and scarlett/ and all thyne 
wodde/ almanner vessels of yvery/ and almanner vessels off 
most precious wodde/ and off brasse/ and off yeron/ ^^and 
synamon. and odours/ and oyntmenttes/ and frankyn sence/ 
and wyne/ and oyle/ and fyne floure/ and wheate/ bestes/ and 
shepe/ and horsys/ and charrettes/ and i'* boddyes and solles 
of men. 

And the apples that thy soil lusted after/ are departed from 
the. And all thynges which were ^^ deyntie/ and had in pryce 
ar departed from the/ and thou shalt fynde them no moare. 
The marchauntes off these thynges which were wexed ryche 
shall stonde a farre of from her/ for feare of the ^punnysh- 
ment of her/ wepynge and waylinge/ and saying : alas alas/ 
that grett cite/ that was clothed in raynes/ and purple/ and 
Scarlett/ and decked with golde/ and precious stone/ and 
pearles : for at one houre so grett ryches ys come to 
^^ nought. 

And every ^^ shippe governer/ and all they that occupied 
shippes/ and shippmen ^^ which worke in the see/ stode a farre 
of/ and cryed/ when they sawe the smoke of her bumynge/ 
sayinge : what cite is lyke vnto this grett cite ? And they 
cast dust on their heddes/ and cryed wepynge/ and waylinge/ 
and saying : Alas Alas that grett cite wherin were made ryche 
all that had shyppes in the see/ by ^^ the reason of her ware/ 
for att one houre is she made desolate. 

Reioyce over her thou heven/ and ye holy Apostles/ and 
prophettes : for god hath geven youre iudgement on her. 
And a myghty angell toke vppe a stone lyke a grett mylstone/ 
and cast hitt into the see/ sayinge : with suche violence shall 
thatt grett cite Babilon be cast/ and shalbe founde no more. 
And the voyce off harpers/ and musicions/ and off pypers/ 
and trompetters/ shalbe herde no more in the : and no craftes 
man/ off whatsoever craft he be/ shalbe founde eny more in 
the. and the sounde off a ^o myll shalbe herde no more in the/ 
21 and the voyce of the bryde grome and of the bryde/ shalbe 

" Silke, Cov. Of fine linen, Gen. [So, post.] '^ Qg^. Bps. 

add— and of silke. '^ Cr. Gen. Bps. add [C. in crotchets] — and 

of marble. ^* Servants, Gen. ^^ Fat and excellent. Gen. 

*« Desolation, Gen. *'' Shipmaster, Gen. ^^ And whosoever 

travaile on the sea, Gen. ^^ Hir costlynesse, Gen. Bps. ^ojyiii. 

stone, Gen. ^^ Cr. adds — (And candel light shall be no no more 

buminge in thee). Gen. Bps.— And the light of a candle shall shine 
no more in thee. 



2r|)e 2Slebclacion of <S. S!)on. €1). yiy:. 

herde no more in the : for thy marchauntes were the grett 
men of the erth. And with thyne inchantment were deceaved 
all nacions : and in her was founde the bloude of the prophettes/ 
and of the saynctes/ and off all that were slayne apon the erth. 

A ND after that I herde the voyce off moche people in heven 
■^ sayinge: Alleluia. Helth and glory and honour/ and 
power be vnto oure lorde god/ for true and ryghteous are his 
iudgmentes/ for he hath iudged the grett whore/ which did 
corrupt the erth with her fornicacion/ and hath avenged the 
bloudof his servauntes ^ of her bond. And agayne they said : 
Alleluya. And smoke rose vppe for ever more. And the 
xxiiij. seniours/ and the iiij. bestes fell doune/ and worshypped 
god that sate on the seate saying : Amen Alleluya. And a 
voyce cam out of the seate/ saying : prayse oure lorde god all 
ye that are his servauntes/ and ye that feare hym both smale 
and grett. 

And I herde the voyce off moche people/ even as the voyce 
off many waters/ and as the voyce off stronge thondrynges/ 
sayinge : Alleluya/ for ^ god omnipotent hath raigned. Let 
us be glad and reioyce and geve honour to hym : for the 
mariage off the lambe is come/ and hys wyffe made her 
sylfe reddy. And to her was graunted/ that she shulde be 
arayed with pure and goodly raynes. For the raynes is the 
rightewesnes off saynctes. And he sayde vnto me : happy 
are they which are called vnto the ^ Lambes supper. And 
he sayde vnto me : these ^ are the true sayinges off God. 
And I fell at his fete/ to worshyppe him. And he sayde vnto 
me : se thou do hit not. For I am thy felowe servaunt/ and 
one off thy brethern/ and off them thatt have the testimony 
off Jesus. Worshyppe God. For the testy mony off Jesus 
ys the sprete off prophesy. And I sawe heven open/ and 
beholde a whyte horsse : and he that satt apon hym was 
^ faythfull and true/ and ^ in ryghtevvesnes dyd iudge and make 
battayle. His eyes were as a flame off fyre : and on his 
heed were many crounes : and he had a name written/ that 
noman knewe butt hym sylfe. And he was clothed with a 

* Shed by, Gen. ^ The Lorde our God, etc. Cr. Bps. Our 

Lorde God almighty, Gen. ■'' Supper of the lambes marriage, Cr, 

Bps. 4 VVordes of God are true, Gen. ^ Cr. Gen. BpsTadd-^ 

called. * He judgeth and fighteth- righteously, Gen. 



Sfo. cclpf. 2rt)e 2£lebelacion of .S. STDon. 

"^ vesture dept in bloud/ and hys name ys called the worde off 
God. And the warriers which were in heven/ folowed hym 
apon whyte horses/ clothed with ^ whyie and pure raynes : 
and out off hys mouthe went out a sharppe swerde/ that with 
hyt he shulde smyte the hethen. And he shall rule them 
with a rodde off yeron/ and he trode the wynefatt off fearsnes 
and wrath off almyghty god. And hath on his vesture and 
on hys thygh : kynge of ^ kynges/ and lord of ^ lordes. 

And I sawe an angell stonde in the sunne/ and he cryed with 
a lowde voyce/ sayinge to all the fowles that flye by the 
myddes of heven : come and gaddre youre selves to gedder 
vnto the supper off the gret god/ that ye may eate the flesshe 
off kynges/ and off hye captaynes/ and the flesshe of myghty 
men/ and the flesshe off horses/ and off them thatt sytt on 
Ihem/ and the flesshe of all fre men and bond men/ and of 
smale and gret. And I sawe the beste. and the kynges of 
the erth/ and their warriers gaddred to gedder to make bat- 
tayle againste hym that satt on the horsse and agaynste his 
sowdiers. 

And the best was taken/ and with hym thatt falce prophett 
that wroght myracles before hym/ with which he desceaved 
them that receaved the beestes marke/ and them that wor- 
shypped hys ymmage. These bothe were cast ^^ into a ponde 
off fyre burnynge with brymstone : and the remnaunte were 
slayne with the swearde of hym that satt apon the horsse/ 
which swearde proceded out off his mouthe/ and all the foules 
were ^^ fulfilled with their fleshe. 

A ND I sawe an angell come doune from heven/ havynge 
-^^ the kaye off the bottomlesse pytt/ and a grett chayne in 
hys honde. And he toke the dragon that olde serpent/which 
is the devyll and satanas/ and he bounde him a thousand yeares: 
and cast hym into the bottomlesse pitt/ and he i bounde hym/ 
and set a seale on hym/ that he shulde desceve the people no 
moare/ tyll the m. yeares were fulfylled. And after that he 
muste be lowsed for a lytell season. 

And I sawe seattes/ and the satt apon them/ and iudgment 
was geven vnto them : and I sawe the soules off them thatt 

' Garment, Gen. [So vs. 16.] * Pure and goodly silke, Cov. 

9 Cov. adds— all. ^° Alive into a lake, etc. Gen. Quicke into a 

pond, etc. Bps. " Filled full, Gen. Filled, Bps. ^ Shut 

him up and Sealed the doore upon him, Gen. Shut him up and set, 
etc. Bps. 



2ri)e Hebelacfon ot 5b. S!)«it. €h Vti' 

were behedded for the wytnes off Jesu/ and for the word off* 
God : which had not worshypped the best/ nether his ymage/ 
nether had taken his marke apon their forheddes : or on their 
hondes : and they ly ved/ and reygned with Christ a m. yere : 
but the wother off the deed men lyved not agayne/ vntyll the 
M. yere were fynisshed. This is that fyrst resurreccion. 
Blessed and holy is he thatt hath parte in the fyrst resurrec- 
cion. For on suche shall the seconde deeth have no power/ 
for they shalbe the prestos off God and off Christ/ and shall 
raigne with hym a m. yere. 

And when the m. yere are expiered/ Satan shalbe lowsed 
out off hys preson/ and shall goo oute to deceave the people 
which are in the foure quarters of the erth gog and Magog/ to 
gadder them to gedder to battayle whose nombre is as the 
sonde off the see : and they went uppe on the playne off the 
erth/ 2 and compased the tentes off the saynctes about/ and the 
beloved cite. And fyre cam doune from God/ out off heven/ 
and devoured them : and the devyll that desceaved them/ was 
cast into a lake off fyre and brymstone/ where the beest and 
the falce prophett were and shalbe tormented daye and nyght 
for ever more. 

And I sawe a grett whyte seate and hym that sate on hit/ 
from whose face fleed awaye both the erth and heven/ and 
their place was no more founde. And I sawe the deed/ both 
grett and smale stonde before God : And the bokes were open- 
ed/ and another boke was opened/ which is the boke of lyfe/ 
and the deed were iudged of thoo thynges which were wryt- 
ten in the bokes accordinge to their dedes : and the see gave 
vppe her deed/ which were in her/ and deth and hell delyv- 
ered vppe the deed/ which were in them : and they were 
iudged every man accordinge to his dedes. And deth and 
hell were cast in to the lake of fyre. this is that second deeth. 
And whosoever was nott founde written in the boke off lyfe/ 
was cast into the lake off fyre. 

A ND I sawe a newe heven/ and a newe erth. For the fyrst 
•^*- heven/ and the fyrst erth/ were ^ vanysshed awaye/ and 
there was no more see. And I Jhon sawe that holy cite newe 
Jerusalem come doune from God oute off heven prepard as a 
bryde ^garnysshed for hyr husband. And I herde agrett 
voyce from the trone/ saynge : be holde/ the tabernacle off 

* Which compassed J Gcw. ^ Passed away, Gen. 



ifo. cclpff. 2Li)e SUcbelacfon of S. S!5on. 

God is with men/ and he wyll dwell with them. And they 
shalbe his people/ and God hym sylffe shalbe with them and 
be their god. And God shall wyppe awaye all teares from 
their eyes. And there shalbe nomore deeth/ nether sorowe/ 
nether cryinge/ nether shall there be eny more payne/ for the 

3 olde thynges are gone. And he that sate apon the seate/ 
sayde : Behold I make all thynges newe. And he sayde vn- 
lo me : wryte/ for these wordes ar faygthfull and true. 

And he sayde vnto me : hit is done. I am Alpha and Ome- 
ga/ the begynynge/ and the ende. I will geve to hym that is 
a thyrst of the well of the water of lyfe fre. He that over- 
commeth shall inheret all thynges/ and I wyll be his God. 
and he shall be my sonne. But the fearfull and vnbelevynge/ 
and the abhominable/ and murdres/ and whormongers/ and 
sorceres/ and ydolatrers/ and all lyars shall have their parte in 
the lake which burneth with fyre and brymstone/ which is the 
seconde deth. 

And there cam vnto me one the vij. angels which had the 
vij. vyalls full of the vij. laste plages : and talked with me 
sayinge : come hydder I will shewe the the bryde/ the lambes 
wyfe. And he caryed me awa3^e in the sprete to a grett and 
an hye mountayne/ and he shewed me the grett cite/ holy 
Jerusalem descendinge out off heven from God/ havynge the 

4 brightnes off God. And her shynynge was lyke vnto a 
stone moste precious/ even a Jaspar cleare as cristall : and 
had walles grett and hye/ and had xij gattes/ and att the gattes 
xij angels : and names wrytten/ which are the xij trybes ^ of 
Israeli : on the est parte iij gatis/ and on the north syd iij gates/ 
and to wardes the south iij gates/ and from the west iij gates : 
and the wall off the cite had xij foundacions/ and in them the 
names off the lambes .xij. Apostles. 

And he that talked with me/ had a golden rede to measur the 
cite with all and the gates theroff and the wall ther off. And 
the cite was bylt iiij. square/ and the length was as large as 
the bredth|of hitt/ and he measured the cite with the rede .xij m. 
fur longes : and the lenght/ and the breth/ and the heyght off 
hit/ were equall. And he measured the wall therof an cxliiij. 
cubittes: ^the measure that the angell had was after the 
measur that man vseth. And the byldinge of the wall of hit 
was of iaspar. And the cite was pure gold lyke vnto cleare 
glasse/ and the foundacions off the wall of the cite was gar- 

3 First things are passed, Gen. * Glory, Gen. ^ Gen. adds — 

of the children. * By the measure of man, that is, of the angell, 

Gen. 



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Ei^e a^ebelaciou of &, SI)otT. ^h rpff. 

nisshed with all maner off precious stones. The fyrste founda- 
cion was iaspar/ the seconde saphyre/ the thyrde a calcedony/ 
the fourth an emeralde : the fift sardonix : the sixt sardeos : 
the sevente crysolite/ the ayghte berall : the nynthe a topas : 
the tenthe a crysoprasos : the eleventhe a iacyncte/ the twelfe 
an amatist. 

The xij gattes were xij pearles/ every gate was of one 
pearle/ and the strete of the cite was pure golde/ as thorowe 
shynynge glasse. And ''' there was no temple therin. For 
the lord god allmyghty and the lambe are the temple of hit/ 
And the cite hath no nede of the sunne nether of the mone to 
^lyghten hit. For the ^ bryghtnes off God dyd light hitt: 
and the lambe was the light off hit. And the people which 
are saved shall walke in the light off hit : and the kynges off 
the erth shall brynge their glory ^ vnto hit. And the gattes 
off hit are nott shutt by daye. For there shalbe no nyght 
there. ^^ And there shall entre into hit none vncleane thinge : 
nether what soever worketh abhominacion : or maketh lyes : 
but they only which are wrytten in the lambes boke off lyfe. 

A ND he shewed me a pure ryver off water off lyfe ^ pure 
"^ as cristall : procedynge oute of the seate off God and off 
the lambe. In the myddes off the strete off hit/ and off ether 
syde off the ryver wa^^ there wode off lyfe : which bare xij 
manner off frutes : and gave frute ever moneth : and the leves 
off 2 the wodde served to heale the people with all. And 
there shalbe no more cursse but the seate of god and the lambe 
shalbe in hitt : and his servauntes shall serve hym : And shall 
se his face/ and his name shalbe in their for heddes. Ande 
there shall be no raoare nyghte there and they nede no can- 
dle/ nether light off the sunne : for the lorde God geveth them 
light/ and they shall raynge for evermore. 

And he sayde vnto me : these sayinges are fayghtfull/ and 
true. And the lorde god of ^ saynctes and prophettes sentt 
his angell to shewe vnto his servauntes/ the thynges wich 
muste shortly be fulfylled. Beholde I come shortly. Happy 
is he that kepeth the sayinge of the prophesy off this boke. 
I am Jhon/ which sawe these thynges and herde them. And 

? I sawe, Gen. * Shine in it, Gen. ^ Gen. Bps. add — and 

honour. ^'^ Cr. Gen, Bps. add (vs, 21) — And the glorie and honour 

of the Gentiles shall be brought unto it. * Clear, Gen. * The 

tree, Gen. ^ The holy Prophets, Gen, 



when I had herde and sene/ I fell doune/ to worshippe before 
the fete of the angell which shewed me these thynges. And 
he sayd vnto me : se thou do hit not/ for I am thy felowe ser- 
vaunt and the felowe servaunt of thy brethren the prophettes 
and of them which kepe the sayinges off this boke. But wor- 
shippe God. 

And he sayde vnto me : scale nott the sayinges off prophe- 
sy off this boke. For the tyme is at honde. He that ^ doeth 
evle/ lett hym ^ do evle still : and he which is fylthy/ lett hym 
be fylthy still : and he that is righteous/ lett hym be ^ more 
righteous : and he that is holy/ lett hym be ^ more holy. 
Ajiid beholde I come shortly/ and my rewarde with me/ to 
geve every man accordinge as his dedes shalbe. I am Alpha 
and Omega/ the begynnynge and the end/ the fyrst and the 
last. Blessed are they that do hys commaundmentes/ that 
their ^ power maye be in the tree otf lyfe/ and maye entre in 
thorowe the gates into the cite. For with out shalbe dogges 
and inchanters/ and whormongers/ and morthrers/ and ydol- 
atres/ and whosoever loveth or maketh '^ lesynges. 

I Jesus sent myne angell/ to testyfye vnto you these thynges 
in the congregacions. I am the rote and the generacion of 
David and the bright and mornynge starre. And the sprete and 
the bryde sayde come. And lett hym that heareth/ saye also 
come. And let hym that is a thyrst come. And let whoso- 
ever wyll/ take of the water of lyfe fre. 

s I testifye vnto every man thatt heareth the wordes of proph- 
esy of thys boke. yf eny man shall adde vnto these thynges/ 
god shall adde vnto hym the plages that are written in this boke. 
And yf eny man shall mynnyshe of the wordes off the boke of 
this prophesy/ god shall take awaye his parte out of the boke of 

lyfe/ and oute of the holy cetie/ and from thoo thynges which 

are written in this boke. He which testify ith 

these thinges sayth : ^ be hit/ I come quyckly/ 

Amen, even soo : come lorde Jesu. 

The grace of oure lorde Jesus 

Christ be with you all Amen. 

?r|)e tnise of t!)c netoc 
testfinent. 

4 Is unjust . . be unjust, Gen, ^ Righteous still . , holy still, 

Gen. ^ Right, Gen. ' Lies, Gc7i. ^ I protest, Gen. 

» Surely, Gen. 



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/^ EVE diligence Reder (I exhorte the) that thou come with a 
^-^ pure mynde/ and as the scripture sayth with a syngle eye/ 
vnio the wordes of heahh/ and ofeternall lyfe : by the which 
(if we repent and beleve them) we are borne a newe/ created a 
fresshe/ and enioye the frutes off the bloud of Christ. Whiche 
bloud cryeth not for vengeaunce as the bloud of Abel : but hath 
purchased/ lyfe/ love/ faveour/ grace/ blessynge/ and whatso- 
ever is promysed in the scriptures/ to them that beleve and obeye 
God : and stondelh bitwene vs and wrathe/ vengeaunce/ cursse/ 
and whatsoever the scripture threateneth agaynst the vnbelevers 
and disobedient/ which resist/ and consent not iti their hertes to 
the lavve of god/ that it is ryght/ wholy/ iuste/ and ought soo 
to be. 

Marke the playne and manyfest places of the scriptures/ and 
in doutfull places/ se thou adde no interpretacion contrary to 
them: but (as Paul sayth) let all be conformable and agreynge 
to the fayth. 

Note the difference of the la we/ and of the gospell. The one 
axeth and requyreth/ the woiher perdoneth and forgeveth. The 
one threateneth/ the wother promyseth all good thynges/to them 
thatt sett their trust in Christ only. The gospell signifieth gladde 
tydynges/ and is nothynge butt the promyses off good thynges. 
All is not gospell that is written in the gospell boke: For if the 
lawe were a waye/ thou couldest not know what the gospell 
meante. Even as thou couldest not se perdon/ favour/ and 
grace/ excepte the lawe rebuked the/ and declared vnto the 
thy sinne/ mysdede/ and treaspase. 

Repent and beleve the gospell as sayth Christ in the fyrst of 
Marke. Applye all waye the lawe to thy dedes/ whether thou 
find Iuste in the bottom of thyne herte to the lawe warde : and 
soo shalt thou no dout repent/ and feale in the silfe a certayne 
sorowe/ payne/ and grefe to thyne herte : be cause thou canst 
nott with full Iuste do the dedes off the lawe. Apply the gos- 
pell/ that is to saye the promyses/ vnto the deservynge off Christ/ 
and to the mercye of god and his trouth/ and so shalt thou nott 
despeare : butt shalt feale god as a kynde and a mercifull father. 



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And his sprete shall dwell in the/ and shall he stronge in the: 
and the promises shalbe geven the at the last (though not by and 
by/ lest thou shuldest forgett thy sylfe/ and be negligent) and all 
threatenynges shalbe forgeven the for Christis blouddis sake/ to 
whonn commit thy silfe all togedder/ with out respect/ other of 
thy good dedes or of thy badde. 

Them that are learned Christenly/ I beseche: for as moche as 

I am sure/ and my conscience beareth me recorde/ that of a pure 

entent/ singilly and faythfully I have interpreted itt/ as farre 

forth as god gave me the gyfte of knowledge/ and vnderstond- 

ynge: that the rudnes off the worke nowe at the fyrst tyrae/ 

offende them not : but that they consyder howe that I had no 

man to counterfet/ nether was holpe with englysshe of eny that 

had interpreted the same/ or soche lyke thinge in the scripture 

before tyme. Moreover/ even very necessitie and combraunce 

(God is recorde] above strengthe/ which I will not rehearce/ lest 

we shulde seme to host oure selves/ caused that many ihynges are 

lackynge/ which necessaryly are requyred. Count it as a thynge 

not havynge his full shape/ but as it were borne afore hys tyme/ 

even as a thing begunne rather then fynnesshed. In tyme to 

come (yf god have apoynted vs there vnto) we will geve it his full 

shape: and putt out y fought be added superfluusly: and adde 

to yfFought be oversene ihorowe negligence : and will enfoarce 

to brynge to compendeousnes/ that which is nowe translated at 

the lengthe/ and to geve lyght where it is requyred/ and to seke 

in certayne places more proper englysshe/ and with a table to 

expounde the wordes which are nott commenly vsed/ and shewe 

howe the scripture vseth many wordes/ which are wother wyse 

vnderstonde of the commen people : and to heipe with a declara- 

cion where one tonge taketh nott another. And will endever 

oureselves/ as it were to sethe it belter/ and to make it more 

apte for the weake stomakes : desyrynge them that are learned/ 

and able/ to remember their duetie/ and to heIpe there vnto : 

and to be stowe vnto the edyfyinge of Christis body 

which is the congregacion of them that beleve) 

those gyfles whych they have receaved 

of god for the same purpose. 

The grace that commeth 

of Christ be with 

them that love 

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